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Jourdan Rodrigue does not believe we are getting rid of Tory Smith

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LinvilleGorge Grand Master

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7 minutes ago, Mage said:

There's no point in letting him go until we find another WR who could play outside in case of injury.

And I know people love Samuel and everything, and I do too, but he only has half a season of work and hasn't been healthy for a full 16 game season yet.  The smart move is to keep Torrey Smith until we find another outside receiver we can groom.

Relax, guys.

Not at $5M. We have all the leverage. Use it. Organizations that are successful year in and year out do that. Feel good organizations like the Panthers don't and that's a big reason why we can't string together winning seasons.

The more we see from Tepper, the more he looks like JR minus the creepiness (well, hopefully). 

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2 minutes ago, Toomers said:

The Eagles were going to cut him last year before we traded for him. Coming off a SB and a decent season. Yet we are going to keep him....TWICE. And after an injury-filled season. 

And guess what?  They had absolutely no depth at WR, nobody that could play outside, and it forced them to trade a 3rd round pick for Golden Tate, who probably won't even re-sign with them.  

But lets keep the narrative that the Panthers are just sooooo dumb and act like the Eagles were so smart.

It's insurance.  Relax.  Free agency and the draft haven't even happened yet.

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OR...

He could have had a bad year because Cam lost the deep ball....

I do not think we need to assume any decisions are made before free agency  and the draft.  If they add a WR in  the draft, that $5m starts looking like a lot.

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Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Not at $5M. We have all the leverage. Use it. Organizations that are successful year in and year out do that. Feel good organizations like the Panthers don't and that's a big reason why we can't string together winning seasons.

But if we can clear that $5M at any time, then what is the point of cutting him now until we get another receiver?  

It isn't like there is a deadline.  We can shed it at any time.  It literally wouldn't make any sense to release him now until we get more WR depth.  

 

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3 minutes ago, Mage said:

But if we can clear that $5M at any time, then what is the point of cutting him now until we get another receiver?  

It isn't like there is a deadline.  We can shed it at any time.  It literally wouldn't make any sense to release him now until we get more WR depth.  

 

There is a deadline. March 13th. Vested veteran salaries are guaranteed after that date.

We have to make the call on any vested veterans we may be thinking of making salary cap casualties by that date.

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1 minute ago, Mage said:

And guess what?  They had absolutely no depth at WR, nobody that could play outside, and it forced them to trade a 3rd round pick for Golden Tate, who probably won't even re-sign with them.  

But lets keep the narrative that the Panthers are just sooooo dumb and act like the Eagles were so smart.

It's insurance.  Relax.  Free agency and the draft haven't even happened yet.

Insurance? You don’t spend 5M on insurance? We let go of CJ Anderson when he was our only “insurance” for CMC. At 1.7M. So it ain’t that. 

  And we need the money now,  Not after the draft. It’s useless then. Aging, injured and unproductive WRs don’t get 5M/yr. Seriously, if he were a FA, would you give him 5M for this year? 

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2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

There is a deadline. March 13th. Vested veteran salaries are guaranteed after that date.

We have to make the call on any vested veterans we may be thinking of making salary cap casualties by that date.

Very good point.

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16 minutes ago, Mage said:

There's no point in letting him go until we find another WR who could play outside in case of injury.

And I know people love Samuel and everything, and I do too, but he only has half a season of work and hasn't been healthy for a full 16 game season yet.  The smart move is to keep Torrey Smith until we find another outside receiver we can groom.

Relax, guys.

No, it's not.

Free up the cash now, before free agency, and help address the needs with said cash.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

OR...

He could have had a bad year because Cam lost the deep ball....

I do not think we need to assume any decisions are made before free agency  and the draft.  If they add a WR in  the draft, that $5m starts looking like a lot.

He caught 17 of 31 targets for 190 yards and 2 TDs in 6 starts and 11 total games. $5M? GTFO...

You can get that type of production out of an off the street JAG. Sorry, being a nice guy in the lockerroom isn't worth $5M.

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41 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

I absolutely have to stop caring about what this franchise does.

Shouldn't have traded for him last year, but we did....then we carried him on the roster...which we shouldn't have...but we did...now we are likely carrying him again with zero dead money...at that price?

Simply stunning.

Gotta remember, it's Hurney. 

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Aw shucks guys, with no more TD, Ryan Kalil, Adams, and Peppers, we need that locker room leader with the warm and fuzzies, golly jeez.  Pay him whatever he wants because he’s nice to rookies and smiles a lot.  

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