Carolina Panthers Have *Serious* Interest In S Tyrann Mathieu

[h0llywood]

Use the Breeland money on Mathieu please. thx Hurney

[The Lobo]

Just now, h0llywood said:

Use the Breeland money on Mathieu please. thx Hurney

About all we can do now. That and draft a CB. These areas need addressed ASAP 

[h0llywood]

If Breeland's proposed 2018 cap hit was 9.5 million, Panthers can definitely afford Mathieu.

The top 2018 cap hits for Free Safety's are as below and Mathieu will fall somewhere close to the top which is around the money that was going to a less player in Breeland.

Besides, it came out his mouth :

""It's not all about money for me," said Mathieu, ranked No. 5 in NFL.com's Top 101 Free Agents of 2018. "I want to go somewhere where I can be completely immersed in football, and it's not too much about anything but winning. I want to be a part of winning culture, where you feel that all the time. That's all I want."

Luke, TD, Pep, Short, Bradbery need to get their recruiting on.

[Carolina Cajun]

Here is a really interesting contract projection from a guy on reddit.  Basically, if you're not interested in number break down, floor of his contract would be 10 mil a year (as he said, most likely in a 1 year prove it contract) where as the ceiling would be about 13.5 mil a year.  His contract projection says 3 years, 37.5 mil, 12.5 mil per year, 20mil guaranteed, 12 fully.  I didn't think with the Breeland contract that it was possible, but now with that money back available, I really think Honey Badger is a real option.

[h0llywood]

3 minutes ago, stbugs said:

I thought I saw that his contract was structured to be around $4M cap hit in 2018. 

That was 2017.

His cap hit for 2018 was scheduled for 9.3 million.

9.3 million is less than the 9.5 offered to Breeland but that is just the signing bonus and doesn't account for the actual salary and other bonuses.

[Krovvy]

I'd rather have a cornerback. Maybe trade for one.

[Shocker]

We can't afford Honey Badger.

[dldove77]

1 minute ago, Krovvy said:

I'd rather have a cornerback. Maybe trade for one.

I scoffed at the idea of trading Butler this morning when it was brought up... but now it might be looking into. Find a DB still on a rookie deal and swap. 

[WOW!!]

1 minute ago, Krovvy said:

I'd rather have a cornerback. Maybe trade for one.

I like your plan in the other thread..

Sign 2 safeties and Ebron then 1st round CB.. Good plan in a deep CB draft..  Badger, and Vaccaro..

[Soul Rebel]

No, I do also remember Breelands contract being ridiculously friendly to us in 2018 ... Like $4M and then escalating after that. 

That would be the hitch in signing Honey Badger....I doubt he signs for that little this year. I want him here really bad now, esp with the hole at CB2, but Vreeland's 2018 number is way less than what Mathieu wants, IMO 

[Krovvy]

Just now, WOW!! said:

I like your plan in the other thread..

Sign 2 safeties and Ebron then 1st round CB.. Good plan in a deep CB draft..  Badger, and Vaccaro..

Just something. I went from really hoping the Panthers secondary was turning around to complete dread.

[WOW!!]

2 minutes ago, Krovvy said:

Just something. I went from really hoping the Panthers secondary was turning around to complete dread.

Not going to lie.. This news kinda made my stomach turn and ruined a good day so far..

[TheSpecialJuan]

12 minutes ago, Soul Rebel said:

No, I do also remember Breelands contract being ridiculously friendly to us in 2018 ... Like $4M and then escalating after that. 

That would be the hitch in signing Honey Badger....I doubt he signs for that little this year. I want him here really bad now, esp with the hole at CB2, but Vreeland's 2018 number is way less than what Mathieu wants, IMO 

RIGHT. Might be a blessing in disguise.

[Proudiddy]

36 minutes ago, h0llywood said:

If Breeland's proposed 2018 cap hit was 9.5 million, Panthers can definitely afford Mathieu.

The top 2018 cap hits for Free Safety's are as below and Mathieu will fall somewhere close to the top which is around the money that was going to a less player in Breeland.

Besides, it came out his mouth :

""It's not all about money for me," said Mathieu, ranked No. 5 in NFL.com's Top 101 Free Agents of 2018. "I want to go somewhere where I can be completely immersed in football, and it's not too much about anything but winning. I want to be a part of winning culture, where you feel that all the time. That's all I want."

Luke, TD, Pep, Short, Bradbery need to get their recruiting on.

Breeland's cap hit for 2018 was 3M and some change.

I still think it's possible...  also still waiting on us to cut Russell Shepard.