Can't wait to see Tavares king and Marvin mcnutt suit up at starting wide receiver next season. Gonna be a good one folks

3/13/2014 11:08:51 PM

Ok I'm official concerned. Very Concerned. Everybody we draft has to start

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 11:42 AM. Reason : U]

3/14/2014 11:41:50 AM

If Nicks would have taken 4.5 per, I would have been happy with that. That's way below market for a potential #1 receiver. Would still prefer we'd have gone after a tackle with that money, but all the good ones are gone and went for way more than we could have afforded anyway. Now we just need to start offering 1 year deals to anyone who'll listen and hope we find someone serviceable.

3/14/2014 11:48:46 AM

Has Nicks signed with anyone yet?

3/14/2014 11:56:40 AM

No, but if we made him an offer and he flew to Indianapolis the next day, that's not a great sign. We probably offered him a third of what he thinks he's worth.

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 11:58 AM. Reason : :]

3/14/2014 11:57:50 AM

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000333989/article/nicks-finley-highlight-list-of-best-available-free-agents

Quote :

"3. Hakeem Nicks, WR, New York Giants: The Panthers are targeting Nicks to replace Steve Smith, per Rapoport. General manager Dave Gettleman will have to cross his fingers while Nicks meets with the Colts on Friday."

Quote :

"15. James Jones, WR, Green Bay Packers: Now that Eric Decker and Golden Tate are off the market, Jones joins Nicks as the best remaining big-play wideouts. He's reportedly the radar of the Panthers and Jets."

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/45947/309/2014-nfl-free-agents

Wide Receivers

1. Eric Decker (Signed five-year, $36.25M deal with NYJ)
2. Jeremy Maclin (Re-signed one-year, $5.5M deal with PHI)
3. Hakeem Nicks
4. Julian Edelman
5. Golden Tate (Signed five-year, $31M deal with DET)
6. Anquan Boldin (Re-signed two-year, $12M deal with SF)
7. Steve Smith
8. Santonio Holmes
9. James Jones
10. Andre Roberts (Signed four-year, $16M deal with WAS)
11. Emmanuel Sanders
12. Riley Cooper (Re-signed five-year, $25M deal with PHI)
13. Sidney Rice
14. Jacoby Jones (Re-signed four-year, $12M deal with BAL)
15. Dexter McCluster (Signed three-year, $9M deal with TEN)
16. Brandon LaFell
17. Kenny Britt
18. Miles Austin
19. Damian Williams
20. Jerricho Cotchery
21. Ted Ginn (Signed three-year, $9.75M deal with ARZ)
22. Danario Alexander
23. Lance Moore
24. Jerome Simpson
25. Jacoby Ford
26. Robert Meachem
27. Austin Collie
28. Jason Avant
29. Joe Morgan
30. Andre Caldwell (Re-signed two-year, $3.45M deal with DEN)
31. Santana Moss (Re-signed one-year deal with WAS)
32. Marc Mariani
33. Josh Morgan
34. Nate Burleson
35. Mario Manningham
36. Darrius Heyward-Bey
37. Domenik Hixon (Signed one-year deal with CHI)
38. Tiquan Underwood
39. Devin Hester
40. Lavelle Hawkins
41. Dezmon Briscoe
42. Kevin Ogletree (Re-signed one-year, $795K deal with DET)
43. Louis Murphy
44. Davone Bess
45. Josh Cribbs

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 12:09 PM. Reason : .]

3/14/2014 12:07:14 PM

With our WR core what it is (or isn't at this point), should we go after another TE? There are plenty of good ones in FA right now.

Tight Ends

1. Jimmy Graham (Franchise Tagged)
2. Dennis Pitta (Re-signed five-year, $32M deal with BAL)
3. Jermichael Finley
4. Brandon Pettigrew (Re-signed four-year, $16M deal with DET)
5. Owen Daniels
6. Garrett Graham (Re-signed three-year, $11.25M deal with HOU)
7. John Carlson (Signed two-year, $4.65M deal with ARZ)
8. Brandon Myers (Signed two-year, $4M deal with TB)
9. Dustin Keller
10. Scott Chandler (Re-signed two-year deal with BUF)
11. Andrew Quarless (Re-signed two-year, $3M deal with GB)
12. Ed Dickson
13. Fred Davis
14. Tony Scheffler
15. Anthony McCoy (Re-signed one-year deal with SEA)
16. Kellen Winslow
17. Jeff Cumberland (Re-signed three-year, $5.7M deal with NYJ)
18. Clay Harbor (Re-signed two-year, $3M deal with JAX)
19. Jake Ballard (Re-signed one-year deal with ARZ)
20. Ben Hartsock
21. Dallas Clark
22. Michael Hoomanawanui (Re-signed two-year deal with NE)
23. David Johnson (Signed two-year, $1.7M deal with SD)
24. Dante Rosario (Re-signed one-year deal with CHI)
25. Bear Pascoe
26. Alex Smith
27. Chase Coffman
28. Michael Palmer
29. Jim Dray (Signed three-year, $5.625M deal with CLE)
30. Jeron Mastrud

3/14/2014 12:11:06 PM

Do we have a kick returner with ginn gone?

3/14/2014 12:30:01 PM

there are about 20 WRs on that list i'd rather sign before Nicks, especially considering he thinks he's worth about 5 times as much as he should get paid.

3/14/2014 12:40:01 PM

I bet we end up with Kenny Britt on the super cheap.

Signing another TE that can block might be a good option, considering our line is gonna need all the help it can get.

3/14/2014 12:43:33 PM

no thanks on Britt

Jones, Sanders, Rice interest me the most as top options I guess

followed by Williams, Ford (also filling Ginn's shoes), Collie, Simpson as WR2. good as long as we get someone better, but not good if they are signed to be top options in the passing game

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 12:59 PM. Reason : ]

3/14/2014 12:51:04 PM

Sanders would be a good returner as well as a nice wideout

and while I'm not sold on Hester as a WR, didn't he play CB at the U? Wonder if he'd switch positions

3/14/2014 1:02:14 PM

Quote :

"Jones, Sanders, Rice interest me the most as top options I guess"

Agreed. Especially Jones. I'd much rather have him that Nicks.


I think Lance Moore could turn out to be a steal in this FA list as well.

3/14/2014 1:03:03 PM

Sign 1 of these:
17. Kenny Britt
18. Miles Austin

1 of these:
3. Lance Moore
27. Austin Collie
40. Lavelle Hawkins

1 of these:
25. Jacoby Ford
39. Devin Hester

And draft 1 of these at 28:
Brandin Cooks

And we're better than last year

3/14/2014 1:06:45 PM

If I were the Panthers, I'd roll the dice on a pair of 1 year deals on Nicks & Britt in hopes that at least one has a bounceback year and then drafting a pair of WRs as well. Would've looked at Strief or Penn to plug one of the T spots as well before drafting 1

Then again, Gettleman has a pretty good track record while my resume consists exclusively of playing Madden

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 1:08 PM. Reason : bad grammar]

3/14/2014 1:07:26 PM

All of my facebook Carolina Panthers fans are really pissed about the Steve Smith thing.

3/14/2014 1:12:40 PM

I am not pissed that he's gone, particularly, just really irritated with how they handled it. You don't treat a player who's given you 13 years like that. You just don't.

3/14/2014 1:20:30 PM

ncstatetke is gonna become a fan of whatever team signs him

3/14/2014 1:21:57 PM

Nah, he's a Bears fan and hates the Panthers

3/14/2014 1:34:29 PM

yes drod, i know that

3/14/2014 1:37:28 PM

The Bears do have a hard on for all our former players...

3/14/2014 1:50:31 PM

how exactly were the panthers supposed to go about cutting smith?

have a parade? i mean shit, it's business.

3/14/2014 2:00:21 PM

Smith said he found out about it on the news and not from Gettleman himself. So that could've gone better I guess. There's no great way to do it, but he could've at least let him know personally.

3/14/2014 2:03:50 PM

Quote :

"All of my facebook Carolina Panthers fans are really pissed about the Steve Smith thing."

Look at the Panthers sub on Reddit, too. The shit people are saying is so extreme. People talking about not rooting for the Panthers anymore because of it

Not to mention that half the people I see on FB ranting about it have never posted anything about the Panthers, let alone sports in general, ever.

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 2:14 PM. Reason : .]

3/14/2014 2:13:14 PM

buncha girls on my feed like "omg first Peppers, then Beason, now Smith. what about the fans???"

3/14/2014 2:16:15 PM

I would be ecstatic if we signed James Jones

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 2:20 PM. Reason : Britt, too, at the right price]

3/14/2014 2:19:19 PM

Casual NFL fans are totally clueless, they have no idea what a salary cap is. Of course, they are also the only ones dumb enough to spend money on actually going to a game in the HDTV era, so teams have to cater to them.

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 2:20 PM. Reason : :]

3/14/2014 2:19:41 PM

Quote :

"Look at the Panthers sub on Reddit, too."

no thanks

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 2:23 PM. Reason : ^nfl games are terrible in person]

3/14/2014 2:20:52 PM

Smith signs w/ Ravens

3/14/2014 5:09:18 PM

Newton can't throw the ball to himself. I don't think there are any receivers left that would be in the first 15 Panthers players who come to mind.

3/14/2014 5:25:32 PM

wat

3/14/2014 6:17:54 PM

Quote :

" I think Lance Moore could turn out to be a steal in this FA list as well."

This. Quick, explosive, good route runner. He can return kicks too.

James Jones would be great too. He had 15 TD catches two years ago IIRC

3/14/2014 6:39:52 PM

Nicks signs with the Colts

3/14/2014 7:22:17 PM

Running low on options...


III

3/14/2014 8:01:11 PM

we signed TE Mike McNeill, whoever that is

PS re-signed Derek Anderson YAY!

PPS frustrating to read we're not even seemingly connected to many players, reading through what rumors there are

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 8:07 PM. Reason : loose butthole]

3/14/2014 8:04:29 PM

I think it's just like I always suspected, Gettleman never wanted Nicks. He knows more about him than any GM in the league and probably has good reasons. He signed for so little that there is no way even we couldn't have afforded him if we really wanted him. $3M with incentives up to $4.5M, 1 year. A pittance really.

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 8:12 PM. Reason : worse than i thought]

3/14/2014 8:08:39 PM

The longer we wait to sign free agents, the cheaper they get

3/14/2014 8:09:44 PM

I've always been a fan of that method as opposed to the other

Jones and/or Britt and I'm good

3/14/2014 8:24:56 PM

Gettleman was never going to sign anyone this week

He his plan all along was to wait until the dust settled and bargain shop. Just like last year.

3/14/2014 8:42:57 PM

apparently the Panthers signed Roman Harper to what sounds like a 2-yr deal

3/15/2014 3:30:17 PM

I have no idea what Gettleman is doing.

Harper sucks and all panthers fans hate him anyway.

3/15/2014 4:32:39 PM

he won't start

3/15/2014 4:35:40 PM

dammit, emanuel sanders to the broncos. would've liked to see us get him

3/15/2014 9:28:23 PM

can harper play wide receiver?

3/15/2014 9:45:00 PM

Lafell is going to sign with the Patriots hahaha

3/15/2014 10:59:04 PM

3/16/2014 10:44:00 AM

alright we're all getting a little antsy here gettleman, fucking sign someone already

[Edited on March 16, 2014 at 10:52 AM. Reason : k]

3/16/2014 10:52:26 AM

it's a wrap.


here's hoping people will step up and make household names for themselves during the season aka Blame Cam Season.

3/16/2014 12:34:32 PM

Super Bowls are won a month after the previous year's Super Bowl

3/16/2014 12:35:37 PM

is that poll result up there real?

because I posted it and it's been RTd about 50 times

3/16/2014 12:58:50 PM