The Carolina Panthers used a 5th round draft pick to select Josh Norman in the 2012 NFL draft and coached him up to be an all pro corner in the defensive system of Coach Ron Rivera. The Panthers run a defensive system that uses a deep and heavy rotation of defensive tackles up front with ends who get after it and a corps of linebackers that play fast and hit hard.
As a result cornerbacks aren't as valued here as in some other systems. When they lost two corners to injury late last year they just plugged unwanted free agents including one guy who had already retired to play behind all of that beef and they looked good protected behind those big tackles.
The Panthers offered Josh long term deals this off season and last and used the unrestricted franchise tag to lock him in for the coming year guaranteeing him $13.8 million but Josh Norman decides that he is as good as Darrelle Revis aka Revis Island and wants to be paid that way.
Well, Josh doesn't want to sign so Gettleman shocks everyone around the league by rescinding that tag making Josh a free agent immediately. Josh is free to seek stupid money elsewhere and will probably find out how it is to play in a corner based system without that mountain of hog mollies up front to protect him not to mention the all pro linebackers that handle the underneath coverage on tight ends and speedy backs.
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As a result cornerbacks aren't as valued here as in some other systems. When they lost two corners to injury late last year they just plugged unwanted free agents including one guy who had already retired to play behind all of that beef and they looked good protected behind those big tackles.
The Panthers offered Josh long term deals this off season and last and used the unrestricted franchise tag to lock him in for the coming year guaranteeing him $13.8 million but Josh Norman decides that he is as good as Darrelle Revis aka Revis Island and wants to be paid that way.
Well, Josh doesn't want to sign so Gettleman shocks everyone around the league by rescinding that tag making Josh a free agent immediately. Josh is free to seek stupid money elsewhere and will probably find out how it is to play in a corner based system without that mountain of hog mollies up front to protect him not to mention the all pro linebackers that handle the underneath coverage on tight ends and speedy backs.
http://www.panthers.com/media-vault/...3-5f2a0e20ecde
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