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Stack or Shed Ep.18 Panthers edition · Football Junkies podcast

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  Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row
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  dominance, your GM who currently is not on the
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  team right now, but don't you worry about it.
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  Kale here to bring you episode 18 of the stack
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  and shed series. Now in this series, we're covering
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  all 32 teams. So everybody gets a chance to be
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  talked about. All right. Now in this series,
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  we're covering a few different topics and they
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  include what went wrong. What do they need stack
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  or shed? their draft picks, one move I would
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  do in their cap space. And right now in this
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  episode, we're talking about the Panthers. So
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  let's go to Garner's. Let's get those hush puppies.
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  Let's get a barbecue sandwich with the coleslaw
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  on top of it. Let's get some sweet tea and let's
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  talk about some football. All right, let's get
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  into it. So what went wrong in the Panthers season?
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  And I would venture to say it was stagnant quarterback
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  play and offensive production. Although the offense
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  showed flashes of their potential, the weight
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  of stagnant play brought them back to reality.
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  From Bryce Young struggling to maintain a rhythm
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  to the persistent offensive setbacks, this past
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  season left me with more questions than answers
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  about the direction, growth, and ceiling of this
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  offense. When comparing the 24 offense to the
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  25 offense, we only see minimal improvements.
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  According to NFL Pro, The Panthers were 29th
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  in offense and they averaged 20 .1 points per
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  game, 298 yards per game, 5 .1 yards per play,
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  and 40 touchdowns. They were 30th in passing
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  offense and they averaged 187 .5 passing yards
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  per game, 5 .5 passing yards per play, and 22
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  passing touchdowns. They were 18th in rushing
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  offense and they averaged 110 .5 rushing yards
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  per game, 4 .6 rushing yards per play, 18 rushing
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  touchdowns, and had 40 rushes of 10 plus yards.
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  However, last year the Panthers were 27th in
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  offense and they averaged 18 .3 points per game,
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  295 .6 yards per game, 5 yards per play, and
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  33 touchdowns. They were 26th in passing offense
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  and they averaged 179 .3 passing yards per game,
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  5 .5 passing yards per play, and 24 passing touchdowns.
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  They were 19th in rushing offense and they averaged
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  116 .3 rushing yards per game, 4 .3 rushing yards
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  per play, 9 rushing touchdowns, and have 45 rushes
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  of 10 plus yards or more. Regardless if you think
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  their struggles are tied to coaching, roster
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  building, or meddling ownership, the Panthers
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  are once again at a crossroads between moving
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  forward with Bryce Young or hitting the reset
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  button again. And while Bryce Young went toe
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  -to -toe with the Rams and almost made the playoffs,
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  his growth plateaued as he was unable to overcome
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  his struggles. Now I'm not saying he had a bad
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  year, but I think Bryce Young had flashy performances
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  instead of an extended body of work. showing
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  that he's developing in the right way. When we
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  compare some of his better performances to his
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  worst performances, it clearly shows a quarterback
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  who's stalled. For example, when Bryce Young
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  went against the Rams in week 13, he was 20 attempts
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  for 15 completions, 206 passing yards, 3 touchdowns,
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  10 .3 yards per attempt, and a 75 % completion
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  percentage. But when he faced the Seahawks, however,
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  he was 24 attempts for 14 completions, 54 passing
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  yards, 1 interception, 2 .3 yards, When he faced
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  the Cowboys, he was 25 attempts for 17 completions,
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  199 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception,
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  8 yards per attempt, and a 68 % completion percentage.
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  When he faced the Falcons, he was 45 attempts
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  for 31 completions, 448 passing yards, 3 touchdowns,
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  10 yards per attempt, and a 68 .9 completion
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  percentage. Now, I understand every quarterback
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  is going to have their highs and lows throughout
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  the season. But when we talk about Bryce Young,
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  we're not talking about him in a way where he's
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  either growing or declining, but instead somebody
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  that is stalling. Now with that being said, what
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  do the Panthers need? And that is more offensive
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  production and progressive quarterback play.
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  At this moment, I believe the Panthers have a
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  top 15 to maybe 20 offense that has the upside
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  to be better depending on their additions and
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  coaching adjustments. For example, if they started
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  to scheme Xavier Leguette, Tep McMillan, and
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  Tommy Trimble in a way where they can attack
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  the soft coverages and defenses while creating
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  mismatches, then maybe we'll see a better result.
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  Now, as far as the quarterback play, that's a
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  little tricky because that requires a coaching
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  adjustment. And when I mean coaching adjustment,
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  I mean scheming up a game plan that works with
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  Bryce Young's skill set. I don't know about y
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  'all, and I would love to hear what Panthers
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  fans have to say about this, so let me know on
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  our YouTube at footballjunkiespod, footballjunkiespod,
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  on our Instagram at football underscore junkiespod,
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  football underscore junkiespod, and on our TikTok
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  at footballjunkiespod. Football Junkies pod if
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  you think Dave Canales is trying to fit Bryce
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  Young into the Baker Mayfield mold. And when
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  I mean the Baker Mayfield mold, I mean curating
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  a game plan that worked for Baker Mayfield instead
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  of Bryce Young. Bryce Young is not a gunslinger
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  like how Baker Mayfield is. Instead, Bryce Young
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  is a mobile quarterback who can push the ball
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  down the field, not only with his arm, but with
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  his legs. Now, with that being said, the question
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  we all need to ask ourselves is stack or shed?
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  And I will eventually say stack. And the reason
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  why I say that is because the Panthers were close
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  to making the playoffs and they held their own
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  against the Packers and Rams. That signals to
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  me that this team is one to two off seasons away
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  from being competitors. And with the division
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  being... open, I think this is the perfect opportunity
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  for the Panthers to state their claim and make
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  this division theirs for years to come. Looking
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  at their draft picks, they have their first,
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  second, third, fourth, two -fifths, and a sixth.
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  Now, I wonder what position will the Panthers
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  target first? Because Dan Morgan didn't rule
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  out taking another wide receiver in the first
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  round. Now, we all know we're in the smokescreen
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  phase of the pre -draft, so we can't always believe
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  what GMs, coaches, owners, and even insiders
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  say. But according to CBS sports writer Shana
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  McCarriston, which I will put the link of her
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  article in the description of this episode, the
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  Panthers have brought in A .J. Halsey, safety
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  from LSU, Daquan Wright tied in from Ole Miss,
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  Oscar Delp tied in from Georgia. Kalen Black,
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  running back from Indiana. Travis Burke, offensive
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  tackle from Memphis. Casey Concepcion, wide receiver
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  from Texas A &M. Jalen Kilgore, defensive back
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  from South Carolina. Chris McCullen, defensive
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  tackle from Missouri. Tyler Onyenem, defensive
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  tackle from Texas A &M. Trayden Stukes, quarterback
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  from Arizona. Haynes King, quarterback from Georgia
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  Tech. Chase Besantis, guard from Texas A &M.
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  Dominique Orange, defensive tackle from Iowa
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  State. Justin Jolly, tight end from NC State.
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  Denzel Boston, wide receiver from Washington,
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  Gerard McCoy, quarterback from Tennessee, Nick
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  Barrett, defensive tackle from South Carolina,
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  Kerryon Crawford, defensive end from Auburn,
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  Max Ihanichor, offensive tackle from Arizona
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  State, Deion Burks, wide receiver from Oklahoma,
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  Diego Pava, quarterback from Vanderbilt, Omar
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  Cooper, wide receiver from Indiana, and Barron
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  Morton, quarterback from Texas Tech. By having
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  the 19th pick in the first round, the Panthers
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  are in range to take Denzel Boston, Concepcion
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  and or Omar Cooper if they're serious about it.
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  But outside of wide receiver, I think safety,
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  corner, tight end, defensive tackle, and quarterback
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  are all positions the Panthers can target. Now
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  the one move that I would do, which they've already
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  done, is pick up Bryce Young's fifth year option.
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  Although he had a better season, I still believe
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  he's unproven and needs to show more consistency.
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  I'd rather hold off on paying him than having
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  to pay market value and then you're having buyer's
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  remorse. Because according to Spotrack, his market
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  value is a three -year $111 .4 million deal,
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  which is $37 .2 million a year. And with the
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  possibility of the 27 draft class being loaded
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  at quarterback, I'd rather keep my options open
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  than handcuffing myself to Bryce Young. Looking
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  at their cap situation, they have $3 .1 million,
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  which isn't a lot right now. But I expect for
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  them to make some minor adjustments in somebody's
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  contract just so they can have more than enough
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  money to sign their entire rookie class. But
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  let's see what the future holds. But I'm going
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