What’s next?

[Santee_Panther]

Next moves for the off-season?

1) Pickup 5th year option on Brown (deadline tomorrow). No brainer.

2) Decline option for CJ? 

3) Extend Burns.

4) Chinn- final year of his contract, make sense to extend?

5) Sign any veteran free agents? Most of Burns and Chinn extensions would hit the future cap. We have room in the cap for some FAs.

[Mike in Raleigh]

3 minutes ago, Santee_Panther said:

Next moves for the off-season?

1) Pickup 5th year option on Brown (deadline tomorrow). No brainer.

2) Decline option for CJ? 

3) Extend Burns.

4) Chinn- final year of his contract, make sense to extend?

5) Sign any veteran free agents? Most of Burns and Chinn extensions would hit the future cap. We have room in the cap for some FAs.

[Santee_Panther]

$27mil in cap space today. Need to hold back some for rookies and in season maneuvers, but plenty of cash for FA signing or three. 

[Harbingers]

Hurricanes round 2 of the playoffs. 

[LinvilleGorge]

I expect focus to probably shift toward Burns' extension now. Would not be surprised if Brown is extended this off-season too after picking up his 5th year option. Still unsure of our long-term plans with Chinn but if we expect him to be a key player in the D now would be the time to get him under contract long-term.

[pantherj]

Tepper already let the cat out of the bag at that press conference, so we're going to be more of a defensive team. That means Burns, Brown, everyone on defense is going get a fortune. We're a defensive team all in.

[Wolfcop]

I think I need to see some consistency from Chinn before I sign him to another contract. I think he will do well in this defense and being more in the box, but we shall see. 

[LinvilleGorge]

9 minutes ago, Wolfcop said:

I think I need to see some consistency from Chinn before I sign him to another contract. I think he will do well in this defense and being more in the box, but we shall see. 

That's why it's a good idea to sign him NOW if he's part of the long-term plan. We've devalued him playing him out of position for two years. If we're going to use him how he should be used get him signed now before reminding the league how good he is. Imagine Kam Chancellor being used as a primary deep cover safety. It would've been a LOT uglier than Chinn's past two seasons.

[Wolfcop]

Good point