RUMOR: Panthers are trying to trade Christian McCaffrey to the Buffalo Bills & Robbie Anderson to the Green Bay Packers

[UNCrules2187]

It just makes no sense to trade CMC. At least with Robbie, while you're taking a $19m dead money hit this year, it frees up $12m in cap space next year. With CMC, trading him will result in a $26m dead money hit this year and a $18m dead money hit next year while only freeing up $1.2m in cap space next year. Unless someone is willing to blow the organization away with an amazing offer (at least a first round pick minimum), I think Fitt/Tepp will be content to hang on to him and have the new HC, whoever that may be, make the decision on whether or not he wants to deal him at next year's deadline.

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[L-TownCat]

11 minutes ago, SetfreexX said:

The biggest thing with even ENTERTAINING trading either is the dead cap and having the receiving tram take on some of that as we already have a negative cap projection for 23'.

People need to understand how that functions first, Robbie just signed a restructure this past off-season and we should all understand CMC's contract by now.  

Oh now there you go with facts ruining a perfectly good Madden trade proposal.

[amcoolio]

Dead cap is a concept that should be scrapped next CBA

Everyone loves trades in any sport, but the NFL makes it so hard to trade players

Be like the NBA, just require sending out matching salaries or absorb into cap space. NFL makes its salary cap so unnecessarily complicated

Edited October 11, 2022 by amcoolio

[t96]

1 minute ago, Jackie Lee said:

These are gonna be bottom of the round picks too, pick 31 or 32. Probably not a day one starter 

Exactly. I would consider trading him for a single first round pick from another team that could be picking top 15 but Bills picks will be so late. a 2nd rounder from the Bills is basically a 3rd rounder. A 3rd rounder for one of the best players in the entire league is completely absurd. Yes I know the injury concerns, contract and positional value, but still that doesn't move the needle whatsoever. At that point we just keep him and hope Payton or Harbaugh or whoever have him in their plans. If the next HC doesn't have him in their plans, sure look at trades for lesser value then if need be. But to prematurely trade him right now for sh*t value would be incredibly stupid. 

 

Robbie on the other hand, ship him away for the best mid round pick we can get. 

[RJK]

That’s not enough for either player imo

[UNCrules2187]

Just now, RJK said:

That’s not enough for either player imo

Take whatever you can get for Robbie and move on. He's not going to be on the team one way or another after this season, so might as well get something rather than just cut him for nothing.

[countryboi]

29 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Panthers put that out there so they wouldn't upset Christian 

and yet.. here we are

[countryboi]

3 minutes ago, amcoolio said:

Dead cap is a concept that should be scrapped next CBA

Everyone loves trades in any sport, but the NFL makes it so hard to trade players

Be like the NBA, just require sending out matching salaries or absorb into cap space. NFL makes its salary cap so unnecessarily complicated

and the NFL salary cap is full of holes and chances for manipulation. so its just complex for the shits

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

32 minutes ago, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

Who the fug is this guy.

Panthers Nostradamus 

[TheSpecialJuan]

27 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Co-host of C3 Panthers YouTube podcast 

Apparently he has an inside source: some say its Brian Burns brother Stanley McClover other say its Tre Boston and yet others believe its Matt Rhule's mistress 

[Catsfan69]

38 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

Fitterer should be fired if he takes that for cmac

[Icege]

If they can get significant compensation for CMC and get out from under having to pay him $20M next season, that'd be a huge dub. Any compensation for RA would also be welcome, especially if it means not having to pay him $21M next year as well to be on the roster.

I'm a big CMC fan, but $20M for an RB? Nooo thank yooou. Flipping him + Robbie could open up $41M next season while also bringing in a possible 2nd & potentially a 5th? Gimme that.

Edited October 11, 2022 by Icege