CMC signs extension

[panthers55]

3 minutes ago, sml1950 said:

This is a 4 year extension.  He will play the next two years under his rookie deal .  The advantage for him is that he get upfront money and guarantees, the advantage for the Panthers is that future salaries will go up with a new TV contract.

Actually he had a 4 year rookie deal with the option of a fifth year. So this would have been year 4 of his rookie deal. They thought he was too good to just pick up his 5th year option.

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, Bama Panther said:

I don’t look at CMC as a Chris Johnson or Todd Gurley. CMC is more like Marshall Faulk or Curtis Martin. While a little high in dollar value, I think this is the right time for a deal like this. 

He reminds me a lot of Faulk or LT.

[Cary Kollins]

Scary paying a RB that much but obviously CMC is much more than a RB. Young and in his prime, most dynamic player in the league with a supposed offensive guru running the offense next year.

Lets fuggin go

[Bama Panther]

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

He reminds me a lot of Faulk or LT.

I knew there was a third RB in my line of thinking. I just couldn’t put my finger on who it was. LT is another great example. 

[Smithers]

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I believe he said "someone like him"

So he’d rather have a 34 year old back at the tail end of his career who in 12 seasons has less receiving yards than CMC at age 24?  My point still stands.  I’d rather pay CMC 16 million a season than some aging vet 3 million 

[Eazy-E]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

Winning makes us relevant, not having one good player on a losing team. He'll just be a stat you see scrolling across the bottom line updates rather than a guy getting headlines. That is what happens to great players on poo teams, unfortunately. 

We sucked ass last year and yet McCaffrey was talked about every day as he marched towards 1k,1k. Even an injured Cam garnered national attention.

Tepper needs to have something to sell when his product isn’t winning and he himself said that may take a while.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, Smithers said:

So he’d rather have a 34 year old back at the tail end of his career who in 12 seasons has less receiving yards than CMC at age 24?  My point still stands.  I’d rather pay CMC 16 million a season than some aging vet 3 million 

::sigh::

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, Eazy-E said:

We sucked ass last year and yet McCaffrey was talked about every day as he marched towards 1k,1k. Even an injured Cam garnered national attention.

Tepper needs to have something to sell when his product isn’t winning and he himself said that may take a while.

So we are going to keep force feeding him during a 3 win season.  Yay!

[stbugs]

Wow, a lot of butt hurt guys panning the deal who thought we’d keep Cam. Not surprising. It’s a lot of money, but with a rookie QB (have to dump Teddy, dumb signing) you’ve got a ton of space to use and five years of CMC from ages 24-28 is perfect for a rookie QB. He and Moore are our only weapons right now. I’d assume we’ll extend Moor next year as well. He’s one year behind CMC but same age at every step. He’d be 24-28 in the last year of his rookie contract plus 4 year extension as well.

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, stbugs said:

Wow, a lot of butt hurt guys panning the deal who thought we’d keep Cam. Not surprising. It’s a lot of money, but with a rookie QB (have to dump Teddy, dumb signing) you’ve got a ton of space to use and five years of CMC from ages 24-28 is perfect for a rookie QB. He and Moore are our only weapons right now. I’d assume we’ll extend Moor next year as well. He’s one year behind CMC but same age at every step. He’d be 24-28 in the last year of his rookie contract plus 4 year extension as well.

Why did we have to do it now?

[Cary Kollins]

Just now, mrcompletely11 said:

Why did we have to do it now?

CMC had all the leverage a player can have and could easily have held out.

[stirs]

About 13.6 million a year for 5 years?

[Eazy-E]

Just now, mrcompletely11 said:

So we are going to keep force feeding him during a 3 win season.  Yay!

He was clearly just paid to be the centerpiece of this offense. (which he already was) He is almost making as much as the QB.

From a business standpoint, imagine losing Cam, Luke, Greg, and Christian all on the same offseason. (there was plenty of cmc trade talk) It would take quite a while to recover from that unless you’re holding the top pick in the draft.

[Smithers]

4 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

So we are going to keep force feeding him during a 3 win season.  Yay!

Different coach