For those concerned with the Panther's cap...

[Dpantherman]

Andrew Brandt ‏ @adbrandt

Keep in mind re Cap room: if teams want to be aggressive, Cap room can be created. No direct correlation between room and activity.

This does NOT change our free agency strategy, just throwing this out there for the many of you that are for some reason concerned.

[MHS831]

For example, three moves and we are $8 million under the cap:

Cut Clausen, free $1m

Cut Wharton, free $5 m

Re-structure Davis, free $8m

[chknwing]

carolina is $6.5mil over, not $9mil

[CatMan72]

No concerned at all, restructuring Davis's contract alone will take care of our cap problem.

But for those of you expecting us to be active in FA or land a big-name FA, prepare to be disappointed... this is not our organizational philosophy.

Once again: "We build through the draft".

[chknwing]

how much would they have to pay TD if they out right cut him?

[csx]

For example, three moves and we are $8 million under the cap:

Cut Clausen, free $1m

Cut Wharton, free $5 m

Re-structure Davis, free $8m

then you immediately have to pay that much to get another OG

[Panther53521]

No concerned at all, restructuring Davis's contract alone will take care of our cap problem.

But for those of you expecting us to be active in FA or land a big-name FA, prepare to be disappointed... this is not our organizational philosophy.

Once again: "We build through the draft".

I am just hoping we fix special teams with FA. I like the team as it is with the holes being filled through the draft.

[EMSMedic79]

I don't expect any huge names, but some decent mid level players would be nice.

[rayzor]

some more FA wisdom...

daringantt

RT @davegoldberg84: For future FA analysis, pls remember that last year, Iggles "won'' free agency and Giants "lost.''

adbrandt

This time of year brings out one of my mantras of negotiating contracts: some of the best deals you make are the ones you don't.

adbrandt

Converting salary to bonus for proration. See Steelers 2012. RT @raleighsaint will you explain how cap room can be created, please?

OmarKelly

Again...warning...don't believe ANYTHING you hear until 4pm because its meant to F up your head, and some team's game plan.

[Dpantherman]

I don't expect any huge names, but some decent mid level players would be nice.

Nothing will change, but its because of our philosophy, NOT for cap reasons. Which was the point of this thread.

[BeasonBeastingBacks]

so that means we're getting VJax and Mario right? RIGHT?!?!?

[rayzor]

right.

[jayflip]

People who worry about the cap seem silly to me. The salary cap is an imaginary boundary that is easy to manipulate. The cap isn't what's keeping us from signing Super Mario, our philosophy is. Build through the draft, plug holes with mid level FAs. Our D only needed to be adequate last year and we probably would have made the playoffs. Adequate D can be filled by adequate signings.

In short, the sky is not falling and Hurney isn't the sweet tea drinking bumbling idiot you all make him out to be. There's a reason he's running the team we all love and cherish, and we're working our asses off to make less money that we spend on his team anyways...

[chknwing]

For example, three moves and we are $8 million under the cap:

Cut Clausen, free $1m

Cut Wharton, free $5 m

Re-structure Davis, free $8m

That wont give them enough to sign free agents, just enough to sign their draft picks.