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Discussion in 'Carolina Panthers' started by stratocatter, Feb 26, 2014.

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Mar 12, 2014 at 9:06 AM #111

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Majordobie said: ↑

My whole point. Try to keep up.
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It's not that no one can keep up...it's that no one's even paying attention to the weird shit you're writing.
Mar 12, 2014 at 9:10 AM #112

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Sigh, this is exactly why fantasy football geeks need to stfu.

You need to understand from a business and marketing standpoint Cam, not Smith, is the face of the franchise, period. Whether you like that or not is inconsequential.

The Panthers "brand" is now smiling happy Cam, not angry, scowling Smith. It has less to do with money, although it is a factor, than reimaging the team.

Those of us in the corporate world can see this as plain as day. Living at home doing "fantasy journalism" or flipping burgers after your extended stint in the slammmer can make the simple quite incomprehensible.

Notice how Mitchell, who had some thuggish tendencies is now gone with no real effort to keep him despite playing fairly well.

Translation: its not Madden, quit your fucking bitching and let the professionals handle it. If they wanted your opinion theyd be, you know, paying you to tell them. You might also have a life and get laid occasionally.

Just an opinion thats educated, not force fed and youre all free to go fuck yourselves if you dare to disagree.
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WTF does Smith being the face of the franchise have to do with this!??? What does CAM have to do with this???

Do you realize it hurts us to cut him? On the business side, on the locker room side, and on the field side of things????

THERE IS NOT ONE DISCERNIBLE SHRED OF GOOD THAT CAN COME FROM THIS.

A TRADE!????

We went on record for fucks sake saying our OWN GUY IS NOT A #1 ANYMORE and that he's SLOWING DOWN! RIght before we put him on the block, lmfao!!

NICE JOB FELLAS! Hurney's chuckling right now. HURNEY is. How fucked up is that.
Mar 12, 2014 at 9:25 AM #113

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Please don't quote Ted. He lives to troll me and there's nothing more fun than ignoring him because one of these days it will cause him to go so crazy that he kills himself.
Mar 12, 2014 at 2:01 PM #114

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So now, theoretically at least, Smitty can take the money we still had to pay him, head on over to NO on the cheap, kick our ass, and we are paying for it. Brilliant!
Mar 12, 2014 at 2:17 PM #115

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Here is more concrete info, albeit from one perspective only.

I am in a serious fuck Gettleman mood right now.

Agent: Panthers WR Smith done in Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The agent for wide receiver Steve Smith says the five-time Pro Bowl selection has played his final snap for the Carolina Panthers.

Smith's longtime representative Derrick Fox told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Smith "is not going to play for the Panthers next year, I know that. I just don't know when that transaction is going to take place."

Fox said the Panthers have been trying to trade Smith, but expects he will ultimately be released.

He said the Panthers have not asked Smith to restructure his current contract which calls for him to make $7 million under this year's salary cap.

Regardless of whether the Panthers cut Smith or keep him, the club will have to pay him $3 million this season as part of the three-year contract extension he signed in 2012.

Smith's current contract runs through 2016.

Fox said Smith, a 13-year NFL veteran, would have preferred to finish his career with Carolina, the team that drafted him in the third round in 2001.

Fox said the 34-year-old Smith was "disappointed and surprised" when Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman talked about the receiver's future in uncertain terms at the NFL Scouting Combines last month.

"Where we are disappointed is the fact he signed an extension to stay loyal to the club and complete his career as a Panther," Fox said. "That is why we did the long-term team deal. Now we are at a crossroads where the Panthers don't want him anymore."

Gettleman did not return phone calls seeking comment.

Shortly after the Scouting Combine, Smith met with Gettleman at Panthers headquarters, but Fox said the receiver left without a clear, defined role in terms of his future with the team.

Fox said Smith diligently rehabbed an injured knee leading up to the team's divisional play game against the San Francisco 49ers with loyalty to the team in mind, thinking his long-term future was in Carolina.

Smith had four catches for 74 yards and a touchdown in Carolina's 23-10 loss.

"He spent 12 hours a day working with (trainer) Ryan Vermillion to get ready for that game," Fox said. "His goal has always been to stay a Panther."

Smith is Carolina's all-time leading receiver with 836 receptions for 12,197 yards and 67 touchdowns receiving. Smith is 19th all-time in NFL history in yards receiving and 25th in receptions.

Smith had 64 receptions for 746 yards and four touchdowns last season helping the Panthers go 12-4 in the regular season and capture the NFC South championship.

Fox said Smith plans to continue his playing career in the NFL when the Panthers cut ties.

"At 34, they could have kept him and run him in the slot," Fox said. "Steve wants to play in the slot. But he can't play the slot with the current roster, and he hasn't been able to play in the slot with the rosters in the past."

Fox said he's not sure why the Panthers haven't released Smith. He said he will be ready when that time arrives.

"It's my responsibility to find the best place for him to utilize his skills and passion for the game," Fox said.

If the Panthers release Smith he will count $5 million under this year's cap. The Panthers could designate him for a June 1 release which would allow them to split that money over the next two seasons.
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Steve Smith ‏@89SteveSmith 11m
I will always be a Carolina panther No contract can ever change that CLT is my home and will always be my home... I love you #panthernation

Ugh. This is utterly heartbreaking.
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DeAngelo Williams ‏@DeAngeloRB 13m
Well............. What's the offseason bringing everyone? I'm not even going to tell you my thoughts! I just want to hear yours!
Mar 12, 2014 at 3:02 PM #118

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what is Gettleman thinking? Cutting him will only make a 2 mil difference and we can't replace him with that (even a good slot guy)...so why? Why even say a fuking negative word about him publicly even if he was considering a trade? Meanwhile, LaFell is visiting the Pats and Ginn isn't signed.....

Does he not know what he means to the team and fans?

uggg

Just when I though Hurney was the biggest idiot in the world.

I was on the fence and thought he was looking like a decent dood after this past year..then....shit.

I know Hurney fuked us in cap space/contracts, etc....but damn...no OL moves, no 2ndary moves (even keeping our own), etc....

It's like he's on a mission to piss off the players and the fans.....and now apparently fielding even more scrubs than last year.....

ther ain't enough draft picks and players @ the positions we need are there, even if we get real lucky?

Is he banking on undrafted rooks?

even 7-9 (meatpile) looks like a pipe dream next year

God help us if Greg Olsen misses any time...he's our only pass catcher at the moment other than RBs.
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7-9 is really optimistic.

Imagine what our record would be if Smith wasn't on roster last year.

And that defense isn't going to be as good....
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With our front 7 We'll be ok whomever populates the back 4. Hopefully

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