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OFFICIAL Undrafted Free Agent thread

TheSpecialJuan

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LinvilleGorge Grand Master

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The Titans jumping on Restrepo after drafting Cam Ward #1 overall was smart. I'm honestly surprised they didn't use a late rounder on him. I get that his measurables were trash but when you put up those types of numbers at a high level P5 school you can play and when you have a chance to add your new QB's favorite college target basically for free that just seems like a really good idea even if it accomplished nothing more than just helping that QB transition to the NFL.

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14 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

I get that, but that doesn't change that I still don't love giving 200k+ guaranteed to an UDFA WR who if they make the squad, will be a 7th WR who only returns punts when part of the selling point of our 4th round pick was that they were also going to be our new returner, didn't realize that maybe meant only kick-offs and then we'd go do this for a new PR.

None of it is the decisions in a vacuum, it's the totality of them.

If Horn Jr also could be a KR, then maybe we should have used that 4th on something else, like a CB that would have possibly been more useful for us this year and found a 3rd RB in another way.

I'm not going to let it get me down as I love our draft on the whole, and getting one of the top Kicker's right after the draft too was actually maybe the best thing we did today.  But that's just a big guarantee for a player who'd be our 7th WR with no path to WR snaps like Coker last year.

 

13 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, I mean taking a $200k cap hit if he doesn't work out isn't the end of the world. It's just a little weird how heavy we are on youth at WR. Thielen is the only guy on the roster with over 1700 receiving yards. That's wild.

 

13 hours ago, panthers55 said:

Won't count under the cap if he isn't one of the top 51 salaries

 

Ugh Im not the one that should do this.

Here is the deal- Top 51 counts before the season starts. Soon after the final cut and teams get ready for week one- All 16 players on PS, all players on IR, and the 53 count against the cap. Unless the rule changed..

Panthers gave Jacolby George 215,000 guaranteed. The salary for PS during the year is same number. So Panthers guaranteed him a spot on the PS for the year. *If he gets cut and claimed/signed on another, that 215,000 would be dead cap. It's sorta of loop hole, provided he remains on team. I believe the PS guarantee limit is 365,000(??) to prevent teams from signing 16 to full deals.

 

  

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15 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

But we already have T-Mac, XL, Thielen, Coker, Moore and now Horn Jr.  

If we're keeping a 7th WR on the roster to be a return man, they better be handling both KR and PR duties or it's not worth the roster spot.

The only other option would be to cut Horn Jr (which would be weird because if that's the case, why not just draft Jacolby instead) or Moore, and with how young this WR room is, I'd much rather have Moore than an UDFA regardless of on the field roles.

Or we just gave 200k+ to a guy we're going to cut in a few months, which would be dumb too.

I mean there’s a strong chance we really wanted both with the intention to only keep 1 and had intel that JHJ would get drafted while Jacolby wouldn’t. 200k is nothing and so is a 6th round pick. Either make the final roster, you did great. 

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