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Cam Newton and the #Panthers have agreed to terms on a 5-year, $103M deal

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It was a good move getting Ryan Tannehill extended before the rest of these contracts are handed out. If Newton, Russell Wilson, and Luck had gotten their extensions before Tannehill, it probably would have driven up the guaranteed money
 
Good deal.

I haven't looked at their cap situation but given their lack of talent i have a hard time imagining they can't afford those first few years. Kuechly is still a year or two away from cashing in.

I still dont understand all the cynicism towards Newton. Before the deal was announced i stumbled across countless articles questioning if he was worth resigning. Absurd. He has some things to improve upon but hes also gotten it done, often playing his best football when its mattered most. Newton isn't a guy you keep simply because "you can't get anything better", hes a guy you build around because hes taken the first step and the rest of the team needs to keep up. If he can carry last years Panthers team to a division title and a wildcard win i can only imagine what he'll do if he gets mildly competent lineman, receivers, and offensive coaches.

The NFC South is going to be fierce for years to come. As of today, Matt Ryan is probably the worst quarterback in the division. Crazy. Pity the Panthers had (arguably) the worst offseason in the league.
 
mrhankey81701 said:
It was a good move getting Ryan Tannehill extended before the rest of these contracts are handed out. If Newton, Russell Wilson, and Luck had gotten their extensions before Tannehill, it probably would have driven up the guaranteed money
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maybe, maybe not. he's not on the level of those QBs so it would have been hard to expect the same money.
 
mrhankey81701 said:
It was a good move getting Ryan Tannehill extended before the rest of these contracts are handed out. If Newton, Russell Wilson, and Luck had gotten their extensions before Tannehill, it probably would have driven up the guaranteed money
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Agreed.
I'm sure that's why it was done when it was done. Wilson should be next, but I hear his negotiations aren't going so well. Luck will be last and will make a fortune, for sure!
 
mrhankey81701 said:
It was a good move getting Ryan Tannehill extended before the rest of these contracts are handed out. If Newton, Russell Wilson, and Luck had gotten their extensions before Tannehill, it probably would have driven up the guaranteed money
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Looking at the Dolphins deal with a yearly out for the team for the next three years the Dolphins would have not done any different. I don't understand why people always say that we would have paid more for Tannehill if we would have waited. Maybe it would have been a couple million extra in non-guaranteed money but essentially they would have negotiated the same way. Tannehill knows that he could not have gotten a better deal (no matter what his agent says). So he took it. The Dolphins did not want to agree to guaranteed money unless Tannehill becomes what we hope he should be. Tannehill's deal has 'protect the franchise' written all over.

And no matter how much you love Tannehill and how much fun it is to trash other QBs the bottomline is: he has a lot to prove to even be talked up into the Luck, Wilson, even the Newton category.
 
Wonder what that Colts Punter has to say about this one.
 
Spesh said:
Good deal.

I haven't looked at their cap situation but given their lack of talent i have a hard time imagining they can't afford those first few years. Kuechly is still a year or two away from cashing in.

I still dont understand all the cynicism towards Newton. Before the deal was announced i stumbled across countless articles questioning if he was worth resigning. Absurd. He has some things to improve upon but hes also gotten it done, often playing his best football when its mattered most. Newton isn't a guy you keep simply because "you can't get anything better", hes a guy you build around because hes taken the first step and the rest of the team needs to keep up. If he can carry last years Panthers team to a division title and a wildcard win i can only imagine what he'll do if he gets mildly competent lineman, receivers, and offensive coaches.

The NFC South is going to be fierce for years to come. As of today, Matt Ryan is probably the worst quarterback in the division. Crazy. Pity the Panthers had (arguably) the worst offseason in the league.
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you're using the term "carry" loosely i guess. Newton had a 5-8-1 record as a starter last season.
 
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