Another Oline possibility

[Guest TerraTor]

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Panthers may have trouble keeping Kalil

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4/29/2010 5:06:56 AM | More

 

 

Panthers general manager Marty Hurney acknowledged the team's inability to sign a pair of young Pro Bowlers, running back DeAngelo Williams and center Ryan Kalil, to contract extensions this year because of new NFL rules, which could lead to their potential departure as unrestricted free agents next year according to Charles Chandler of the Charlotte Observer.

 

While the Panthers could opt to use their franchise tag to keep Williams if no new deal is reached after next season, they probably couldn't franchise Kalil because that would require them to pay him more like a left tackle - the highest-paid offensive line position - than a center.

 

While they technically still can do that, the new "30 percent rule" triggered by 2010 being a season without a salary cap makes it prohibitive for teams to do contract extensions with most of their best young players.

 

"Obviously, it limits it," said Hurney.

 

The rule is a direct byproduct of the stalled labor negotiations between league owners and the players association for a new collective bargaining agreement.

 

The "30 percent rule" limits base salaries for top-performing players still under contract who weren't early first-round draft picks, and requires any extended deal to include much larger signing bonuses (up to 80 percent or more of a total package) than most teams are comfortable with.

 

 

 

[Pixote]

Ahhhh - I was wondering the reason behind the gluttony of Vet being released, more than the norm.

 

Could it be the good old:

 

The "30 percent rule" limits base salaries for top-performing players still under contract who weren't early first-round draft picks, and requires any extended deal to include much larger signing bonuses (up to 80 percent or more of a total package) than most teams are comfortable with.

[defiantgiant]

He's a center, though. He's never played guard that I'm aware of, and he'd be pretty undersized to move there. Are you thinking we'd move on from Kreutz this offseason?

[Guest TerraTor]

He's a center, though. He's never played guard that I'm aware of, and he'd be pretty undersized to move there. Are you thinking we'd move on from Kreutz this offseason?

Kruetz has been a shithead the past few years eithe way.