QB Options for 2019

[Raleigh PF]

Just throwing a couple of possibilities out there:

1) Teddy Bridgewater. He'll be an unrestricted free agent next year. Teddy is no Cam, but he could be Cam-lite. He's only 26 years old, with low-mileage, so I believe he would be the best fit for a QB with NFL experience.

2) Joe Flacco. Reports are the Ravens are moving on with Lamar Jackson and will try to move Flacco in the offseason. I wish them luck with that proposition, as Flacco has a $26.5 million cap number for next year. If the Ravens cut him, he'll count as $16M in dead cap money. They could designate him as a June 1 cut, splitting $8M over two years. IF that happens, then I'm sure several teams will be in the mix for Flacco and the Panthers probably should be one of them, if they are able to plug the other holes.

Make no mistake, however, Flacco won't be cheap. Considering the state of the cap at the moment, the Panthers would have to seriously consider cutting Cam. The savings would be $16M, which would go a long way towards signing Flacco and, perhaps, plugging another hole or two. The Panthers would take an $8.5M hit against the cap, but could spread that over two years, as well.

Those are the two I found that are reasonable possibilities. 

ETA: The Teddy option is preferable, IF Cam and doctors believe he can recover. The Flacco option hedges that bet and accepts the idea that Cam will never return to his previous form.

[LinvilleGorge]

The best option by far is to get Cam into the exam rooms of the best shoulder specialists on the planet and do it ASAP.

[billionairemonk]

i'll take cam in his current state over either of those two

[Raleigh PF]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

The best option by far is to get Cam into the exam rooms of the best shoulder specialists on the planet and do it ASAP.

It is, but you can't bet the house that the news coming out of that exam will be good. Better to have Plan B, C, D...

[Growl]

I can name countless teams that have played this game to no avail before eventually having to go all in a star rookie QB, burning seasons in the process. 

Brees to new Orleans may have been the last one.

 

No.

 

[Cpt slay a ho]

Healthy Cam Newton

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, Raleigh PF said:

It is, but you can't bet the house that the news coming out of that exam will be good. Better to have Plan B, C, D...

I'd rather roll the dice on a Gilbert or a mid-round draft pick than Bridgewater or Flacco. Bridgewater's knee is probably worse off than Cam's shoulder and Flacco has been done for awhile now.

[Moorgan]

1. Kaep as backup to a healthy Cam

2. draft/FA to fill holes currently on team

3. reap profits

4. Superb Owl

[Lemory]

Best option is a QB in the draft in the 2nd-4th round.

[Growl]

3 minutes ago, Lemory said:

Best option is a QB in the draft in the 2nd-4th round.

Teams that do this have similar track records to teams who march out a rotation of middling free agent QBs each season

There is only one good way to get a star QB.

[Skack25]

26 minutes ago, Moorgan said:

1. Kaep as backup to a healthy Cam

2. draft/FA to fill holes currently on team

3. reap profits

4. Superb Owl

Should have called these phases like the underpants gnomes on South Park.  And profits it's last.  Always last.

[CPF4LIFE]

Ugh...just kill me now. 

[Moorgan]

2 minutes ago, Skack25 said:

Should have called these phases like the underpants gnomes on South Park.  And profits it's last.  Always last.

That was the idea.

[ncfan]

1. Cam

2. Our 4th round pick