Diggs restructured, 3 others get increases

[Nicbsbll2]

The Carolina Panthers created some salary cap room by extending and restructuring the contract of linebacker Na'il Diggs, which helped offset a combined cap growth of $2.8 million to the 2009 base salaries of running back Jonathan Stewart, linebacker Thomas Davis and defensive end Tyler Brayton due to contract accelerators they earned last season, according to NFL Players Association documents.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2009/03/diggs-restructured-3-others-get-increases.html

[Brandon]

And yet people still think Hurney is sitting in his office, twiddling his thumbs. Just more proof this guy is hard at work trying to get us as much to work with while we wait for Pep to sign his tender.

[Darth Biscuit]

I figured they were working on stuff like this and waiting for free angency to quiet down some...

[Fireball77]

It's also a bit more difficult to structure contracts this year due to the uncapped year looming.

[mountainpantherfan]

Very good work on Hurney's part once again this offseason.

Take note that this did not create any extra cap room. The Diggs extention and restructure was only to allow the accelerators in other Stewart's, Brayton's and Davis' contract to not push the Panthers over the cap.

[pantherclaw]

Nice move.

[mantal]

And yet people still think Hurney is sitting in his office, twiddling his thumbs. Just more proof this guy is hard at work trying to get us as much to work with while we wait for Pep to sign his tender.

Umm, Hurney doesn't negotiate contracts?...

[Brooklyn Bully]

It's called covering your ass in case Pep stays. It's not a nice move, it's a needed move.

[bLACKpANTHER]

It's called covering your ass in case Pep stays. It's not a nice move, it's a needed move.

gawd, i hope you're wrong..

[monstercat]

And yet people still think Hurney is sitting in his office, twiddling his thumbs. Just more proof this guy is hard at work trying to get us as much to work with while we wait for Pep to sign his tender.

That's because people are stupid. They think that, because the Panthers aren't publicly announcing their intentions everyday, or that because they aren't pursuing every big name FA that comes along, that they aren't working.

Conspiracy theories are always born when there is a lack of information. People don't actually know what's going on, so they just make stuff up and call it the truth.

[rayzor]

It's called covering your ass in case Pep stays. It's not a nice move, it's a needed move.

pragmatism FTW!

[Raskle]

people are stupid

Honestly, that's all you really needed to say...

[The Link]

And yet people still think Hurney is sitting in his office, twiddling his thumbs. Just more proof this guy is hard at work trying to get us as much to work with while we wait for Pep to sign his tender.

He needs to be working on getting Peppers traded.

[monstercat]

He needs to be working on getting Peppers traded.

Maybe you should tell Hurney that, you know, in case he hasn't noticed that $17 million gorilla in the room.