Panthers sign Derrick Brown

[TheSpecialJuan]

DERRICK BROWNDT, CAROLINA PANTHERS

Panthers signed No. 7 overall pick DT Derrick Brown to a four-year, $23.621 million contract.

[MMA]

Hurney is the man

[TheSpecialJuan]

@AdamSchefter
First-round pick Derrick Brown and the Carolina Panthers reached agreement on a 4-year, fully-guaranteed deal worth $23.621 million, per his agent 
@RosenhausSports
. Brown is the first player selected in the first round this year to agree to terms.

[LinvilleGorge]

I like the new rookie contract pay scale. One, it keeps from having to pay top picks like automatic future HOFers. Two, it greatly reduces the risk of holdouts because offset language is about the only major variable to potentially be negotiated. 

[45catfan]

Not that rookie holdouts are really a thing anymore since the last CBA that created a rookie pay scale based of draft position, but it's nice to get it them done and in the rear view mirror.

[Wolfcop]

First one...impressive!

[TheSpecialJuan]

David NewtonESPN Staff Writer 

The Panthers have reached an agreement with former Auburn DT Derrick Brown, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. It's a 4-year, fully-guaranteed deal worth $23.621 million, per his agent @RosenhausSports. The seventh pick of the draft is the first first-rounder to sign this year.

[45catfan]

Usually the 1st rounder is the last to sign because of incentives.  Now that Brown's deal is out of the way, the rest of our draft classes deals should start to fall like dominoes.

[TheSpecialJuan]

[TheSpecialJuan]

[onmyown]

2 hours ago, MMA said:

Hurney is the man

nicely done on the non negotiable contract

GOAT

[Mr. Scot]

10 minutes ago, onmyown said:

nicely done on the non negotiable contract

I've always been thankful that the rookie salary cap was implemented before Newton was drafted (right before, as I recall). Heaven only knows what his rookie contract would have looked like otherwise. I think Bradford got something like fifty million the year before.

Granted, Newton might not appreciate it in quite the same way 

[KatsAzz]

Congratulations to Derrick Brown for being the first player selected in the first round this year to agree to terms.Glad to see Hurney on the ball  getting this behind us so we can move on to signing the other draft choices.

[Moose Hoover]

Yeah but there wont be anyone in the stands to watch him so he'll have to give the money back. I'll be shocked if there is even any more seasons until 3078.

 

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