CMC signs extension

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, Madwolf said:

In a perfect world, sure. The reality is, he would have just held out and not played and just be another dead cap figure on our payroll.

RBs have the shortest shelf-life of any player in the NFL. Any good RB is going to threaten not to play his final year of his rookie contract without an extension. 

The deal is good for CMC, and it's good for the Panthers. The mistake the Panthers can't make is being forced into another deal when CMC is closer to 30.

Here is a good synopsis.  And we have no idea if he would have held out or not.

 

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/14/christian-mccaffrey-contract-extension-takes/6/

 

That said, from an organizational perspective I don’t undersand why they did this now. If they picked up McCaffrey’s fifth-year option then they still had him under control for two more years at a fraction of the cost. Also, if the team is truly embracing analytics then giving a running back (even a 23-year old) $64 million makes no sense. If McCaffrey was angling for a holdout, then giving in sends a message that Hurney hasn’t learned much from his first tenure as general manager, when he gave out far too many player-friendly contracts and ruined the team’s salary cap situation.

To give McCaffrey more total money than Teddy Bridgewater after allowing Cam Newton to leave for nothing raises serious questions about what kind of team they are trying to build and what their priorities really are. Like everything else this offseason, this move is not consistent with anything resembling a coherent plan. Perhaps when Hurney’s contract is over with we’ll start to see more clarity. Until then, it will be difficult to get excited about the direction of this franchise.

[Icege]

NFL.com is reporting that the 4yr extension is on top of the 4th year of his rookie deal + the option year.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-now/0ap3000001109369/Pelissero-How-McCaffrey-s-record-deal-will-change-the-RB-market

If this is true, I'm going to need some of you to shut the entire fug up, tho I'm sure you'll scream "BuT iF He GeTS iNJuReD"

[kungfoodude]

19 minutes ago, Madwolf said:

I can't figure out for the life of me why anyone would be upset by this signing. Name a single player we're committed to at the time of this signing on a long term contract. CMC is basically it at the moment. 

Shaq Thompson.

[DeeJay]

22 hours ago, Daywa1ker said:

And we just got that much farther entrenched into permanent mediocrity

hey look another clown who hates everything

[Daywa1ker]

43 minutes ago, DeeJay said:

hey look another clown who hates everything

I like winning games and doing things that lead to winning games

[Smithers]

1 hour ago, Icege said:

NFL.com is reporting that the 4yr extension is on top of the 4th year of his rookie deal + the option year.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-now/0ap3000001109369/Pelissero-How-McCaffrey-s-record-deal-will-change-the-RB-market

If this is true, I'm going to need some of you to shut the entire fug up, tho I'm sure you'll scream "BuT iF He GeTS iNJuReD"

Exactly!  His contract didn’t change this year or next.  It’s basically a 6 year deal with an annual average of 12.5 million.  

[Madwolf]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Shaq Thompson.

So 2.

Wow we must be so cash strapped for the future. Panic warranted. 

[SetfreexX]

13 minutes ago, Smithers said:

Exactly!  His contract didn’t change this year or next.  It’s basically a 6 year deal with an annual average of 12.5 million.  

People mouth breath and by into media narratives and don't even truly follow their "favorite team" .

They ignore facts, not to mention, we have a QB at 20M, their salaries total a Jared Goff, or Carson Wentz. Beyond that all of our better players are at the beginning of their rookie deals aside from Moton and the vets like Okung at 13M fall off after this year. 

If you've done your homework you know we have a ton of cap coming up in 21. This was a good move. 

[Bytes]

17 hours ago, steven8989 said:

If u think this is a bad deal ur crazy and not looking at the deal. It's an extension of 4 yrs added to two years he is still owed so it's really 6 years for 75 mil. That's 12.5 mil a year for a top rb/top wr. Wow I tell you the people on this site don't know anything about football. 

I haven't looked at the contract, but if that is the case then it was money well spent. That stated, the history is clear. NEVER pay RBs top dollar. 

[Madwolf]

2 minutes ago, Bytes said:

I haven't looked at the contract, but if that is the case then it was money well spent. That stated, the history is clear. NEVER pay RBs top dollar. 

Recent history.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Here is a good synopsis.  And we have no idea if he would have held out or not.

 

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/14/christian-mccaffrey-contract-extension-takes/6/

 

That said, from an organizational perspective I don’t undersand why they did this now. If they picked up McCaffrey’s fifth-year option then they still had him under control for two more years at a fraction of the cost. Also, if the team is truly embracing analytics then giving a running back (even a 23-year old) $64 million makes no sense. If McCaffrey was angling for a holdout, then giving in sends a message that Hurney hasn’t learned much from his first tenure as general manager, when he gave out far too many player-friendly contracts and ruined the team’s salary cap situation.

To give McCaffrey more total money than Teddy Bridgewater after allowing Cam Newton to leave for nothing raises serious questions about what kind of team they are trying to build and what their priorities really are. Like everything else this offseason, this move is not consistent with anything resembling a coherent plan. Perhaps when Hurney’s contract is over with we’ll start to see more clarity. Until then, it will be difficult to get excited about the direction of this franchise.

When it comes to Panthers analysis, the USA Today / Panthers Wire guys consistently have some of the poorest takes.

[kungfoodude]

18 minutes ago, Madwolf said:

So 2.

Wow we must be so cash strapped for the future. Panic warranted. 

There are others that potentially are but we have early outs on most of them or they are guys on rookie deals.

I have yet to see anyone panic. I think you are seeing some general sour grapes but mostly exasperation about what direction we are moving in. I am in that camp. I love CMC and I am not upset that we get to keep him through his prime years. I am upset that we made the decision to invest this level of money in a devalued position. 

It is just further proof that we don't seem to have a clear direction as a franchise and it is hard to be excited about that. Perhaps there is a grand scheme afoot but it seems to be pretty mysterious.

[Madwolf]

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Here is a good synopsis.  And we have no idea if he would have held out or not.

 

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/14/christian-mccaffrey-contract-extension-takes/6/

 

That said, from an organizational perspective I don’t undersand why they did this now. If they picked up McCaffrey’s fifth-year option then they still had him under control for two more years at a fraction of the cost. Also, if the team is truly embracing analytics then giving a running back (even a 23-year old) $64 million makes no sense. If McCaffrey was angling for a holdout, then giving in sends a message that Hurney hasn’t learned much from his first tenure as general manager, when he gave out far too many player-friendly contracts and ruined the team’s salary cap situation.

To give McCaffrey more total money than Teddy Bridgewater after allowing Cam Newton to leave for nothing raises serious questions about what kind of team they are trying to build and what their priorities really are. Like everything else this offseason, this move is not consistent with anything resembling a coherent plan. Perhaps when Hurney’s contract is over with we’ll start to see more clarity. Until then, it will be difficult to get excited about the direction of this franchise.

Ah yes, our big mistake was paying one of the best players the NFL has ever seen, at the age of 23, because he's a RB, while letting a 30+ year old QB with a long injury history walk and replacing him with a decent QB on a short, team friendly contract to act as a transition piece.

Nothing says "saving the Franchise" like trading away a 23 year old generational talent and extending your 30+ year old generational talent who can't stay healthy, to a long deal, because that's all he would (and should) accept in an attempt to revive his career, so that we can "rebuild that right way." All because the 23 year old guy MIGHT get hurt.

 

[Madwolf]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

There are others that potentially are but we have early outs on most of them or they are guys on rookie deals.

I have yet to see anyone panic. I think you are seeing some general sour grapes but mostly exasperation about what direction we are moving in. I am in that camp. I love CMC and I am not upset that we get to keep him through his prime years. I am upset that we made the decision to invest this level of money in a devalued position. 

It is just further proof that we don't seem to have a clear direction as a franchise and it is hard to be excited about that. Perhaps there is a grand scheme afoot but it seems to be pretty mysterious.

Ah yes, the direction we're moving in.

That direction is having 2 players under the age of 25 on long term contracts. 

Good lord, whatever will we do with such mistakes.