panthers leaning towards franchise tagging K Graham Gano

[Harbingers]

15 minutes ago, sharkkiller said:

Norwell was never going to be franchised. Just was not going to happen. A team has to have a kicker. Why would you not bring back your pro bowl kicker from the year before?

Franchising Gano has jack poo to do with Norwell's contract situation.

On a franchise tag? Paying him honestly 5 times what he’s worth? Get the fug out of here. 

I know Hurney likes having his ball kicker around at all times. That sick fug. 

But this is football.

 

[ericr0319]

stud kickers are out there. they all have the distance and the accuracy. just need to find a guy who isnt a nut case in the head. see Roberto Aguayo. allocating the money here isnt smart against the cap. sign two UDFA, let them compete with both guys knowing its theirs to lose, and let the best man win.

[The Natural]

2 minutes ago, jumpman910 said:

Boy there sure were alot of rookies better than Gano last season....... 

Really? Name one. I'll wait. 

[ericr0319]

2 minutes ago, jumpman910 said:

Boy there sure were alot of rookies better than Gano last season....... 

3 were drafted. 2 you can argue were better than Gano last season and moving forward. 

[Mr. Scot]

It is fair that there are some good kickers in this draft too. You could use a lower round pick on the best kicker available and save money.

No, rookies aren't guaranteed, but it's not guaranteed Gano doesn't hit the wall either.  Kickers tend to fall off fast once they go.

It's just a matter of where you feel more comfortable gambling.

[Krovvy]

Who else would the Panthers seriously consider tagging? I could see Norwell, but personally I don't think it's smart to invest so much into a single position, especially when you have a second round pick sitting on the bench that played guard in school. 

[t96]

1 minute ago, ericr0319 said:

3 were drafted. 2 you can argue were better than Gano last season and moving forward. 

You couldn’t argue any of the rookies from last year were better than Gano. You could argue they were better values and I’d agree with that. And they are better moving forward as well because of that value aspect of it. Gano is a solid option but not close to elite and the only way I pay a kicker more than close to vet min is if they are elite, clutch and dependable like a Dan Bailey or Justin Tucker, Gostkowski, Vinatieri, etc.

[jumpman910]

3 minutes ago, The Natural said:

Really? Name one. I'll wait. 

 

2 minutes ago, ericr0319 said:

3 were drafted. 2 you can argue were better than Gano last season and moving forward. 

I was being sarcastic to the post I quoted. Gano was statically the 2nd best kicker in the league, of course no rookie was better than him 

[Snake]

9 minutes ago, jumpman910 said:

We could but good luck signing any free agents even bottom of the barrel guys 

We can cut dead weight and sign both Norwell and other FAs but here is what is going to happen. We will tag Gano, let both star and Norwell walk, use Amini in his spot, we will not sign any help at WR or CB, we will sign stop gaps to fill Stars position, all the while paying Kalil and Davis to ride off into the sunset on a 6-10 year. 

[Snake]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

It is fair that there are some good kickers in this draft too. You could use a lower round pick on the best kicker available and save money.

No, rookies aren't guaranteed, but it's not guaranteed Gano doesn't hit the wall either.  Kickers tend to fall off fast once they go.

It's just a matter of where you feel more comfortable gambling.

That would be a smart gamble not a Hurney gamble. 

[ericr0319]

I don't think a single fan has faith in Gano to make a clutch kick. 

[Ricky Spanish]

4 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

You couldn’t argue any of the rookies from last year were better than Gano. You could argue they were better values and I’d agree with that. And they are better moving forward as well because of that value aspect of it. Gano is a solid option but not close to elite and the only way I pay a kicker more than close to vet min is if they are elite, clutch and dependable like a Dan Bailey or Justin Tucker, Gostkowski, Vinatieri, etc.

Yep. By many accounts Butker didn't have as good of a year as Gano, not many kickers did, hence his alternate Pro Bowl award.

However there were plenty of kickers that were a better value last year and moving forward, Butker being one of them. 

What pissed me off most about last season with Gano was we kept him and then Rivera was too much of a pussy to even trot his ass out to try for any 50 yarders. Dude might have the strongest leg in the NFL and he only attempted 1 kick over 50 all regular season (which he missed). 

I would have understood that far better if we had Butker on the roster, protect the rookie's psyche and all, but we did it to our 8 year vet kicker who is being paid like a top 5 kicker in the league. 

It was dildos

[sharkkiller]

12 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

On a franchise tag? Paying him honestly 5 times what he’s worth? Get the fug out of here. 

I know Hurney likes having his ball kicker around at all times. That sick fug. 

But this is football.

 

Just because they tag him does not mean he will not sign a long term deal. His last deal was 12.4 million over 4 years. Will probably sign a 16 million 4 year deal.

 

But you go ahead and run around like your hair is on fire. Don't let common sense or reason change the way you act.

[Salisburysean98]

Ugh why am I a Panthers fan again? With potential dumbass decisions like these?