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<blockquote data-quote="Buckeyepackfan" data-source="post: 73219" data-attributes="member: 228"><p>This has been discussed before. TT could have signed Wahle if he wanted to. There was enough cap space available. Note the last paragraph of the article:</p><p></p><p>Neil Cornrich </p><p>NC Sports, LLC</p><p></p><p></p><p>Friday, March 04, 2005</p><p>Panthers go deep to sign key pair </p><p></p><p>Free agents Wahle, Lucas get bonuses of almost $25 million</p><p></p><p>PAT YASINSKAS</p><p>Staff Writer</p><p></p><p>March 4, 2005</p><p></p><p>The Carolina Panthers, a team known for staying in shallow free-agent waters in recent years, took a huge plunge Thursday.</p><p></p><p>With the lure of about $23 million in bonus money, the Panthers landed two elite free agents: Offensive lineman Mike Wahle from Green Bay and cornerback Ken Lucas from Seattle. After not getting a single starter in last year's free-agency period, the Panthers got two on the second day players were allowed to sign with other teams.</p><p></p><p>"We don't get at this end of the pool a lot," general manager Marty Hurney said. </p><p></p><p>"But we just felt like the opportunity was right for both these guys as far as being good fits and being our kind of people as well as very good players. We hope they're two guys that will be here for a long time at very important positions for us."</p><p></p><p>Consider the moves a sign the Panthers believe they're a lot closer to being the Super Bowl team they were in 2003, than the 7-9 squad last season. Although the arrival of Lucas and Wahle might seem a departure from the team's practice of acquiring core players in the college draft, both players are young and fill major areas of needs.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: red">Wahle, who turns 28 this month, signed a five-year deal worth up to $28 million that includes $11.5 million in bonus money split between this year and next. His cap figure for this year will be $2.7 million.</span></span></p><p></p><p>At the time The Packers were around 3 million under the cap. The contract would have had to be different, most of the bonus money would have had to been guaranteed the second year, but it could have been done.</p><p></p><p>TT ended up spending most of the cap money he had available on second tier players trying to fill the holes left by Rivera and Wahle leaving, it didn't work out last year but now we have money to spend and some young guys who are showing potential so maybe in the long run The Pack will be better off.</p><p>Nobody kniows which player is going to work out and which pl;ayer isn't, that is why GM's get hired and fired so often, the ones who get lucky and make the right moves look like geniuses, the others get fired and move on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckeyepackfan, post: 73219, member: 228"] This has been discussed before. TT could have signed Wahle if he wanted to. There was enough cap space available. Note the last paragraph of the article: Neil Cornrich NC Sports, LLC Friday, March 04, 2005 Panthers go deep to sign key pair Free agents Wahle, Lucas get bonuses of almost $25 million PAT YASINSKAS Staff Writer March 4, 2005 The Carolina Panthers, a team known for staying in shallow free-agent waters in recent years, took a huge plunge Thursday. With the lure of about $23 million in bonus money, the Panthers landed two elite free agents: Offensive lineman Mike Wahle from Green Bay and cornerback Ken Lucas from Seattle. After not getting a single starter in last year's free-agency period, the Panthers got two on the second day players were allowed to sign with other teams. "We don't get at this end of the pool a lot," general manager Marty Hurney said. "But we just felt like the opportunity was right for both these guys as far as being good fits and being our kind of people as well as very good players. We hope they're two guys that will be here for a long time at very important positions for us." Consider the moves a sign the Panthers believe they're a lot closer to being the Super Bowl team they were in 2003, than the 7-9 squad last season. Although the arrival of Lucas and Wahle might seem a departure from the team's practice of acquiring core players in the college draft, both players are young and fill major areas of needs. [size=6][color=red]Wahle, who turns 28 this month, signed a five-year deal worth up to $28 million that includes $11.5 million in bonus money split between this year and next. His cap figure for this year will be $2.7 million.[/color][/size] At the time The Packers were around 3 million under the cap. The contract would have had to be different, most of the bonus money would have had to been guaranteed the second year, but it could have been done. TT ended up spending most of the cap money he had available on second tier players trying to fill the holes left by Rivera and Wahle leaving, it didn't work out last year but now we have money to spend and some young guys who are showing potential so maybe in the long run The Pack will be better off. Nobody kniows which player is going to work out and which pl;ayer isn't, that is why GM's get hired and fired so often, the ones who get lucky and make the right moves look like geniuses, the others get fired and move on. [/QUOTE]
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