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Panthers attempting to trade Steve Smith.

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Matthias

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We do?

 

I didn't know CJ, Star, and KK were scrubs.  With them, we will always get great production.  Plus, we could have gotten Allen to come in on top of that. (There's actually a couple of guys out there that could come in and play opposite CJ)  We made a dumb decision in tagging Hardy (if we weren't going to trade him).  He's not making it easy for a long term deal, which means we could enter the season paying him 13 million.

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Well I think we likely know how the meeting with DG went. DG probably told him that he needed to reduce his salary and Steve said to trade him. So nobody will take a 34 yo receiver with a 7 million $ contract. Steve will be cut at some point.

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This whole thing has been an embarrassment for our franchise, it shouldn't have played out like this, especially in the media.

 

It looks bad to our own players who we consider the "future", and it looks bad to the rest of the league.

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I agree that Smith should rework his deal, if we decide to keep him, but Nicks has some red flags. Would I like to have him? Sure, but he will not fill the leadership void that Steve Smith will leave here, not if he can't even make team meetings for the team that drafted him.

I think that's the point behind this whole thing. Its time to move on from the old and let Cam and Luke take over. That's what the FO wants. That is the only reason that makes sense to cut/trade your only offensive weapon.

But in the end it may be the right call.

I love Steve Smith but he has a strong overpowering personality and sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes that's a bad thing and this team will never be Cam's team till he is gone.

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You guys treat Steve Smith like he is still a top ten, or even fifteen, or even twenty receiver.  He's not and yet is set to make money acting like he is.  He's about to be 35 years old and it was evident on the field he is no longer that good anymore.  It makes all the sense in the world to declare him a June 1st cut.

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