Panthers renegotiated Jonathan Stewart’s contract

[Kevin Greene]

Damnnnnnn. Bye Dwill. We love you and you will be miss very much by Panthers Nation.

His contract was bad to begin with, I understand that's not Gettleman's fault but I don't understand this move. If anything it makes the deal even worse, not better.

You gotta figure DWill is gone June 1.

34 will tear the AFC a new butthole running out of the Patriots backfield.

It will be good to see him mow down the Broncos in the Playoffs.

[CRA]

Right but he was very rarely the starter. The first time he gets the starting nod this year he goes down so he is an injury concern. He's a good back, he's just dinged up so much his first step acceleration looks slow at times. Maybe this last set of surgeries fixed it. I agree it made no sense to keep both backs, there's not enough carries and we have some glaring needs. Giving 2 backs 7 to 10 carries a game hurts them both. With the restructure(what did that save?) it's obvious who's staying, we will see how it works out. I would have traded either or both backs for a #1 receiver at this point anyway. I hope both backs kill it this year.

He was the primary RB in 2011.....more snaps than Williams. Williams was starter in name in 2011.

He played more snaps than Williams in 2011, 2010.

He might of logged more snaps in 2009 as well....I will have to double check that one.

[CRA]

You gotta figure DWill is gone June 1.

34 will tear the AFC a new butthole running out of the Patriots backfield.

It will be good to see him mow down the Broncos in the Playoffs.

Yeah, the Patriots are going to overspend on an old RB after leading the NFL in rushing TDs with cheap RBs.

[ForMac]

Chipping away at his future years is a decent idea, Gettleman can do the same thing next season and chip away a bit more on his future years. There is no forcasting what future RB contracts might be, if Stew does good he can become potentially a bargain, if on the otherhand he sucks, we can cut him for perhaps below market value.

[Kevin Greene]

Yeah, the Patriots are going to overspend on an old RB after leading the NFL in rushing TDs with cheap RBs.

Dwill's pockets will be stuffed with Hurney's (Our) dollars when he leaves Charlotte.

What's left is winning, he'll be a bargain for a chance at a Lombardi.

[carolina-chuck]

You gotta figure DWill is gone June 1.

34 will tear the AFC a new butthole running out of the Patriots backfield.

It will be good to see him mow down the Broncos in the Playoffs.

Mow down the Broncos? Boy, he's gonna be a Bronco!

[Ruff]

Yeah, the Patriots are going to overspend on an old RB after leading the NFL in rushing TDs with cheap RBs.

Corey Dillon?

[CRA]

Dwill's pockets will be stuffed with Hurney's (Our) dollars when he leaves Charlotte.

What's left is winning, he'll be a bargain for a chance at a Lombardi.

Teams will probably look at the 14 games he played against teams not named the Saints.

A team with a strong rush attack and up and coming RB....that is all fairly cheap.....like NE.....has no reason to look at him.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

if he is cut, someone will pick him up...at a fraction of what carolina paid him.

[frash.exe]

Corey Dillon?

9 years ago?

[iamhubby1]

According to Panthers.com DWill averaged 4.3 ypc with 5TDs, while Stew did 3.6 with 1TD. Winner DWill. Stew averaged 9.2 yards per catch with 1 TD, while DWill had 14.3 with 2TDs. Winner DWill. A down year for both, but DWill still was close to avg.

Oh and DWill's longest run of 65 yards is triple Stew's 21. Again, winner DWill.

Too bad he costs so much.

Stew ain't bad. He just isn't a homerun hitter like DWill.

Also, there was a linked article on here recently that said DWill had more yards after contact that Stew. So that myth is also busted.

Personally, I would rather have DWill on this team. If that works out, great. If it doesn't, we still have, cough cough, Stew and Tolbert. Still reliable backs. Just not the threat DWill is. And I believe you need all the threats you can get in todays NFL.

[PhillyB]

cunning move

[poorboysrev]

I think the Broncos are a strong possibility. Deangelo's best years were wth Fox. He gets a shot at a title. The Broncos were reportedly interested in trading or him before. McGahee got injured last year, then their number 2, which hurt them in the playoffs. And Fox likes veteran back. At this point I just want him to go get 20 carries a game somewhere good and light it up so these guys ripping him for things that were beyond his control can have some crow for Thanksgiving.

[stirs]

Obviously thinking outside the box here, but all the semantics just performed on Stewarts contract, did it by chance make it more attractive now to other teams for a possible trade? Didn't seem to change the world as the Panthers are concerned, just wondering.