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CRA Grand Master

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That is simply your opinion which isn't shared by the GM or the coach. We have money to sign anyone we want at this point yet we aren't. Somehow I trust their opinion more than yours.

That is the opinion of most GMs and teams in the NFL.....as evidence by their rosters. RB doesn't hold the importance it did years ago regardless of what Carolina has done ( they are semi retard).

They aren't blowing there 8 mill now bc they still have a TC and preseason to get through....Let's say CJ or Gamble break a hip....need a stash for emergency shopping being so weak and thin

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The entire point of this exercise is to give a name you would rather pay than DWill. I did, I don't see the problem. The Panthers were very interested in Carlos Rodgers last year they just didn't have the money.

As for the $8m in cap space that will either be used to extend contracts or carry over into next season where we are already over the cap.

The question was who could we have realistically brought in with the money we could have saved with signing Williams. And that includes the philosophy of the team which is to not bring in high priced free agents at any cost. And sure we will use the 9 million next year which will be a better use than signing someone at this point who doesn't really help the team.

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That is the opinion of most GMs and teams in the NFL.....as evidence by their rosters. RB doesn't hold the importance it did years ago regardless of what Carolina has done ( they are semi retard).

They aren't blowing there 8 mill now bc they still have a TC and preseason to get through....

All teams carry at least 3 RB'S. Everyone one of them, if RB's were not that important they would save the roster spot for something more important. There is not enough elite talent available at RB for every team to have even 1 much less 2-3 top tier RB's. Yet they use roster spaces on 3-4 RB's inferior to ours.

And how many teams do you see willing to let their elite RB'S change teams?

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The entire point of this exercise is to give a name you would rather pay than DWill. I did, I don't see the problem. The Panthers were very interested in Carlos Rodgers last year they just didn't have the money.

That is just not true. Carlos signed for a little over $2 million last year with San Fran. We could have easily done this type deal.

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Where do you get your ideas???

We have good depth given how many guys we used in starting roles due to the injuries we sustained last year.

And not only do we help Cam with a running game but we bring in Tolbert to help even more. Your logic seems to go against everything we have done in the last 18 months. As a team we are doing the exact opposite of everything you advocate short of bringing in Kuechly.

We had bodies....which is why we in the running for the worst D in the NFL.

We still need starters at S, CB, DE and DT. We have backup caliber players all over the field as starters.

Only think I am advocating is NOT paying 2 role players in a rushing attack featured RB money. Nothing more.

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That is the opinion of most GMs and teams in the NFL.....as evidence by their rosters. RB doesn't hold the importance it did years ago regardless of what Carolina has done ( they are semi retard).

They aren't blowing there 8 mill now bc they still have a TC and preseason to get through....Let's say CJ or Gamble break a hip....need a stash for emergency shopping being so weak and thin

What does what other teams or GMs think have to do the Panthers? I thought this was a Panthers discussion and site not a general discussion about the league.

Given we made it through last year with a ton of injuries with less cap room than we have right now, I doubt there will be a problem. If a guy goes down due to injury and his contract is not guaranteed against injury then you don't have to pay him all of the yearly salary. If he is guaranteed against injury then you owe him the base salary. You can reach an injury settlement which doesn't count against the cap. Base contracts for IR players do usually count against the cap unless the contract is a split contract where only 50% counts against the cap if they go on IR.

But no if Gamble or CJ goes down we won't sign a high priced free agent and spend a ton of money. We would move up one of the backups and elevate a practice squad player from our squad or someone else's. So again what you are saying might be your wishes but it doesn't follow with the Panther's philosophy or practice in the past few years.

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We had bodies....which is why we in the running for the worst D in the NFL.

We still need starters at S, CB, DE and DT. We have backup caliber players all over the field as starters.

Only think I am advocating is NOT paying 2 role players in a rushing attack featured RB money. Nothing more.

Again that is your opinion not Rivera's. He has said we are fine at DT and DE. he thinks what we brought in at safety is fine and he is optimistic we will find a 2nd corner with Norman, Munnerlyn or Hogan with whoever doesn't make it there swinging to nickel.

Again until you are the coach this is just your rantings which go against everything the GM and coach believe to be true. So no matter if we had 50 million to spend we won't be signing anyone to a big contract. We might bring in someone cut from another team at one of those positions if it adds depth or can help us but we won't be spending big. So again signing Williams is not keeping us from signing depth or a starter. No matter how you want to spin it you are wrong and the fact we have 9 million and we aren't spending its proof of it. If we had big needs and intended to spent it we surely would and worry about the cap next year.

So last week it was they are just a guy and this week they are just bodies. LOL

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I just thought of an interesting angle, maybe we are sitting on that cap space so we retain the right to cut Olindo Mare. He would be a pretty big cap hit to cut this year but if he sucks we gotta do it.

Actually, it would have a positive impact on our cap this year (approx $600k). We would have a bit of dead money next year, but less than his salary, so it would still be positive overall.

Mare is very cut-able contract wise.

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Yeah, building a RB by committee and paying them like featured RBs is sound logic.....in a passing league.

ya have to pay to keep talent. i know, in your fantasies he would have stayed for peanuts, or ya would have replaced him with a lesser of a player.

Most of the great offenses have had great running backs.

You also seem to forget, or ignore the fact the Ron wants an offense that can beat ya on the ground and tbrough the air.

You can't improve a team by taking away one of it's strengths.

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