Smart moves....

[musicman]

What the Panthers are doing in signing all these "no name players" to 1 and 2 year deals is to give us total freedom in the upcoming draft. Then, if they play good, we keep them. If not, we draft those positions next year. But going into the draft NOT needing 1 position leads to drafting BPA or trading down when some team needs our pick and we get more picks to drop. 

If people complain they are "no names" think of draft picks, they haven't done anything and most are a crap shoot. Taking a vet who's young with some upside is very smart. Even if half the new signings work out, we did great. 

I like what the Panthers are doing. Don't give a bunch of money to one guy and everything revolves around them. Don't even think about it when he gets hurt. Have a team with a lot of really good players but no superstars. Even the depth will be strong. Positive moves going forward. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/teddy-bridgewater-panthers-next/

Overview

The Panthers are currently going through a major roster re-shuffling, one that so far hasn’t netted many positives. However, Rhule has a vision that vision should lead to wins. He did it at Temple, he did it at Baylor, and it’s why he was named the head coach of the Panthers. It may take some time, and the Panthers might not be a great team next year, but if they can create this roster in the way Rhule envisions, they could be a contending team as soon as Rhule’s second season.

[cbully]

well they should have saved that shaq money

[LinvilleGorge]

We only have one DT on the roster and he's over 30 years old and coming off of a season ending injury.

Well, I lied. We have two. The other is Woodrow Hamilton. He's appeared in two games in his career, both of those games were back in 2016.

[X-Clown on 1]

We're shopping for furniture at Big Lots trying to decorate a mansion...

[Jesse]

To piggyback off this, why would we sign any big name free agents? If we're at least a year from competing, why would we throw a lot of money at someone if they won't net us any wins? 

 

 

[WarPanthers89]

The issue is we are making rebuild moves while other moves look like we are trying to compete. I still don’t understand trading Turner for a one year, more expensive rental, rather than getting draft picks. We are signing no name players but still have massive holes at 2 guard spots, DT, DE, WLB, 2 corner sports, and a LOT of depth. I  really can’t think of a single move that we have made that I would consider “smart”. 

[Daddy_Uncle]

It's the only thing you can do when you when you are tearing down in rebuilding your roster. Signing big names is pointless and defeats the purpose right now. 5 year time line. Not even started year 1. No reason to sign big names until we are ready to go for it and win big

[TheSpecialJuan]

17 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We only have one DT on the roster and he's over 30 years old and coming off of a season ending injury.

Well, I lied. We have two. The other is Woodrow Hamilton. He's appeared in two games in his career, both of those games were back in 2016.

just you wait until tomorrow when Marty "major moves" Hurney signs Timmy Jernigan and Mike Daniels 

[WarPanthers89]

2 minutes ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

It's the only thing you can do when you when you are tearing down in rebuilding your roster. Signing big names is pointless and defeats the purpose right now. 5 year time line. Not even started year 1. No reason to sign big names until we are ready to go for it and win big

So why let your player go for zero return when rebuilding? If you are tearing down and rebuilding the roster wouldn’t you load up on draft picks? We let a 26 year old 5x pro bowl guard go for...a one year rental at tackle thats more expensive and 32 years old. We let a 30 year old MVP QB go for nothing because we screwed up the situation so bad. We are going to end up not even getting a 6th round pick for him. We let Reid go for nothing. I love the team and have no problem with a total rebuild but we are not being very smart on loading up on picks. Hell ATLANTA got a 2nd round pick for a 30 year old wr3 in Sanu. We are letting our talent go for nothing and getting no comp picks in return. 

[Gladniator1]

I've always thought it was smarter to trade back and accumulate as many 2nd and 3rd round picks as possible and then doing BPA over and over.  After a couple of years, you're deep at every position with no one taking up huge amounts of space.  If they bust, so what you have tons of other players.  Busting on a 3rd rounder is easier to handle than a 1st rounder.  And while you think you may lose out on those "blue chip" players in reality they bust just as often and many times 2nd and 3rd rounders turn out to be the real blue chips.

[Shocker]

Signing young no risk guys on prove it deals is exactly what we should be doing.  I like the strategy long term to be honest.

[KatsAzz]

The moves the Panthers have made this offseason,  besides Teddy Bridgewater,  have all been quite conservative deals on low-cost players on 'prove it deals' with the upside a young rebuilding team can take a gamble on. They are not in a place to go throw top-dollar at high-end free agents until their dead cap clears and once they have a better idea of where their trajectory is as an organization. We need to keep in mind that Christian McCaffrey will need to be paid in the near future as well. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/teddy-bridgewater-panthers-next/

Overview

The Panthers are currently going through a major roster re-shuffling, one that so far hasn’t netted many positives. However, Rhule has a vision that vision should lead to wins. He did it at Temple, he did it at Baylor, and it’s why he was named the head coach of the Panthers. It may take some time, and the Panthers might not be a great team next year, but if they can create this roster in the way Rhule envisions, they could be a contending team as soon as Rhule’s second season.

Rhule undoubtedly turned college programs around. My biggest concern is that despite those turnarounds, his teams still didn't have success against good teams. In 7 seasons as a college coach, he went a combined 2-17 against ranked top 25 competition - and those two wins weren't exactly against traditional powerhouses, they were against an at the time #20 Navy and an at the time #21 East Carolina. There aren't any Vanderbilts or Texas Christians to play in the NFL. The worst team in a league of 32 is still the equivalent of a borderline top 25 team in the NCAA.