Salary Cap Situation

[Marguide]

Hurney's got this. Besides, it's only for a year until the new TV revenue bumps the cap up significantly and we'll have plenty of room to extend Stewart, make a few moves, and eventually give Cam the monster deal he's surely going to get.

I thought the new TV money hit in 2014. Am I wrong?

[MadHatter]

Many of the team's near the bottom of Cap Space have significant existing players that have not been signed to long-term deals. The Panthers took care of this last season.

[Catalyst]

I thought the new TV money hit in 2014. Am I wrong?

Could be. I'm not sure. Either way we're in good shape in the long run. Most of the deals we signed last offseason are front-loaded.

[CatMan72]

Hurney is a cap guy, not even worth thinking about.... you can massage contracts so much that your cap number really is meaningless (as long as players are willing to work with you).

[panthers55]

Cutting Davis which counts 5.9 million toward the cap alone gets up below the 125 million cap. There are also guys who signed for injury purposes who we will get rid of before the cap deadline. The reason Smith has been talking about playing 4-5 years is because I suspect there may have been preliminary discussion about possibly extending him so we can get some cap relief this year.

There may also be a few people cut who are surprises. Whenever you get a new regime there is turnover as new coaches see the lineups and the potential of players differently.

[panthers55]

The new TV deal goes in effect after the 2013 season.

[Riverboat Ron]

So what you're saying is it's basically confirmed we're going to sign Dwayne Bowe, Carl Nicks, Mario Williams and Carlos Rodgers? AWESOME!!! :cool:

[Snake]

If we upgrade the CB2 position this year in the Draft and add a DL this team will vastly improve. What this team needs most is guys to recover and depth on Defense.

[Kurb]

Next year could very well be the one where we try and add "the last peice" to make a significant run.

This is assuming the offense keeps clicking along.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Cutting Davis which counts 5.9 million toward the cap alone gets up below the 125 million cap. There are also guys who signed for injury purposes who we will get rid of before the cap deadline. The reason Smith has been talking about playing 4-5 years is because I suspect there may have been preliminary discussion about possibly extending him so we can get some cap relief this year.

There may also be a few people cut who are surprises. Whenever you get a new regime there is turnover as new coaches see the lineups and the potential of players differently.

Add Clausen and Edwards to that. Also Otah.. how much is that now?

[Kurb]

While Clausen and Edwards might hit the road, Otah is actually pretty cheap this year.

Dunno if releasing pickles and AE really make much of a differnce, I forget their contract stuff.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Should be 2.5 each. So another 5M. That's 10m. Otah I don't know.

[MadHatter]

I want to see Clausen go. Even if he costs little, he is taking a roster spot. Give me a ST guy over a 3rd string QB who should NEVER get a chance to see the field here.

[Kevin Greene]

Hurney the capoligist. :lol:

We're only a couple years removed from the organization being put in a stranglehold by Julius Peppers for 2 years. So desperate for cap space we had to extend Jake for millions. Let's hope Hurney pulls his head out of his ass and manages to free the space to sign a couple decent Free Agents while not releasing key players.