The rarity of the Panthers giving contract extensions to the players they draft

[Basbear]

Honestly this happens league wide, pick a team that you think drafts well. I picked the Ravens and its panther-ish form 2010-2015. 

[KB_fan]

On 6/1/2021 at 6:35 PM, CarolinaLivin said:

 

A look at how the Carolina Panthers are using their money for the 2021 season

This offseason, several teams around the league kicked a lot of money down the road, used voidable years, and restructured some contracts to be able to get under the NFL's 2021 salary cap which is set for $182.5 million. 

The Carolina Panthers restructured the contracts of RB Christian McCaffrey, LB Shaq Thompson, and C Matt Paradis and placed the franchise tag on RT Taylor Moton. With so many transactions being made, we thought it would be a good idea to revisit where things are with the Panthers' cap space and to also show where exactly the money is being spent. 

Note: The following figures do not include signing bonuses or any other types of bonuses/incentives.

Cap space: $17.5 million (via OverTheCap)

Dead money: $42.6 million (via OverTheCap)

Biggest 2021 cap hits:

RT Taylor Moton - $13.7 (franchise tag)

WR Robby Anderson - $8 million

S Juston Burris - $2.7 million

WR DJ Moore - $2 million

DT DaQuan Jones - $2 million

OFFENSE (via Spotrac)

QB Sam Darnold - $920k

RB Christian McCaffrey - $990k (restructured)

WR Robby Anderson - $8 million

WR DJ Moore - $2 million

WR David Moore - $990k

TE Dan Arnold - $920k

LT Cameron Erving - $990k

LG Pat Elflein - $990k

C Matt Paradis - $990k (restructured)

RG John Miller - $990k

RT Taylor Moton - $13.7 (franchise tag)

Cap hits by position (starters only):

QB: $920K, RB: $990K, WR: $10.9M, TE: $920K, OL: $17.6M, Total: $31.3M

DEFENSE (via Spotrac)

DT Derrick Brown - $1.6 million

DT DaQuan Jones - $2 million

DE Brian Burns - $1.7 million

DE Yetur Gross-Matos - $982k

LB Haason Reddick - $990k

LB Shaq Thompson - $990k (restructured)

LB Jermaine Carter Jr. - $920k

CB Jaycee Horn - not made public

CB Donte Jackson - $2.4 million

S Jeremy Chinn - $848k

S Juston Burris - $2.7 million

Cap hits by position (starters only):

DL: $6.2M, LB: $2.9M, CB: $2.4M, S: $3.5M, Total: $15M (doesn't include Horn)

Link: https://www.si.com/nfl/panthers/gm-report/where-is-the-panthers-money-being-spent-2021

 

Wowza.  It hadn't quite hit me how young and cheap most of our players are.  I mean I knew it, but seeing it broken down in black & white....

One word comes to mind.  HUNGRY.  All these guys on such cheap contracts are going to be hugely motivated to make names for themselves and get big paydays in the future.  Should make for some very fun football, I hope.