Panthers reworking Shaq's Deal

[WarPanthers89]

1 minute ago, Ricky Spanish said:

You're right, Bradford wasn't even mediocre through most of his career.

At least Shaq has been above average at times.

One of 8 players to have over 100 tackles each of the the last 4 seasons

[Cam's New Arm]

7 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

Not a great comparison.  Wasn't Bradford a #1 overall QB? Totally different from a LB selected in the late first 

yes but he was the last 1st overall pick on the old CBA where the first overall pick ended up with more money than half the team. He did what he did with the rams and then the same thing to multiple other teams lol.

[LinvilleGorge]

16 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

Not a great comparison.  Wasn't Bradford a #1 overall QB? Totally different from a LB selected in the late first 

Who cares where he was drafted? Mayfield was #1 overall. Hell, so was Jamarcus Russell. Teams weren't lining up to throw massive amounts of money at those guys because they were once #1 overall picks. Bradford was mediocre when he was on the field and stayed injured and teams STILL paid him over and over again. It never made any sense and still doesn't. Bradford probably made more in relation to the cap at the time while doing less than possibly anyone in NFL history.

[MHS831]

In fairness, Mills, Morgan, Davis, Beason, Kuechly---we are pretty spoiled when it comes to LB....

[WUnderhill]

13 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

You're right, Bradford wasn't even mediocre through most of his career.

At least Shaq has been above average at times.

All joking aside, Sam Bradford is the 24th highest earning NFL player of all time. He made more money in 9 years than Tony Romo did in 14 and Mike Vick did in 13.

Bradford is the definition of overpaid for mediocre results.

 

Yeah but a lot of that was from being the last QB to get that old rookie QB money under the old CBA.

[DamnItJake!]

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Who cares where he was drafted? Mayfield was #1 overall. Hell, so was Jamarcus Russell. Teams weren't lining up to throw massive amounts of money at those guys because they were once #1 overall picks. Bradford was mediocre when he was on the field and stayed injured and teams STILL paid him over and over again. It never made any sense and still doesn't. Bradford probably made more in relation to the cap at the time while doing less than possibly anyone in NFL history.

It’s amazing how much money Bradford made for being constantly injured!! Good on him but damn he raped a lot of teams!

[Sub Zero]

This let’s me know Evro wanted to keep Shaq and has a plan for him.. 

[jfra78]

2 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Yeah but a lot of that was from being the last QB to get that old rookie QB money under the old CBA.

He kept getting crazy deals with new teams as a free agent.  

[The Huddler]

good.  lower that cap hit while keeping a good player and a locker room leader. 

 

win/win. 

[jfra78]

Never understood the hate for Shaq on this board.   

[WUnderhill]

8 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

He kept getting crazy deals with new teams as a free agent.  

I don’t remember everything, but I do remember the crazy money top rookie QBs were getting.

[Cam's New Arm]

6 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Never understood the hate for Shaq on this board.   

We had TD and Keek and Shaq. He was always considered a distant 3rd to them and once they left, the memory of that space is all we had of him. That's why. 
He's solid but he's not the standard we are used to.

[therealmjl]

I’ve bashed him constantly but this is a win win

[TheSpecialJuan]