BREAKING: Panthers sign CB Eli Apple

[Mistuh Jones]

Relax y'all. He's actual an NFL caliber cb on a 1 year cheap deal. Upper echelon? No. But like somebody said earlier, this isn't Drayton Florence territory 

[Jeremy Igo]

Dude might suck

 

Dude might be serviceable.

 

If there was ever a year to find out, it's 2020.

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, fitty76 said:

Meh

Nailed it.

[kungfoodude]

35 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

At this point, I honestly think Hurney and Rhule believe they're going to compete this season. One of them is an idiot and the other has no NFL experience. I think they're in for a rude awakening in a few months.

I think they really do think they are building a good team. That's a really scary thought.

I am just really glad we are only signing these guys to short term deals. At least if it turns out to be a disaster we can just start from scratch...again.

[DynamicPanther]

Defense is coming together. I dig it

 

[Smithers]

47 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

At this point, I honestly think Hurney and Rhule believe they're going to compete this season. One of them is an idiot and the other has no NFL experience. I think they're in for a rude awakening in a few months.

I sure as hell hope they think they are going to compete.  That’s the culture any good coach should instill.  I don’t want a coach who takes the field every Sunday with no plan to compete or be competitive.  

[45catfan]

48 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

3 million is not CB1 money lol.  Maybe in the 1940s.

Okay, I went out of my way to say NOT FRANCHISE CB1s, but people can't help themselves but think they can get a cheap dunk on someone.  Here is a list of let's say 1970's CB1s (under $6 million) in 2020 as listed as the top paid CB salary:

Rams: $5.8M

Jets: $5.0M

Seahawks: $3.5M

Falcons: $3.5M

Raiders: $3.3M

Packers: 3.1M

Chiefs $3.0M

Vikings: $2.7M

Bucs: S1.8M

And before Apple--Panthers$1.2M

So as you can see, the top paid CB on teams across the board isn't $16M.  Unlike Madden, teams have to choose where to spend such wads of cash and all 32 teams don't choose to spend $16M for their top paid corners.

 

 

 

[1of10Charnatives]

2 hours ago, Smithers said:

Eli played pretty well last season.  He had a couple bad games but besides that played well. 

Were any of those bad games against Tampa or Atlanta? Seems relevant since, ya know, he's gonna be in the same division again.

[45catfan]

9 minutes ago, Smithers said:

I sure as hell hope they think they are going to compete.  That’s the culture any good coach should instill.  I don’t want a coach who takes the field every Sunday with no plan to compete or be competitive.  

Don't tell that to a handful of people here...seemingly perturbed Rhule isn't in tank mode with them.  If Rhule was only smart enough to know that tanking is in the team's long-term best interest!

[TheSpecialJuan]

Apple is a major upgrade from who we currently had starting opposite Donte Jackson. 

[Smithers]

2 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Were any of those bad games against Tampa or Atlanta? Seems relevant since, ya know, he's gonna be in the same division again.

I remember the 49ers game being especially bad-think he had half his Season PI penalties in that one game.  But hell, Bradberry looked like trash against SF too

[Wes21]

Just now, Smithers said:

I remember the 49ers game being especially bad-think he had half his Season PI penalties in that one game.  But hell, Bradberry looked like trash against SF too

Random comment about bad games...

...they replayed the Beastquake game on NFLN yesterday, so I checked it out.  Holy cow Roman Harper had an off day for the Saints.

[Smithers]

1 minute ago, Wes21 said:

Random comment about bad games...

...they replayed the Beastquake game on NFLN yesterday, so I checked it out.  Holy cow Roman Harper had an off day for the Saints.

Haha that one run is worth you tubing at least once every few months.  

[jfra78]

13 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Okay, I went out of my way to say NOT FRANCHISE CB1s, but people can't help themselves but think they can get a cheap dunk on someone.  Here is a list of let's say 1970's CB1s (under $6 million) in 2020 as listed as the top paid CB salary:

Rams: $5.8M

Jets: $5.0M

Seahawks: $3.5M

Falcons: $3.5M

Raiders: $3.3M

Packers: 3.1M

Chiefs $3.0M

Vikings: $2.7M

Bucs: S1.8M

And before Apple--Panthers$1.2M

So as you can see, the top paid CB on teams across the board isn't $16M.  Unlike Madden, teams have to choose where to spend such wads of cash and all 32 teams don't choose to spend $16M for their top paid corners.

 

 

 

Most of those are probably on rookie deals.  For example Rams Jalen Ramsey averaged 5.8 mil, but this season is 13.7 mil