Joe Person: Projecting moves based on vibes

[MHS831]

On 2/19/2025 at 1:56 PM, Waldo said:

Edit: The posible knee situation is a real wrench in the spokes.

We know little about it--of course, if it is still a knee on which he can play but the Panthers don't feel good about it over the next few years, acknowledging that would kill trade value---this is all speculative, mind you, and Moton (the person and player) might be my favorite player--but bizness is bizness.

[hepcat]

The “Joe Person is a tool” trope is pretty worn out. I think he has had on again off again sources with the team over the years. Occasionally he coughs up a good article but sometimes he’s very lazy. The Panthers have by and large been poorly covered. I think it’s time for some fresh voices. 

That said the conversation about keeping Moton at that cap number is crazy. He’s a good player but no way he’s worth $31m. That’s 3 starters on defense. They’ll be drafting a tackle somewhere in the draft I guarantee it. Wouldn’t even be a bad idea in the first round if they traded down. 

[mrcompletely11]

3 minutes ago, hepcat said:

The “Joe Person is a tool” trope is pretty worn out. I think he has had on again off again sources with the team over the years. Occasionally he coughs up a good article but sometimes he’s very lazy. The Panthers have by and large been poorly covered. I think it’s time for some fresh voices. 

That said the conversation about keeping Moton at that cap number is crazy. He’s a good player but no way he’s worth $31m. That’s 3 starters on defense. They’ll be drafting a tackle somewhere in the draft I guarantee it. Wouldn’t even be a bad idea in the first round if they traded down. 

Fitts fingerprints are still on this roster

 

31 million is a lot but we aint winning poo this year.  Ride it out because even if you restructure he is still getting that money one way or another.  He is on the wrong side of 30 with a potential knee issue.  Bite the bullet.  The average age of an NFL lineman is 27, why in the hell would you bet against those odds.  Play it out and address it in the next off season

[Bear Hands]

23 minutes ago, hepcat said:

The “Joe Person is a tool” trope is pretty worn out. I think he has had on again off again sources with the team over the years. Occasionally he coughs up a good article but sometimes he’s very lazy. The Panthers have by and large been poorly covered. I think it’s time for some fresh voices. 

That said the conversation about keeping Moton at that cap number is crazy. He’s a good player but no way he’s worth $31m. That’s 3 starters on defense. They’ll be drafting a tackle somewhere in the draft I guarantee it. Wouldn’t even be a bad idea in the first round if they traded down. 

Drafting on the OL is smart. There’s some solid guys who could sit a year or two behind him.  Plus, I’m still unsure at C and LT.  Keep strengths strengths. We’ve got a lot of picks to work with as long as they don’t Fitt this and turn 9 into 5 picks via trade ups lol

[hepcat]

24 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Drafting on the OL is smart. There’s some solid guys who could sit a year or two behind him.  Plus, I’m still unsure at C and LT.  Keep strengths strengths. We’ve got a lot of picks to work with as long as they don’t Fitt this and turn 9 into 5 picks via trade ups lol

The amount of quality C the panthers have passed on in the draft the past 5 years makes me want to vomit. The Panthers have been awful at drafting since Tepper took over. 

[Bear Hands]

51 minutes ago, hepcat said:

The amount of quality C the panthers have passed on in the draft the past 5 years makes me want to vomit. The Panthers have been awful at drafting since Tepper took over. 

I could stomach it for a minute but thought passing the last two drafts when it was deep with even guys like Limmer in later rounds was a pretty big whiff. Never hurts to draft the big uglies, pressing need or not, the guys in the trenches are where to keep the ship afloat.

[PNW_PantherMan]

3 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Fitts fingerprints are still on this roster

 

31 million is a lot but we aint winning poo this year.  Ride it out because even if you restructure he is still getting that money one way or another.  He is on the wrong side of 30 with a potential knee issue.  Bite the bullet.  The average age of an NFL lineman is 27, why in the hell would you bet against those odds.  Play it out and address it in the next off season

That would be the best way of handling it, but I’m betting an extension is coming.  They’ll use the cap savings to add free agents.