Panthers remove tag from CB Josh Norman
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One thing I love about Josh's game... his eyes. He has great feel for receivers route combinations and isn't afraid to leave his primary assignment if he thinks the ball is going elsewhere.
Now, it does help that the panthers have played a solid amount of cover 2. But when they go to their c6 or qtr/qtr/half looks, he's done very well at the boundary spot.
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A 28 year old with one good season who's asking for top 5 money.
Does anyone seriously think that's what the browns are after?
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On the surface this is an extremely unusual move and I dare say a very Cleveland Browns type of plan. However, if you don't know Dave Gettleman is arguably a top 5 GM in this game right now and was instrumental in making the Panthers the SB contending team they are. Dave is known as using the Steelers approach of not overpaying players he feels aren't worth it, which in his case are CB's. Here's a pretty good article about it: http://espn.go.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/20477/the-philosophy-of-panthers-gm-and-demands-of-josh-norman-never-meshed
I say that to bring up the point that if this guy who actually knows what he's doing made this bold move he didn't have to make, something stinks. He could have hard-balled Norman into a position where he would have signed the tender, but he didn't. I don't actually blame guys for wanting to go get paid, but you have to consider these variables in a big way.
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One Post From the Truth said:
Yep my April fools thread is starting to align.
The true prophet
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He would never play for us...top rated free agents have at least a little say in where they go. In my mind, he would NEVER go from a Superbowl playing team, to a team that is so far away from the playoffs, that we can't even PRETEND to see them.
But...we should still try, LOL. I don't care what the price is.
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He would never play for us...top rated free agents have at least a little say in where they go. In my mind, he would NEVER go from a Superbowl playing team, to a team that is so far away from the playoffs, that we can't even PRETEND to see them.
But...we should still try, LOL. I don't care what the price is.
He would never play for us...top rated free agents have at least a little say in where they go. In my mind, he would NEVER go from a Superbowl playing team, to a team that is so far away from the playoffs, that we can't even PRETEND to see them.
But...we should still try, LOL. I don't care what the price is.
I think he would go wherever the money is.
The logical side of me says the FO won't spend big time money on a guy who will be 30 by time we have a competitive team.
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He would never play for us...top rated free agents have at least a little say in where they go. In my mind, he would NEVER go from a Superbowl playing team, to a team that is so far away from the playoffs, that we can't even PRETEND to see them.
But...we should still try, LOL. I don't care what the price is.
I think he would go wherever the money is.
The logical side of me says the FO won't spend big time money on a guy who will be 30 by time we have a competitive team.
I think he would go wherever the money is.
The logical side of me says the FO won't spend big time money on a guy who will be 30 by time we have a competitive team.
I do think for him it IS all about the money. Obviously continuing to play on a Championship contending team is not important to him, or he would have stayed in Carolina.
I also think he may be surpised by the fact that there may NOT be any takers for his services at the price he wants.
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And I'm guessing he just assholed himself out of 13 million bucks.
WSS
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I doubt it. This FO is set on building through the draft and spending big money keeping guys we draft when their initial contracts are up
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The most overrated position in the NFL is DB. Over the last 10 years we have seen DBs sign huge contracts and rarely live up to them. Most of the time the #1 DB is physically overmatched by the #1 WR and the rules are setup to favor the WR. You hope you get lucky and draft a couple of DBs over a few years and they pan out, aka Seattle, before they leave and sign a free agent deal with a team they won't help.
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And I'm guessing he just assholed himself out of 13 million bucks.
WSS
And I'm guessing he just assholed himself out of 13 million bucks.
WSS
Actually, he assholed himself into 15 Million bucks. Times 5.
I am getting a distinct feeling a window closed for the Panthers and we won't see them in the Super Bowl again in the Cam Newton era.
Z
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And I'm guessing he just assholed himself out of 13 million bucks.
WSS
Actually, he assholed himself into 15 Million bucks. Times 5.
I am getting a distinct feeling a window closed for the Panthers and we won't see them in the Super Bowl again in the Cam Newton era.
Z
Oh well, fuck him, fuck the Panthers.....Zombo said:
Actually, he assholed himself into 15 Million bucks. Times 5.
I am getting a distinct feeling a window closed for the Panthers and we won't see them in the Super Bowl again in the Cam Newton era.
Z
and fuck whoever paid him 15 Million bucks for 5 years.
WSS
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And I'm guessing he just assholed himself out of 13 million bucks.
WSS
Actually, he assholed himself into 15 Million bucks. Times 5.
I am getting a distinct feeling a window closed for the Panthers and we won't see them in the Super Bowl again in the Cam Newton era.
Z
Zombo said:
Actually, he assholed himself into 15 Million bucks. Times 5.
I am getting a distinct feeling a window closed for the Panthers and we won't see them in the Super Bowl again in the Cam Newton era.
Z
Well fuck, time for me to move.
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