Panthers' Official Cap as of 3/11

[Ja Rhule]

How the fug can a team completely purged during the 2010 NFL season going 2-14, finish 6-10 during the 2011 season be in a worse Cap situation than the Super Bowl Champion Giants? The Giants opponents in the Super Bowl with an extremely well paid QB are 16 million plus under the cap.

The Panthers are also the same team to be the first to enjoy a post Rookie Cap #1 pick.

Smitty, Wharton, Gamble, and Jordan Gross account for like 50% of our cap room. We will extend Smitty and Gamble, maybe even Wharton. This will save us close to $30-$40m.

[Argus Plexus]

Why did the League drag their feet on this? What was the point?

[Ruff]

Why did the League drag their feet on this? What was the point?

Apparently the NFL and the NFLPA were trying to increase the cap somehow.

[Keep Pounding]

Why did the League drag their feet on this? What was the point?

They were focused on bounty gate too much and lost track of time. J/K...

[Kevin Greene]

Smitty, Wharton, Gamble, and Jordan Gross account for like 50% of our cap room. We will extend Smitty and Gamble, maybe even Wharton. This will save us close to $30-$40m.

OK, when?

[Ruff]

OK, when?

Probably starting tomorrow. We have to be under the cap before Tuesday at 4pm. Expect the moves between now and then.

[Ivan The Awesome]

- PFT

There you go. We're officially 5.3m over. That's really not that bad. All we need to do is restructure Thomas Davis and one other, and we'll be good.

Extend Smitty and Gamble. Restructure Gross, Davis, and Wharton. Unless Wharton is cut.

[Ken]

Cool. Waiting on the restructuring, etc, etc. Hope it starts tomorrow.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

To the people upset about our cap, we literally have every good player on our roster locked up besides Smitty and Stewart (and a Smitty extension is probably coming). We can still grow through the draft and free agency without fear of compromising what we have. A couple moves and we're fine. We probably won't get a Mario Williams or anything like that, but this seems to be building to something.

And I'd prefer this over the Fox era dance of blowing up some position group every year or two. First the o-line, then the linebackers, then the secondary, then the runnningbacks, the o-line again, etc, etc.

[Marguide]

Considering who we already have signed (i.e. the core), 5.3 over is not bad at all. Frankly, we are in better shape than some of the teams with lots of space, but also lots of people not under contract.

As I predicted all along, it is a very manageable situation. Marty Hurney does some stupid crap from time to time, but I trust him on cap management.

[Ruff]

I think Hurney and co need to start watching the cap closely, anyways. Before long, FA are going to be knocking down the door trying to play with Cam, and we have to be careful before we just start throwing out contracts to every FA out there.

[Ruff]

Btw, I know this isn't really relevant to us, but how the hell are the Cardinals 16m over? Seriously? Besides Fitzgerald and Darnell Dockett, who the hell do they have on their team?

[Ivan The Awesome]

Question, Didn't we have any cap carry over from last year?

[Ruff]

Question, Didn't we have any cap carry over from last year?

We did. 2.8m, and that number was factored into the cap as of today. So, we would've been 8.1m over.