The Panthers currently have the most cap space in the entire NFL

[SmittysLawnGuy]

Obviously clearing space for D. Watson.

 

[joemac]

Just now, frankw said:

Never said it made me happy or sad just pointing out a fact same as you relax

I'm totally chill. 

[Panthercougar68]

6 minutes ago, SmittysLawnGuy said:

Obviously clearing space for D. Watson.

 

This is probably in the back of the front office’s mind actually…

[mbarbour21]

6 minutes ago, SmittysLawnGuy said:

Obviously clearing space for D. Watson.

 

C'mon man! You know there will not be any room for Watson with all of Rhule's Temple buddies.

[CPF4LIFE]

47 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We hope. Creating the cap space is step one. I'll wait until we see how it gets used and what results that creates on the field before I go spiking the football.

Exactly. All this jumping the gun is ridiculous till we see results on the field.

[Santee_Panther]

26 minutes ago, Tommy Jone said:

Help me understand:  Is dead cap money that we're still actually paying the player?  Or is it money we just can't use?

Surprised to see Luke on this list...

*edit: Wow, Luke only retired in Jan 2020.  Feels like years ago.

The players received that money when they signed a new contract.

Lets say a player gets a 3 year contract with a $15mil signing bonus. That $15mil is paid right away, but for the cap, the team spreads it out over the three years. So if a player gets cut after the second year, the team still has to account for $5mil of “dead” money. 

[Clicheking]

How is this possible....I thought we ruined our cap for the next 20 years because we extended Robby??

[Manna]

56 minutes ago, Santee_Panther said:

Gratuitous reminder that we accomplished that cap space despite $45mil in dead cap. Third most in the league this year.

Also, we will have $8mil in dead cap next year from Paradis (void years) and $4mil from Reddick (void year).

 

Name	Cap Number
Teddy Bridgewater	$17,062,500
Kawann Short	$11,017,000
Luke Kuechly	$7,130,000
Tre Boston	$2,666,666
Stephen Weatherly	$2,000,000
Graham Gano	$1,537,500
Denzel Perryman	$1,000,000
Greg Little	$893,895
Michael Palardy	$500,000
Zach Kerr	$250,000
Kenny Robinson	$249,150
Will Grier	$205,545
Christian Miller	$184,254
Jordan Scarlett	$155,300
TOTAL	$44,830,708

Only player I’m ok paying dead money for is Luke. Guy deserves it. 
 

And we actually have cap space? That’s blasphemy!

[cardiackat88.]

Just think how much we would have saved if we didn't sign Bridgewater but signed (say) Jameis Winston instead.

Oh, and didn't sign Kwann Short to the deal we did.

[cardiackat88.]

Piling up on rookies and draft picks really helps too.

When veteran players are demanding large contracts, they already have their replacement drafted for a rookie deal.

Sorting through 10-12 rookies to see if they will contribute is a HELL of a lot cheaper and WAY less riskier than signing free agents.

[glenwo2]

11 minutes ago, Clicheking said:

How is this possible....I thought we ruined our cap for the next 20 years because we extended Robby??

 

Dammit!  Now the narrative is ruined! 

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, joemac said:

Everybody is competing for a title.  If not, then whats the point?  Who says we cannot make a run this year?  Don't get me wrong, I don't really think we're gonna win the SB this year, but everybody in the organization has to go into each season with the mindset of doing everything they can to be successful in this season.  

True. I don't remember everyone thinking we were going to the Superbowl in the preseason in 2015.

[joemac]

6 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

True. I don't remember everyone thinking we were going to the Superbowl in the preseason in 2015.

Or 2003 for that matter.  Teams always come out of nowhere to have great seasons.  

[Scott12345]

1 hour ago, Santee_Panther said:

Gratuitous reminder that we accomplished that cap space despite $45mil in dead cap. Third most in the league this year.

Also, we will have $8mil in dead cap next year from Paradis (void years) and $4mil from Reddick (void year).

 

Name	Cap Number
Teddy Bridgewater	$17,062,500
Kawann Short	$11,017,000
Luke Kuechly	$7,130,000
Tre Boston	$2,666,666
Stephen Weatherly	$2,000,000
Graham Gano	$1,537,500
Denzel Perryman	$1,000,000
Greg Little	$893,895
Michael Palardy	$500,000
Zach Kerr	$250,000
Kenny Robinson	$249,150
Will Grier	$205,545
Christian Miller	$184,254
Jordan Scarlett	$155,300
TOTAL	$44,830,708

still paying Gano?

marty just flat out gagged on our kicker...he should have been fired for that alone