According to Yahoo, D-Will wants to retire a panther
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=nfp-20110726_deangelo_williams_wants_to_retire_as_a_panther

[Edited on July 26, 2011 at 11:49 AM. Reason : ]

7/26/2011 11:48:59 AM

the color and font make it look like that writer asks people to follow him on twitter at the end of every article

7/26/2011 11:52:52 AM

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"Any chance they take a look at a Hasselbeck or someone like that? 1-year rental till Cam is hopefully ready. I don't know if Dallas kept Jon Kitna, but he would be a good choice. I've always thought he was a good QB on shitty teams and never got respect."

I think Cam is gonna start from day 1 in a run-heavy offense catering to his strengths as a mobile guy who can improvise. Similar to what Pittsburgh did with Rothlisberger.

If we are going run-heavy, as expected, it only makes sense to start a mobile QB to freeze up the DEs, which would give Stewart and DWill more room to run.

7/26/2011 12:06:16 PM

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"The South Florida Sun-Sentinel expects the Dolphins to be all over DeAngelo Williams if the free agent fails to come to agreement with the Panthers Tuesday. "If DeAngelo Williams leaves Carolina without a deal today it's on like Donkey Kong," says beat writer Omar Kelly, who also suspects the Broncos will be in play. The Dolphins are expected to be in on Ahmad Bradshaw as well. "

7/26/2011 1:01:44 PM

OMAR TWEETIN



I say let him walk. A rebuilding team has no business paying two RB's top dollar. Stewart + Goodson is still a fringe top 10 tandem.

7/26/2011 1:13:02 PM

what happens when some other team signs Deangelo and Stewart can't play because his toe hurts

7/26/2011 1:14:33 PM

It would only matter if that made the difference between 7 or 8 wins vs 9 or 10

3-13 vs 4-12 isn't worth the financial commitment

7/26/2011 1:16:42 PM

last time we went 1-15 we followed it up by 7-9 and then a Super Bowl appearance the next year

we should have .500 on our radar regardless of how shitty we were last year, too much parity in the league

7/26/2011 1:17:55 PM

adam schefter reporting the panthers actually may NOT resign Deangelo...

we'll see

7/26/2011 1:22:32 PM

You obviously have more faith in Cam than most

7/26/2011 1:22:53 PM

we won 12 regular season games with Jake Delhomme a couple years ago, so yeah

of course approaching .500 this year assumes guys like Thomas Davis play 16 games

7/26/2011 1:24:04 PM

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"a couple years ago, so yeah no"

7/26/2011 1:25:52 PM

lol watching NFL Network and they showed John Elway parking and getting out of his car walking up

caught a glimpse of a "JOHN FOX" parking space marker

7/26/2011 1:36:08 PM

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"what happens when some other team signs Deangelo and Stewart can't play because his toe hurts"

Goodson/Sutton

7/26/2011 1:41:39 PM

hopefully the CO will give us some good pics over the next few days so we can find out what the sequel to Smitty and the Fox will be called

7/26/2011 1:42:07 PM

would actually be the sequel to Big Cat and Friends




lol


here's one Saddamizer made .. wonder what ever happened to that faggot

7/26/2011 1:42:58 PM

Newton to be assigned #1 jersey

haters set to hate him more for it

7/26/2011 2:03:42 PM

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"mortreport Chris Mortensen I'd say DeAngelo Williams is now Panthers vs. Broncos at this moment."

7/26/2011 3:32:00 PM

you keep your conservative paws off him Fox

7/26/2011 3:36:27 PM

7/26/2011 3:44:07 PM

Ha post the one where its like "Think Jake has a shot at MVP this year?"

7/26/2011 3:46:33 PM

7/26/2011 3:52:21 PM

Teach me how to do the non-retard looking quote bubbles

7/26/2011 3:54:05 PM

I just do an opaque white circle myself, and maybe a white line pointing to the person speaking

I think AndyMac did the 'Jake MVP' picture

7/26/2011 3:55:18 PM

Friday afternoon should see some photoshop action

7/26/2011 3:56:36 PM

yeah dog, the starting QB spot is mine to lose, aww yeah

7/26/2011 4:33:54 PM

who grows up in Cali and goes to college in Indy and roots for the bruins

7/26/2011 4:37:39 PM

I'm sure he'd have on a Vancouver shirt if Boston hadn't won the Cup this year

7/26/2011 4:40:09 PM

I hope Smith made him bring some more Cactus Cooler

7/26/2011 5:06:03 PM

He probably forgot to bring Smith any Cactus Cooler, felt bad that he had let him down, and apologized to Jon Beason

7/26/2011 5:11:50 PM

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"ProFootballTalk ProFootballTalk Charles Johnson agrees to terms with Panthers, per league source. Favorite Retweet Reply "

Bam

[Edited on July 26, 2011 at 5:45 PM. Reason : come on down d will]

7/26/2011 5:40:50 PM

$32MM guaranteed

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/26/charles-johnson-stays-with-panthers-gets-32-million-guaranteed/

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"The Panthers’ front office and Johnson’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, have worked out a six-year, $76 million deal with $32 million guaranteed, including a $30 million signing bonus."

[Edited on July 26, 2011 at 5:50 PM. Reason : ]

7/26/2011 5:45:42 PM

Heard on the radio that Denver has backed out of the dangerous talks

7/26/2011 5:57:16 PM

D-will did state that he wanted to stay a Panther. I don't want to over pay for him, but I would love to have him and Stew behind Cam....



III

7/26/2011 6:43:16 PM

^^ Zarzour?

7/26/2011 7:01:17 PM

^^ pretty much how i feel. the RB position is the most expendable position in the league, but he means a lot to both the team and community, so i hope he stays for a reasonable price. he's getting older in running back years, but not having to carry the entire load over his career i think bodes well for his productivity, IF he can stay healthy

7/26/2011 7:08:44 PM

^^yeah Hitman said a caller mentioned that he had seen it on NFL Network

7/26/2011 7:40:48 PM

Gotcha. I was wondering how he would be scooping the national guys on that. Makes more sense now.

7/26/2011 8:03:30 PM

haha just realized my phone autocorrected Deangelo to Dangerous

7/26/2011 9:12:46 PM

i just took it for what it was

7/26/2011 9:14:23 PM

King to Arizona

Is Rosario a free agent too?

[Edited on July 26, 2011 at 9:42 PM. Reason : todd heap]

[Edited on July 26, 2011 at 9:45 PM. Reason : ]

7/26/2011 9:41:01 PM

Imagine getting 30 million dollars



as a fucking bonus on top of your actual salary

[Edited on July 26, 2011 at 9:48 PM. Reason : You heard it here first...Johnson gets 7 or less sacks next year]

7/26/2011 9:47:56 PM

he gets 7 sacks ....




















....and in week 2 he tears an ACL

7/26/2011 9:50:34 PM

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"Posted by Mike Florio on July 26, 2011, 9:35 PM EDT Carolina+Panthers+v+New+York+Giants+r1AcM1EMaPDl Getty Images As first reported right here (actually, we broke it on our Twitter page, which is closing in on 100,000 followers), the Panthers have agreed to terms on a six-year contract. Terms were not disclosed. The deal can officially be signed on Friday at 6:00 p.m. ET. We reported that the deal is worth $76 million over six years, with $32 million guaranteed. Of that, $30 million will be paid in a signing bonus. Per Steve Reed of CarolinaGrowl.com, Panthers G.M. Marty Hurney, head coach Ron Rivera, and several members of the defensive coaching staff went to Miami on Tuesday to persuade Johnson to stay with the team. The fact that the Panthers won’t have to give quarterback Cam Newton, the first pick in the draft, a contract with an increase over Sam Bradford’s six-year, $78 million contract made it easier for the Panthers to give $76 million over six years to Johnson. And that’s precisely the kind of thing the rookie wage scale was intended to promote. Moving forward, only proven players like Johnson, a four-year veteran, will get the truly big money. Still, it’s hard not to wonder why the Panthers wouldn’t have simply coughed up $91 million over six years with $42 million guaranteed to keep Julius Peppers in 2010. As one personnel exec opined earlier this evening, Peppers and Johnson are in two completely different categories when it comes to their play. When it comes to their pay, their contracts are comparable. The move also shows a true commitment by the Panthers to attempt to be competitive in the most competitive division in football. The next question becomes whether the Panthers will devote any cap room to keeping running back DeAngelo Williams, who has said he wants to stay in Carolina."

7/26/2011 9:52:30 PM

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"Still, it’s hard not to wonder why the Panthers wouldn’t have simply coughed up $91 million over six years with $42 million guaranteed to keep Julius Peppers in 2010. As one personnel exec opined earlier this evening, Peppers and Johnson are in two completely different categories when it comes to their play. When it comes to their pay, their contracts are comparable."

He makes a valid point

7/26/2011 9:52:30 PM

I know we offered to make Pep the highest defensive player in NFL history in 2009 and he declined

Why is Florio implying that he would've signed with us the next year?

7/26/2011 9:57:44 PM

Panthers were in ultimate cost-saving mode last year. Richardson was bracing for a lockout and trying to lead by example.

Different year, different salary cap. But $76 million is a lot of goddamn money for a 1-year wonder.

7/26/2011 10:00:41 PM

I guess we offered to make Peppers the highest paid defensive player in NFL history after the 08 and 09 seasons, both times we ended up franchising him. Point is, Florio acts like it was some foregone conclusion that Peppers would've signed a longterm deal with us.

And if Johnson sucks ass we won't have to pay him half of $76 million

7/26/2011 10:05:32 PM

it did kind of strike me as odd to hear repeatedly on the drive that johnson MUST BE RE-SIGNED. i mean i know he's only 25 and had a great year, but it was only one year. i think he'll be good, but i'm not sure we'd be completely destitute if he'd gone elsewhere

7/26/2011 10:17:33 PM

i think it would have been hard to get anyone any better to come here though

7/26/2011 10:19:01 PM