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D. Foster RB Carolina (1 Viewer)
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prymetyme25
Footballguy
I thought for sure they wold cut him since they have no cap money and cutting foster would actually net them like 3 mill(or something like that.) but maybe they dont think they could get a good compliment to D-Will in FA.
VaCatFan
Footballguy
Carolina restructured Mike Rucker, Dan Morgan, and several other players to get about 3mil under the cap. I don't think we'll see Foster going anywhere just yet.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
I have seen nothing on this. Maybe they are keeping Foster in 07?
Colin Dowling
Footballguy
Cutting him means they'll have to deal with an opening on their injury list each week, which might be too much of headache to deal with.
msommer
Footballguy
It's possible - they could also push the cap hit to next year by waiting to June - but I think they'll likely keep him
Family Matters
Footballguy
I had to read that twice. I thought you wrote it wrong at first. Then I realized.....
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TheFanatic
Footballguy
BassNBrew
Footballguy
Nah...they're bringing Morgan back so this is a non-issue.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Back to Foster. IIRC he was getting a large bump in salary in 2007 so for that reason I thought he might be a cap casualty. But so far that is not seeming to be the case.hmmm.
I don't think he truly won the job yet either. IMO Maroney didn't but the Pats gave it to him, same with White in Tennessee but....
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Do you still really believe this Warpig? After DeShaun redid his contract, zone blocking implemented to benefit DWill, and DWill performed much better than Foster in the games he actually got more than 10 carries...you don't think DWill can get 250+ carries this season?
fridayfrenzy
Footballguy
Foster restructured his contract in such a way that it appears he will be around for a bit at least.Foster restructured his contract in a way where the cap hit would be greater for the Panthers in his remaining years if they cut him now. Not sure why the Panthers would move a bigger guaranteed cap hit to future years if they just plan on cutting him.
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sholditch
Footballguy
Here are the teams that absolutely won't be RBBC along with the ADP of the starting back:AFC:New England (ADP 9)Buffalo* (ADP 29)Cleveland (ADP 48)Indianapolis (ADP 6)Kansas City (ADP 3)Pittsburgh (ADP 8)San Diego (ADP 1)NFC:Arizona (ADP 23)Philiadelphia (ADP 7)San Francisco (ADP 4)Seattle (ADP 5)St. Louis (ADP 2)* I don't fully accept Lynch as "the man" in Buffalo as a foregone conclusionD-Will (ADP 33)So your choices within 15 draft spots of Williams are Lynch (rookie on a bad team), Lewis (running into the ground), and Edge. Point being that once you get out of the first two rounds, discounting a back just because he's not the only back that ever hits the field for that team is a bad strategy.
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Warpig
Footballguy
At the worst for Foster I can see it being more like a 55 - 45% split favoring Foster. I probably wouldn't want either in a redraft. But D-Will is worth holding onto in a dynasty. It'll be interesting to see what happens next year if Fox is fired too. I think it will also be bad news if they still plan on using D-Will as a return man.
sholditch
Footballguy
What are you basing this on?
perry147
Footballguy
If they use him as a return man that means the coaching staff does not see him as it's feature RB.
sholditch
Footballguy
Thanks, I got that part. I meant the part about the 55-45 split (and I also realize that IF he is named to their return man, which he hasn't been, it is likely to be that way). Throw out the whole return man Herring. I'm interested to hear why he thinks it will be 55% Foster if neither one returns kicks.
Chunky Soup
Footballguy
Not at all. Steve Smith was returner and he started at WR. Not very common for starting offensive guys to do this, but obviously CAR doesn't mind.
Warpig
Footballguy
Not really basing my assumption on much other than gut feeling and how they ran it last year. Could D-Will end up with the majority of carries? Sure. I just don't think so.I see him getting 30 - 40% of the carries and the majority of 3rd down duties. I think he'll improve on last years numbers just slightly. Nothing to draw too much attention.We'll have to see how that O-line performs. If it's better than it was last year, maybe Foster looks better running behind it so they decide to just ride him a little more since he's the veteran.It's all assumption at this point.
Bob Magaw
Footballguy
good post & i agree with this...that said, a conclusion that can be derived from this (foster sticking around a while) and not be inconsistent with the known data is deangelo seizes the starting job as soon as this season... though foster probably/almost certainly will be on the team (we can infer from the well thought out breakdowns above on cap & contract grounds), his presence in & of itself doesn't need in any way to suggest that he will get the majority of carries, or even half...its not like he is making above average starter bank...
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BassNBrew
Footballguy
One would think, but this is Pantherland. Fox has always been loyal to the vets to the point of leaving the more talented player on the second team.
KellysHeroes
Footballguy
all signs point to him finishing his contract there... Unless he suffers a major injury.
