Hardy says he wouldn't mind franchise tag

[thunderraiden]

Tag him transitional and take the first rounder if he doesnt sign.

EDIT: Nevermind, transition tag is completely useless and would 100% lose us G. Hardy. I'm an idiot.

[Carl Spackler]

A second? Hardy has transformed into an elite DE and he's still very young. Greg is not just a pass rusher. He punishes RBs without mercy too. The Kraken will only fetch a first rounder. DEs of his caliber are rare, essential premiums.

He ain't going anywhere though. G-Man values his hog mollies.

 

Sorry, but some of the money our beloved Kraken is gonna want is gonna have to go to Cam and Kuechly.

 

It's just business, and it sucks, but it's how it goes.

[rko396]

Of course he "wouldnt mind". Thats more money then his new contract will gove him, plus hes then in for a huge pay day the following year as well

[jtnc]

A second? Hardy has transformed into an elite DE and he's still very young. Greg is not just a pass rusher. He punishes RBs without mercy too. The Kraken will only fetch a first rounder. DEs of his caliber are rare, essential premiums.

He ain't going anywhere though. G-Man values his hog mollies.

We have too much money in RB's to sign Hardy and extend Cam. Not to mention, Gross is on his last year of his deal and guys like Mike Mitchell, Graham Gano, are FA's this year.

[QueensKing]

We better never sign any RB to a huge contract again, especially after seeing what rookies have been doing the last few yrs. 

 

There's no excuse to have cap problems when we don't even have any franchise players signed to big contracts.  Our best players are playing for pennies, while we have easily replaceable players hogging the cap. 

 

They better find a way to re-sign Hardy, no excuses.  I don't want to hear about picks, or trades, that's a crap shoot.  We have him, and we are in the driver's seat.  Get it done.  If we are who we wish to be, a championship caliber team with a championship caliber defensive unit we'll always have our players. 

 

The Ravens had multiple pro bowl stars every year on their defensive unit, never lost anyone. 

[IamSoClutch]

A contract is easily going to be atleast 10mill and thats with the discount

[MadHatter]

What makes you think G-Man won't cut D-Will and Godfrey this off-season?

Wait and see before going emo, ok? We don't know what moves our front office will make in 2014. It's too damn early.

DWill won't save us much in cap.

[CarolinaNCSU]

CJ is going to make 8.75 million next year, 9.75 the next, and 10.75 in 2016. 

 

That's around the framework I would expect Hardy to want/sign for. CJ also got the huge signing bonus though, so Gettleman is going to have to get creative to frame Hardy's contract in a way that doesn't murder us either next year, or down the road if the contract is back loaded. 

[carpanfan96]

Could get something like the Allen trade, very similar situations with him and Hardy. Chiefs got a first round, two 3rds and swapped 6th rounders with the Vikings.

[MtnProwler]

Franchise would be the worst situation for us. That would only benefit us if we intend to trade him. There is no way we can afford to try and payout two big contracts and take the cap hit at the end of 2014 season with both Cam and Hardy. The only reason I'm not worried about Cam's contract next year is we really don't have any big contracts to renew and Beason's dead money expires. The only way Hardy stays is to do some restructuring of other contracts. The 8M offered to him was a great offer based on our current situation, it would have left about 8-10M for us for resigns and draft picks. We need to restructure Godfrey and Stewerts contracts ASAP while we have some leverage on them with other players playing well in their respective positions. It wouldn't hurt to try and restructure Smitty and even CJs again. That way we can offer Hardy more like the 12M a yr he is looking for. It's really not normal to do so much restructuring but that's the only way to get out of this mess, Gman knows this.

[hepcat]

The Panthers have some BAD contracts on the books...hoping Gettleman can work some magic this offseason and clear some of those off the books so they can resign the important players.

[csx]

I realusticly dont expect him to be back. Hes played under a 6th rd pick contract for 4 years and I wouldnt blame hin fir wanting his payday. This could set him and a future family up for life.

[MadHatter]

Four million is still space regardless. If I remember correctly as well, Godfrey is due nine million.

I agree that Godfrey is gone. Was not sure about DWill and was too lazy to look up the impact myself

[unicar15]

I see DG being the UnHurney and getting a deal done.

He was there when the Giants got Tuck signed for 5 yrs 30 million on an extension. I love CJ...don't get me wrong but no player other than the QB or a Calvin Johnson type WR deserves 72 million. Teams are starting to wise up to that fact.