2022 FA Tracker

[Michael G]

Fansided has already published its Free Agent Tracker Page linked below:

https://catcrave.com/2022/01/28/carolina-panthers-2022-free-agent-tracker/

We are loosing a lot of good players that will be hard to resign (DJ, Gilmore, Reddick, Luvu, Haynes and many more...)

A couple Items of Note:

- Reddick is expected to get more that 15 mil per year. That kind of money. It might be hard to resign him.

- Even though Matt Paradis is officially a FA we will be paying him in excess of 8m dollars next season. He counts that much towards our dead cap due to a contract restructure to take $ off the books this past year (He also will count 4 mil towards our dead cap in the 2023 season according to Over the Cap).

- Luvu only made a little over 1 mil last year. Id expect he won't come back for that since he kind of had a breakout season for us last year. He will expect to get paid.

Check it out the article. Who should we keep? What are the odds of us resigning the guys we want back on the lis?

[TheCasillas]

As I look at the list, not many I’d bring back for an additional contract unless it’s value friendly.  
 

I don’t want to let D Jackson go, but I get it. That Darnold contract is brutal. 
 

I don’t expect Luvu to get a big contract for

his position, but a big contract for a special teams player. I don’t think we let him walk. The FO seems to love him. 

[Jackie Lee]

We've only got $17m in cap space, but I think if they restructure Robby/CMC/Moton/Shaq/etc we could maybe get to $45-50m. The real question is do Reddick and Luvu even wanna play here again? I'd keep Zylstra,Gonzales, maybe Chandler and everyone else is jags. Let the new special teams coach who knows what he's doing pick a new returner, punter. Also I really don't trust this long snapper Rhule drafted to take over for JJ

[PootieNunu]

21 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

We've only got $17m in cap space, but I think if they restructure Robby/CMC/Moton/Shaq/etc we could maybe get to $45-50m. The real question is do Reddick and Luvu even wanna play here again? I'd keep Zylstra,Gonzales, maybe Chandler and everyone else is jags. Let the new special teams coach who knows what he's doing pick a new returner, punter. Also I really don't trust this long snapper Rhule drafted to take over for JJ

Robby, CMC, and Shaq's contract are already stupid to begin with, I hope we just ride them out while the team sucks, no need to add dead money down the road when we are going to suck this upcoming year anyway.

Stop restructuring bad contracts on aging players, some who cant even stay healthy. 

[Jackie Lee]

7 minutes ago, PootieNunu said:

Robby, CMC, and Shaq's contract are already stupid to begin with, I hope we just ride them out while the team sucks, no need to add dead money down the road when we are going to suck this upcoming year anyway.

Stop restructuring bad contracts on aging players, some who cant even stay healthy. 

Oh yeah I don't want to give Rhule any more ammo to work with, just ride it out as is. Just saying he's in desperation mode and he probably wants to do all those restructures even though it benefits no one but himself at this point. 

[LinvilleGorge]

13 minutes ago, PootieNunu said:

Robby, CMC, and Shaq's contract are already stupid to begin with, I hope we just ride them out while the team sucks, no need to add dead money down the road when we are going to suck this upcoming year anyway.

Stop restructuring bad contracts on aging players, some who cant even stay healthy. 

Yep. Don't try to Hurney your way out of bad contracts by making them worse.

[Jared Patterson]

Are we allowed to resign any of our own players right now or do we have to wait?

[razorwolf]

38 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

We've only got $17m in cap space, but I think if they restructure Robby/CMC/Moton/Shaq/etc we could maybe get to $45-50m. The real question is do Reddick and Luvu even wanna play here again? I'd keep Zylstra,Gonzales, maybe Chandler and everyone else is jags. Let the new special teams coach who knows what he's doing pick a new returner, punter. Also I really don't trust this long snapper Rhule drafted to take over for JJ

Reddick has already said he'd love to stay in carolina.

Here is the article:

https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/haason_reddick_speaks_on_future_with_panthers/s1_16718_36740936?utm_source=mb&utm_medium=email&mb_edition=20211217&mb_loc=right_h

[Rocky Davis]

I don't want any restructuring done to tie our hands in the next 3-5 years.  Play with the hand you were dealt and chose.

We all know this won't happen, they will restructure quite a few deals and I guess we'll keep kicking the can down the road when we could just swallow next season's failure just as we have done the past couple of seasons.

If they re-sign Miller or Burris though I am buying a punching bag for Sundays.

[Michael G]

19 minutes ago, Jared Patterson said:

Are we allowed to resign any of our own players right now or do we have to wait?

The rules on this always confuse me. I think there are certain players that you can sign to future contracts but not if they were actually on your official rosters. Others you have to wait to deal with depending on their status (RFA, UFA, ERFA).

Maybe someone else can clarify this better than me. Anyone?

[Snake]

53 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yep. Don't try to Hurney your way out of bad contracts by making them worse.

Especially when you a basement team with no playoff aspirations. If were were smart we would just save our money buy some stop gaps and draft well. 

[ECHornet]

Players I would not consider resigning:

RB Ameer Abdullah 

S Juston Burris

P Lachlan Edwards

WR Alex Erickson

DE Marquis Haynes Sr.

CB Donte Jackson -  take ~4th rd comp pick in 2023

DT DaQuan Jones

CB Rashaan Melvin

G John Miller

C Matt Paradis

OLB Haason Reddick - take likely 3rd rd comp pick in 2023

T Trent Scott

LB Julian Stanford

WR Brandon Zylstra

Players I would consider resigning + contingency:

LB Jermaine Carter Jr. - only if contract is in backup LB range

S Sean Chandler - only if we cut Franklin and use that savings to resign Chandler to cheap deal

CB Stephon Gilmore - max of 7-8 mil per year for 2 years. Slight hometown discount for aging star who would be a great mentor for our young secondary.

K Zane Gonzalez - re-sign

LS J.J. Jansen - re-sign if he wants to play

LB Frankie Luvu -important target here if we’re letting Reddick walk. Don’t think he’s blown up to the point his contract will be too high, but he makes plays when he’s on the field. Young and plays with an energy level above most others on the team. Would love a 4 year/$10-12mil deal with Luvu.

QB Cam Newton - vet min or near it. Red zone/short yardage specialist

TE Ian Thomas - vet min to backup Tremble or any other TE acquisition. Probably walks. 

[Rocky Davis]

I would consider re-signing Jackson, but if he gets a $$$ offer from another team I let him walk.

[ECHornet]

1 minute ago, Rocky Davis said:

I would consider re-signing Jackson, but if he gets a $$$ offer from another team I let him walk.

I’m assuming he’ll be too expensive. Same as Reddick.