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Panthers sign Eric Reid to 3-year contract


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15 hours ago, KB_fan said:

 

 

Ignoring '20 and '21 where he's ranked 9th and 4th is how statistics get bad a name.  This is NOT the 30th overall contract for safeties as the first tweet implies.  Its a top ten contract for a player who's performed average.  We'll see.  Some believe there is pent up demand for safeties and they will cost a premium this year.  If so, maybe in retrospect it won't look so generous.  

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2 minutes ago, coralreefer_1 said:

we dont need highlight reel hits with a few Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties sprinkled in.  We need people that can tackle and cause turnovers. 

In addition our pass defense was atrocious this year.  When Reid has 7 interceptions like Coleman had in 15, I'll be his biggest cheerleader.  Yes I enjoyed watching him lay out Ertz, but we need a pass defense.

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55 minutes ago, Manther said:

In addition our pass defense was atrocious this year.  When Reid has 7 interceptions like Coleman had in 15, I'll be his biggest cheerleader.  Yes I enjoyed watching him lay out Ertz, but we need a pass defense.

Our pass defense sucked because our coordinator sucked and our pass rush sucked, not because of anyone in the secondary.

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On 2/11/2019 at 4:45 PM, jtm said:

This signing has RR's hands all over it and think what you want about RR, but the guy knows how to put together a defense.  Reid got off his sofa and instantly made an impact on defense. 

The deal is only $10 million guaranteed.    

Don't know why this quoted you BTW.

 

But, it will really work out to be a 2 year 15M deal.   Will cost the team about 15M over two years to play him, then cut him after 2020.  OK deal.  Not terrible by any means, but not a steal either.  About fair, if overpaid just a bit.

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5 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

Don't know why this quoted you BTW.

 

But, it will really work out to be a 2 year 15M deal.   Will cost the team about 15M over two years to play him, then cut him after 2020.  OK deal.  Not terrible by any means, but not a steal either.  About fair, if overpaid just a bit.

That is actually a good way to look at it. People get caught up in total value, annual value, and guaranteed money.  What you really have to look at is everything together and one of the best ways to do that is look at the cap space consumed for each year your keep a player.

Based on the Spotrac numbers https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/eric-reid-12298/

If he is cut after one year it will cost us $9.4m in cap space.

If he is cut after his second year it will cost us roughly $14.9m in cap space for those two years for an average of $7.45m a year.

If he plays all three years it will cost us roughly $22m in cap space for those two years for an average of $7.3m a year.

 

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https://247sports.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/Article/Steve-Smith-comments-Eric-Reid-Panthers-re-signing-129101007/?fbclid=IwAR3U_ZjBqG8-RDHQ8HWon7P77v3Em3afu_7I2p5Vrrh8lLyKEohrN-E0H9k

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"Great deal," said Smith of Reid's new contract. "When he's locked in, he can cover. He's a first-round draft pick ... Playing fantastic ball. He's very intelligent, he's the quarterback in the back half that you need to get guys lined up. And imagine this: He hasn't even been there that long, but he was assisting in getting guys lined up. You always want that. That is what a safety's job is."

"But he's a hell of a good player, and you know he's gonna show up each and every day. And that's the difference. If you want a guy that's gonna be a pillar in the community that can't play, that's not your guy. He's gonna be a guy that can play, but also can and will contribute to the community as well. And sometimes I think we get that twisted where we're looking for things out of a player that we don't even expect out of ourselves as fans. And I think we need to be extremely careful with that."

 

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22 hours ago, coralreefer_1 said:

we dont need highlight reel hits with a few Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties sprinkled in.  We need people that can tackle and cause turnovers. 

have you forgotten mike minter?    yes we do.   we need a clock cleaner.  and now we need a free safety and we're looking pretty good.

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17 hours ago, raz said:

have you forgotten mike minter?    yes we do.   we need a clock cleaner.  and now we need a free safety and we're looking pretty good.

have your forgotten when Minter played, and the league has changed? Surely you do realize in today's NFL such a player would spend half the season suspended.  Isnt it a regular lament that the NFL rules stifle defense and more of less make this a tag football game? But yeah...we need a head cracker al lthe drama that comes with him cleaning clocks on the field. It is almost as if you hope we because the dirty play Saints of the new decade. 

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Where/when has Eric Reid played dirty? I must've missed that.

The only thing I can think of that is even remotely controversial is when he got into it with Malcolm Jenkins. We can armchair QB that he should have contained that a little better.

But if you're talking about him laying out Ertz? Ertz tried to pull a cheap shot and got what he deserved for it.

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The play was over and the whistle blown. Ertz was trying to retaliate on behalf of Wentz and got what he got.

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