Panthers attempting to trade Steve Smith.

[Woodcookedbbq]

This can only mean we're signing a proven free agent WR.

[MadHatter]

Nicks is not a replacement for Steve Smith. Not at all.

 

Not so sure about that....much younger.  Smith at 34 is slowing.  WR's usually go fast when they start to fade.

 

Again...not sure what their plan is.  But, Smith is not worth $7M per season and is not the future of this team.

 

Gett is trying to clean up the cap space and get this team ready to compete consistently in the future.  Hard decisions always come in that situation.

[therealmjl]

fug gettleman if he cuts or trades smith

Logical.

[rayzor]

might be to show him how many teams are interested in him at that cap hit.

 

i dunno.

 

writing is on the wall tho.

 

tough choice and will be a very unpopular and uncomfortable one, but given our cap it might be the right one.

 

fortunately there are a lot of very good receivers available in the draft and FA. if you are going to completly rebuild your WR corps, this is as good of a year as you will ever find to do it.

[Kuech the Sneak]

poo this is gonna be one interesting ass offseason

[MadHatter]

If G'man does this, he better add some damn weapons somehow in free agency because if we send Cam into the season with jack poo for targets, G'man is gonna go from hero to zero in my mind.

 

I really don't think Gett loses too much sleep over what we think....myself included.

[Growl]

nobody should be shocked. the smokes been blowing, but some just didnt want to believe there was fire. we're about to get an overhaul at WR. couple vets and drafts

This is the kind of move you make once you're sure you have replacements, not before.

You pull the trigger on this and then get too timid to invest big at WR in FA and the best WR on the board when you pick is some 2nd round turd, then this backfires significantly.

Why this is even being discussed with Charles godfrey still here is beyond me

[CarolinaNCSU]

I think that the cap space this year is the more important goal....the pick would just be gravy.

 

Not sure what is going to come out of this.  But, it certainly looks like we are willing to move on without him.

 

Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell  6m

Panthers would lose $2 million of cap space by trading Smith, which makes the idea of a deal weird. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/steve-smith/ …

[AceBoogie]

Why would they trade or cut our only viable receiver? Talk about a hail mary.

Because he's an arrogant jerk who thinks he knows it all. Y'all thought Hurney made some bad decisions. Trading Steve Smith is probably the dumbest fuging move a team will make all year.

[General_Purr]

Gettlemen needs to calm down and spend more time in the south

 

 

fug noooooooooooooo don't let 89 leave

[MadHatter]

 

 

Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell  6m

Panthers would lose $2 million of cap space by trading Smith, which makes the idea of a deal weird. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/steve-smith/ …

 

 

Depends on what we would get for him.  Doubt a trade happens.  But does give more support to the fact that cutting him (June 1 cut) could actually happen.

[Jangler]

Is this the freakout thread?

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

A whole two mil saved by trading our #1 receiver... Brilliant

[Growl]

Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell 6m

Panthers would lose $2 million of cap space by trading Smith, which makes the idea of a deal weird. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/steve-smith/…

This suggest even further we're trying to hardball him into a paycut.