Trai Turner Contract Details: Panthers gave Trai Turner a 4-year $45M extension, including $20.5M gtd averaging $11.25 per year

[Smithers]

Maybe it was Turner that G-Man didn't want to pay...we all know he didn't value the offensive line.  Is it a coincidence that this is the first deal done since the firing? 

[EightyNine]

1 minute ago, Car123 said:

If we waited longer keeping Trai would be more costly. 2017 could be his best season.

I dont necessarily mean we would have waited until the season was over.. I just want to know if Hurney sweetened the deal at all to get it done sooner than later.. and did he need to do that?

I just like that DG was tough in negotiations, and i hope that Hurney learned to be tougher than he was before.

[pantherphan96]

11.25mill/year makes him the 3rd highest paid G in the NFL. Not a bad amount guaranteed either.

Good deal for both sides.

Norwell next please?

[Krovvy]

That's slightly better than I expected, depending on the details. Trai is a young man playing at an elite level.

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

5 minutes ago, EightyNine said:

Yeah, but that doesn't answer my question.  Very little doesn't mean nothing at all.. Would it have gotten done this soon if DG was still our GM?

the fact that he wasn't signed up until DG's firing and we're only a week away from training camp shows Hurney had a lot to do with it. You don't hear of many signings this late in the off season aside from rookie contracts

[CarolinaSunday]

Also a signing bonus: 

 

[The Lobo]

Wow for his talent, this is a steal gettlehurneymagic 

[therealmjl]

2 minutes ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

the fact that he wasn't signed up until DG's firing and we're only a week away from training camp shows Hurney had a lot to do with it. You don't hear of many signings this late in the off season aside from rookie contracts

That's simply not true.

Luke Keuchly signed his extension in September, for reference-

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000524964/article/luke-kuechly-signs-62m-extension-with-panthers

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[E CaT PanTHer 2]

3 minutes ago, CarolinaSunday said:

Also a signing bonus: 

 

correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't a signing bonus included in the guaranteed $$$? 

[OldNorthPowell]

Not a bad deal

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

1 minute ago, mjligon said:

That's simply not true.

Luke Keuchly signed his extension in September, for reference-

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000524964/article/luke-kuechly-signs-62m-extension-with-panthers

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i'm not saying it never happens, but it's less likely this time a year, meaning Trai should have happened a few months ago if both sides were relatively close. 

[therealmjl]

Just now, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

i'm not saying it never happens, but it's less likely this time a year, meaning Trai should have happened a few months ago if both sides were relatively close. 

If we're being nitpicky, Trai should have been done last year.

But either way glad it's done now.

[CarolinaSunday]

3 minutes ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't a signing bonus included in the guaranteed $$$? 

Maybe?  I don't know, honestly.  

[Saca312]

3 minutes ago, CarolinaSunday said:

Maybe?  I don't know, honestly.  

No. Signing bonus doesn't count against the cap.