Kalil and Stewart Restructure

[thefuzz]

1: I hate handing out contracts that you know you will need to restructure in 2-3 years.

 

2: I hate hearing about our GM restructuring deals.

 

3: I hate kicking cans.

[Scrumtrilescent]

If cans need to be kicked, at least we're kicking them into a bigger trash can this time.  

[pantherclaw]

Not gonna bother reading the thread.

Just gonna predict that people are saying the players are only helping themselves.

Lol

On serious note, good work to all involved in creating space for this coming season.

Is much needed.

[Evengelion]

Here, Smitty, Smitty, Smitty, Smitty....

Got me cracking up. had to pie this. lol

[Evengelion]

Now all we have to do is trade down for Greg Robinson and all those RBs become 1000 yard rushers. Wishful thinking, of course.

[twylyght]

wasn't that what hurney was banking on when he signed those big deals in the first place?

 

Possibly.  I can't speak for the man, but I am personally all for a GM that is vested in putting the money on the lines as opposed to the skill positions.  

 

As of right now, in addition to some tremendous talent on the Dline, Keuchly is a monster that will command a lot of respect in league for years to come.  If Cam keeps developing as he does, all we need to do is make sure that his Oline comes in with their hats on to make the next couple of years a solid foundation for being an actual perennial contender.

[Snake]

wasn't that what hurney was banking on when he signed those big deals in the first place?

Why would DG do the same thing that lost his predecessor his job? The cap will go up and DG was not brought in to do a fire sell. Obviously he sees something in Stewart that compelled him to keep him.

[iamhubby1]

I really want to be that guy who laughs at the folks who were claiming that we wouldn't have the money to sign our own FA, let alone any other players. But hey, hubby don't play that game.

If I am correct, and I think I am. We have plenty of money to not only sign Hardy. But...maybe even a FA OT, resign Mitchell, and Ginn Jr., And still have some left over to buy Gross a great retirement gift.

And...we still have a few players we can redo, like Smitty and CJ, so we should be in pretty good shape heading forward.

The moral of the story. If you want to worry and fret. Take up golf.

[rayzor]

Why would DG do the same thing that lost his predecessor his job? The cap will go up and DG was not brought in to do a fire sell. Obviously he sees something in Stewart that compelled him to keep him.

i'll tell you what he's not seeing, and that's a healthy stewart which is something i feel no longer exists for very long.

 

and if this was all that DG's team management consisted of...and by that, i mean pushing money backwards, then we'd be in deep poo. DG is doing so many things better than hurney that i don't like comparing them, but when see stuff like this i really don't like it.

 

we need to be moving on from these old, oft injured, largely ineffective, and far too expensive RBs we've been stuck with.

 

unless i see 1) stewart all of a sudden magically showing himself worth the cap commitment or 2) this restructuring being such that it enables us to move away from him without killing our cap i will be critical of this.

 

i don't see us keeping stewart and williams this year, nor do i really want us to. if i had to choose between the two, i would pick williams just because he's been more reliable lately and done more while on the field than stewart who just looks slow and lost out there.

[bigskypanthersguy]

 

i'll tell you what he's not seeing, and that's a healthy stewart which is something i feel no longer exists for very long.

 

and if this was all that DG's team management consisted of...and by that, i mean pushing money backwards, then we'd be in deep poo. DG is doing so many things better than hurney that i don't like comparing them, but when see stuff like this i really don't like it.

 

we need to be moving on from these old, oft injured, largely ineffective, and far too expensive RBs we've been stuck with.

 

unless i see 1) stewart all of a sudden magically showing himself worth the cap commitment or 2) this restructuring being such that it enables us to move away from him without killing our cap i will be critical of this.

 

i don't see us keeping stewart and williams this year, nor do i really want us to. if i had to choose between the two, i would pick williams just because he's been more reliable lately and done more while on the field than stewart who just looks slow and lost out there.

 

I never cared for trying to extend Stewart in the first place, simply because his style of running doesn't lend to a long NFL career. Williams' issues are well beyond discussed and exhausted at this point, but he's been the more durable option. I'd be very surprised if this wasn't Williams' last season in our uniform, and we then say goodbye to Stewart in the next couple years...

[iamhubby1]

Why would DG do the same thing that lost his predecessor his job? The cap will go up and DG was not brought in to do a fire sell. Obviously he sees something in Stewart that compelled him to keep him.

Like a prohibitive contract.

Make no mistake. If Stews contract weren't so bad, he would be on his last shot. Take the field and produce, or see ya. The contract he has. He will be here regardless of how he plays, or doesn't play if recent history is to be repeated.

I love Stewy. He is a beast when he is healthy. Unfortunately, he is rarely healthy. By the time the season rolls around, he will have had almost 2 full years to get healthy. And we still don't know if he can contribute or not.

I know you cannot predict things like this. But, man, he is killing us.

[Woodie]

The Stewart restructure is relatively small, and Gettleman is just pushing his hit until we can better absorb it.  His contract already prohibited us from doing anything with him for another year or two, so this just gives us some current flexibility as we wait him out.  And by the time we're able to do something with him, our cap will be in very good shape, allowing us to better handle his cap hit. 

 

Right now, we are desperate for cap space, and have an urgent need to bring in a vet OT (along with a draft pick), as well as give Cam an extension and get ready to give one to Kuechly next year.  And that's not even considering the Hardy situation or our other FA's.  So Gettleman is just putting us in a position to fill our current needs while getting our core locked up for the future.   

 

   

[El Chingon]

$7.25 cleared! well done G-man.

[CRA]

Why would DG do the same thing that lost his predecessor his job? The cap will go up and DG was not brought in to do a fire sell. Obviously he sees something in Stewart that compelled him to keep him.

He is keeping 28 bc financially there is no other option right now