Free Agency starts March 15th…. WHY TF HAS BOZEMAN not been signed?

[Jon Snow]

4 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

He might like to be here and also like the idea of playing closer to his home in Tennessee. 

Maybe he likes the fact there's no state income tax in TN? I've heard several players mention that as a factor in where they would like to go. Does that have anything to do with him building a house there? Only he can say.

[ECHornet]

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Edited March 13, 2023 by ECHornet

[ECHornet]

17 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

I'm so thrilled you ignore cold hard facts. 

I don’t pick and choose the facts that make me most comfortable like you’re doing. 
 

Facts

Sources have expressed Panthers would like Boze to return. 
 

Sources have mentioned Boze would like to stay. 
 

The Bozemans appear to have a home in Nashville. 
 

Tennessee released their starting center.

Fitterer has said we can’t resign everyone. 

Despite having plenty of time to get a deal done prior to FA, there is no deal in place. 

[tukafan21]

13 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Maybe he likes the fact there's no state income tax in TN? I've heard several players mention that as a factor in where they would like to go. Does that have anything to do with him building a house there? Only he can say.

Players say it, and sure, it might be a small factor, but I don't think it really affects their final decisions all that much.

The way being paid in the NFL works, you're taxed based on where the game is played.  So even if you live in a state with no income tax, that only helps you for half of your contract.  

So let's say you sign with Miami, great, you get half of your salary with no state income tax.  But it also means you play two games a year in New York/NJ against the Bills and Jets, high tax rates there.  They also play in California this upcoming season as well, there's a 3rd state with a high tax rate that you're paying this year too.

So in the end, I'm just not sure how much of a factor it really plays for these guys 

[Mr. Scot]

17 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

I thought some poster said he was on the way to BOA to sign his deal?

You fake insiders need to stop trolling.smh

The guy who posted that wasn't claiming to be an insider.

He mistakenly posted a link to one of the fake news tweet sites.

[Leeroy Jenkins Ph.D.]

 

Looks like it is a sellars market for Centers

[KatsAzz]

18 hours ago, MHS831 said:

There are quite a few Centers in free agency and C is pretty deep in the draft.  I think he will be signed for about $9m per by Friday. 

I haven't checked on the available centers. Do you know if there is one available in free agency that is good as Bozeman?

[beo]

I really hope we don't fug around trying to lowball him by a couple million and end up having him get jacked by another team. Missing a C is one of the worst spots to be missing on the OL in terms of on-field impact (not accounting for scarcity/replaceability) and we have a guard coming off a torn ACL; it wouldn't be shocking if Corbett struggled some early in the year just from rust caused by that long rehab period. If we have no C and have Corbett struggling it could lead to a lot of interior pressure which is the worst place to get pressured from (ask Tom) and could easily end up rattling a young QB's confidence especially when you factor in the state of our WR core.

Edited March 13, 2023 by beo

[ForJimmy]

2 minutes ago, beo said:

I really hope we don't fug around trying to lowball him by a couple million and end up having him get jacked by another team. We have a guard coming off a torn ACL; it wouldn't be shocking if Corbett struggled some early in the year just from rust caused by that long rehab period. If we have no C and have Corbett struggling it could lead to a lot of interior pressure which is the worst place to get pressure from (ask Tom) and could easily end up rattling a young QB's confidence.

Did Bozeman ever really excel at pass blocking though?  I know he is great at run blocking.

[beo]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Did Bozeman ever really excel at pass blocking though?  I know he is great at run blocking.

I wouldn't say excel but he doesn't really get beaten by a drum either, at least not from what I saw. That is a good point though that I hadn't considered. But the big thing that Bozeman has over Elfein from my POV is that it seems to me like he calls better protections at the LOS (way less free runners coming through it felt like when he was on the field vs Pat) and that he snaps the ball better. Much less botched/high snaps it seemed to me when he was under center.

Edited March 13, 2023 by beo

[Jackie Lee]

24 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Did Bozeman ever really excel at pass blocking though?  I know he is great at run blocking.

I think he was ranked 26th in pass pro

[beo]

4 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

I think he was ranked 26th in pass pro

This stat isn't the be all end all of course (interestingly enough he doesn't even appear on the chart for run block win rate which I was not expecting) but I'd be interested to see where you saw 26th. I dunno. From what I watched I don't really feel he was a bad pass blocker, but not really a great one either.

Edited March 13, 2023 by beo

[MHS831]

59 minutes ago, KatsAzz said:

I haven't checked on the available centers. Do you know if there is one available in free agency that is good as Bozeman?

I would take Garrett Bradbury (28) from Minnesota over Bozeman, but Bozeman did play well for about a half season or so for us.  A former first rounder who had a decent season last year (injured late).  I think it is interesting that Pocic (Cleveland) also 28, just signed a three year, $18m deal--$6m per and he is rated higher than Bozeman. Going by that, the Panthers probably offered him $6 and he wanted $10-he is probably getting $6m.

[Mr. Scot]

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