Matt Kalil is not worth the money

[AU-panther]

9 minutes ago, SOJA said:

I just want the people who say this to provide a better option for this season. 

Remmers got schooled again today at RT for the Vikings. 

Kalil's deal is very team friendly, if he doesn't work out this year 

I would have overpaid Whitworth.

As far as team friendly goes how much would it cost to cut him after 2 years?

[*FreeFua*]

6 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

I would have overpaid Whitworth.

As far as team friendly goes how much would it cost to cut him after 2 years?

She ain't pretty

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/matt-kalil-9814/

Yeah there's an "out" after year 2 and we'd save 5 mill if we cut him but he'd still cost us 7 damn mill

But Ryan who apparently buy a proper pillow says Matt's healthy and going to be good so let's back up the brinks truck

[SOJA]

10 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

I would have overpaid Whitworth.

As far as team friendly goes how much would it cost to cut him after 2 years?

fair but it seems whitworth went to the rams quickly how much are you going to guarantee to a player that  old?

[*FreeFua*]

23 minutes ago, SOJA said:

fair but it seems whitworth went to the rams quickly how much are you going to guarantee to a player that  old?

That logic makes zero sense. Old or not the guy gets the job done and at the end of the day that's what you're looking for.

Instead we gave Kalil a boat load of money in hopes of him being good when he's been garbage for the last 3 or 4 years 

[jtm]

Not having Ryan Kalil play today had a big impact. Plus Bills DL is legit. 

[JawnyBlaze]

He's been as good as Oher, imo.  Not great, gets beat on occasion, but serviceable.  A helluva lot better than the other OTs we've had lately.  Worth every penny of that contract?  No.  But the contract was made so that if he sucks, we can get out of it pretty easily.  One thing we have to remember is that the OL is all about chemistry.  Both of our OTs are new starters.  Maybe they'll get better with time.  Maybe the Bills' DL is that good.  Maybe Big Bro Kalil being absent had more of an impact due to chemistry and his brain on calling out presnap assignments. 

Maybe he's just an absolute bust of a FA signing.  At least he was something.  Better than a DL convert, or Byron "But He's Left Handed!" Bell.  And his contract isn't bad if you look at the details instead of just whining over the total amount that he could possibly earn.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Image if you will if we had not signed Matt Kalil. With no Michael Oher, we would have either Amini or the rookie Moton starting at LT today. 

 

[mikeholiday]

Just now, TheSpecialJuan said:

Image if you will if we had not signed Matt Kalil. With no Michael Oher, we would have either Amini or the rookie Moton starting at LT today. 

 

I'm not convinced Moton could do much worse. You don't get much worse at playing tackle than Matt Kalil. 

[top dawg]

2 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Image if you will if we had not signed Matt Kalil. With no Michael Oher, we would have either Amini or the rookie Moton starting at LT today. 

 

No, we should have paid Whitworth or taken a chance on someone else like Rieff. I don't mind taking a chance on Kalil, but we paid him too much, and it should have been a prove-it deal. I thought we'd offer him an Oher type deal, which would have been fair.  Gettleman must have had a brain fart when he offered that contract.

[thennek]

I don't think it is overly surprising that Matt Kalil has not played well. His entire NFL career has been inconsistent. In fact, his rookie year was his best year and that was several years ago. Hopefully he figures it out and plays at least "average" going forward. 

The good news is the Panthers are 2-0. 

[KillerKat]

Kalil was probably my 3rd choice after Reiff and Whitworth. Seems like we went after him because he's Ryan's brother. Uniting brothers doesn't work out that well. Just ask the Hurricanes.

[KillerKat]

6 minutes ago, top dawg said:

No, we should have paid Whitworth or taken a chance on someone else like Rieff. I don't mind taking a chance on Kalil, but we paid him too much, and it should have been a prove-it deal. I thought we'd offer him an Oher type deal, which would have been fair.  Gettleman must have had a brain fart when he offered that contract.

I thought the deal was basically a 2 year prove it deal since he could be cut with a manageable hit within the first 2 years.

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Kalil didn't have a good game but let's not go off half cocked. Let's see how he does in the next couple of weeks before we freak out.

 

 

Yeah I know...I might as well be shouting into the wind.

[TheRumGone]

Anyone here who thinks we just ignored whitworth in the offseason is a fuvking idiot