Mario Addison could be cut/traded- save 8 million cap

[Navy_football]

2 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Bro, I'm confused. You're just a big ole FREAKY DEEK huh?

[Bartin]

Think how screwed we would be if Irvin or Burns got injured.

[PleaseCutStewart]

5 hours ago, Basbear said:

It could come down to Mario or Bradberry/Shaq on the books side.

Gimmie the young guys.

Mario looks like a bad 3-4 fit unless hes rushing the passer.

Its a young mans league and Mario is about to turn 32.

None of our OLB can cover anybody, so I don't know why Mario is being singled out. Most OLB are rushing the passer every time in a 3-4 defense.

There are several players on the team I would love to see cut - Addison definitely isn't one of them

[pantherclaw]

Stop stupidity. 

Don't allow this person to breed. 

 

[Mistuh Jones]

Sigh...

[Moo Daeng]

He is a vital piece of both our defensive looks.

[MountaineerChemist10]

16 hours ago, Basbear said:

Burns is already showing out and deserves more snaps. 

Panthers have far too many players on one year deals, after cuts half maybe on one year commitments. 

Bradberry, Shaq, McCoy, Williams, Wright, and Love are the biggest ones. 

Mario(31 years old) looks terrible when asked to drop in coverage.

I get your point, but c'mon man. Mario & Bruce Irvin are only going to be here for another year & that's it. We're using them as starters so Haynes & Burns can earn their way up. Again, you can't rush a rookie pass rusher into starting lineup until he's earned it. Yes, he has 4 sacks. But against who? 2nd/3rd team O-lines, that's who. Haynes & Burns both have been very impressive this year. But that doesn't necessarily mean that are 100% ready to rush top dollar o-linemen.

[Mol3m4n]

I'm going to say it: Mario Addison isn't that good. 

[SetfreexX]

Cut him to save $8M to do what....I fell like OP didn't think this through. Freeing up that money does littler to extend those guys as they're all under contract, and we have around 15M in available cap space at the moment.

We are geared up for a real playoff / superbowl run it makes 0 sense to cut the most established edge threat we have, in all seriousness the deeper the rotation the better.  

[SetfreexX]

5 minutes ago, Mol3m4n said:

I'm going to say it: Mario Addison isn't that good. 

http://www.nfl.com/player/marioaddison/2530474/profile

2018 - 9

2017 - 11

2016 - 9.5

So you're telling me 29.5 sacks the last three years // being this consistent isn't good....I wonder if any of you even really keep up with this team, vs just spouting off on players you don't like as much. 

On a team that could do nothing in the pressure department as a unit with a 38 year old JP, and a slump year for KK, you call the guy leading our team in sacks the last three years, not that good at what he's paid to do, come on man. 

The NFL sack leaders over the last three years:

• Chandler Jones - 40.5
• Khalil Mack - 36.5
• Von Miller - 34.5
• Ryan Kerrigan - 33.5
• Everson Griffen - 31.5

I do have concerns about his ability to drop, but we also added more 3-4 OLB personnel to help -- Irvin, Burns, Haynes, Miller are all better athletes with a little bit more cover ability. So I'm not to worried about that. 

For what Addison makes by comparison to that list and what he means to the team this season there is no need to cut him, or trade him. 

[micnificent28]

While I do want to poo the idea of cutting addison,I do question if his skillset translates to the 3-4 well. While he's our best pass rusher in the 4-3 which will will still use plenty of nickel, is he a liability in the 3-4? It's no secret he looks like a giraffe on roller blades in space.. I dunno the long term fit if we go to more 3-4 isn't there 

[Bartin]

1 minute ago, micnificent28 said:

While I do want to poo the idea of cutting addison,I do question if his skillset translates to the 3-4 well. While he's our best pass rusher in the 4-3 which will will still use plenty of nickel, is he a liability in the 3-4? It's no secret he looks like a giraffe on roller blades in space.. I dunno the long term fit if we go to more 3-4 isn't there 

It’s the last year of his deal and he is 31. I’d be surprised if we planned to re-sign him. I suspect the plan would be to let him go, have Burns take over full time starter then draft some more depth.

[Basbear]

18 hours ago, panthers55 said:

Remember we are going to be lots of 4 man fronts particularly against teams with good running games and if we get gashed in the running game using 3 man fronts. We went to the 3-4 because we couldn't fine 4-3 DEs, everyone was an OLB. So we wouldn't get rid of the best we have after we took years to develop him. Nah.

Valid point. Ive still seen 4-3 looks in pre-season, but Im still not sure he is the best we have(at this stage). 

If you have 50 snaps do you want 40-burns 10-mario or 40-mario 10 burns?

[Basbear]

17 hours ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

None of our OLB can cover anybody, so I don't know why Mario is being singled out. Most OLB are rushing the passer every time in a 3-4 defense.

There are several players on the team I would love to see cut - Addison definitely isn't one of them

True but Mario is by far the worst out of the bunch, like m28 said "he looks like a giraffe on roller blades in space".