FA Thread

[stbugs]

18 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Another old friend of ours finds a home, or rather returns to the one they already had. 

 

He has a solid year and gets a 1 year $4.5M deal. Didn’t we offer him a 3 year $24M deal? No wonder why Seth Roberts signed so fast. Marty really does love throwing the money around.

[Black&BlueBubba]

Looks like we are getting a 5th for Vern.  And maybe a 7th for Irvin once his contract comes out.  
 

 

Carolina Panthers
Compensatory Free Agents Lost: 6				Compensatory Free Agents Gained: 5
Name	Rd.	APY	Rank	Name	Rd.	APY	Rank
James Bradberry	3	$15,000,000	66	Teddy Bridgewater	3	$21,000,000	75
Mario Addison	4	$10,133,333	190	Robby Anderson	4	$10,000,000	179
Vernon Butler	5	$8,000,000	291
Gerald McCoy	6	$6,100,000	322	Stephen Weatherly	6	$6,250,000	344
Greg Van Roten	6	$3,500,000	443	Seth Roberts	6	$3,750,000	451
Daryl Williams	7	$2,250,000	636	Juston Burris	6	$4,000,000	462
Non-Compensatory Free Agents Lost				Non-Compensatory Free Agents Gained
Bruce Irvin	?	TBA	TBA	Zach Kerr		$1,500,000

 

[CarolinaNCSU]

Rumblings that Gronk is going to come back...and due to cap situations force his way to Tampa Bay.  If true, that'll be fun to defend. 

[Mr. Scot]

Gronk's retirement is like the NFL version of the death of Elvis. There'll probably still be rumors of him coming back twenty years from now.

[jerrya]

Interesting article on O J Howard.  Could really add another dimension to the offence.

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/16/panthers-buccaneers-o-j-howard-trade-consider/

 

[t96]

1 hour ago, jerrya said:

Interesting article on O J Howard.  Could really add another dimension to the offence.

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/16/panthers-buccaneers-o-j-howard-trade-consider/

 

I can't possibly see them trading him within the division.

[LinvilleGorge]

55 minutes ago, t96 said:

I can't possibly see them trading him within the division.

I can't see us possibly trading for a TE.

[MMA]

11 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I can't see us possibly trading for a TE.

Someone told me that we were set at TE with the addition of DeValve

[4Corners]

On 4/18/2020 at 12:04 PM, t96 said:

I can't possibly see them trading him within the division.

Agree - and if they don’t give a crap about trading him to a division rival, that probably means they aren’t too worried about him doing anything on the nfl. 

[Mr. Scot]

I don't really think Howard is anything special.

[ncfan]

On 4/18/2020 at 1:00 PM, LinvilleGorge said:

I can't see us possibly trading for a TE.

This.

 

Brady's offense is going to be 1TE sets.

So thats Thomas, then they'll have his backup.  I doubt we see more than 2 TEs on the roster.

[t96]

10 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I don't really think Howard is anything special.

He reminds me a bit of Julius Thomas. Physical specimen with a ton of talent but could never fully learn the position. 

[t96]

On 4/18/2020 at 1:00 PM, LinvilleGorge said:

I can't see us possibly trading for a TE.

 

8 minutes ago, ncfan said:

This.

 

Brady's offense is going to be 1TE sets.

So thats Thomas, then they'll have his backup.  I doubt we see more than 2 TEs on the roster.

I don’t know that we as a team or Brady himself are sold on Thomas as the starting TE. I doubt we would trade for a TE but if one that we liked came available for a price we’re comfortable with I don’t see why we wouldn’t try to upgrade on Thomas. The draft seems pretty thin at the position so it’s either roll with Thomas who’s questionable as a starter or go FA/trade. I think it’s unlikely we add a legit TE this year but wouldn’t rule it out.

[ncfan]

4 minutes ago, t96 said:

 

I don’t know that we as a team or Brady himself are sold on Thomas as the starting TE. I doubt we would trade for a TE but if one that we liked came available for a price we’re comfortable with I don’t see why we wouldn’t try to upgrade on Thomas. The draft seems pretty thin at the position so it’s either roll with Thomas who’s questionable as a starter or go FA/trade. I think it’s unlikely we add a legit TE this year but wouldn’t rule it out.

Rhule seemed pretty high on wanting to work with and see Ian Thomas.  Was actually one of the first players he mentioned,  talking how he recruited him coming out if HS.  

Thomas was a raw high upside guy coming into the draft who exceeded expectations year 1.  Dont see them giving up on him.  And wanting to see him him the the offense before pursuing someone else.