[Ian Rapoport] Another big-time guard in Carolina: Sources say the #Panthers are expected to sign former #Seahawks guard Damien Lewis to a 4-year, $53M deal with $26.2M fully guaranteed in a deal done by Andre Odom of @AthletesFirst .
March 12, 2024
[Ian Rapoport] Another big-time guard in Carolina: Sources say the #Panthers are expected to sign former #Seahawks guard Damien Lewis to a 4-year, $53M deal with $26.2M fully guaranteed in a deal done by Andre Odom of @AthletesFirst .
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That’s… a lot of money
yeah no thanks
Yeah he’s not worth that sorry bro
He’s not worth that money at all, I’m fine to see him walk but we are straight up hemorrhaging starters. We can’t just draft starters all across the board, and with signing a vet like Williams it doesn’t seem like we are tanking next season.
Really hope there’s a lot of moves we’re going to make soon because right now this has been brutal. We need a new starting guard, starting center, entirely new starting linebackers, starting safeties and TE 2/3. Even the best draft doesn’t get you all of those. Not to mention nose tackle and overall depth, and the fact that our already bottom 5 offensive line is worse now.
Panthers making championship moves.
Good for him getting paid.
The guard market is broken. I wonder if that’s who Schneider was talking about asking for a number that floored him.
This is insane. Here I was hoping we don’t resign Damien Lewis and just move on. Carolina comes in and gives him 53 mil? Am I missing something?
Kinda off topic, but I wonder if we’re going to let Bradford start at RG and draft Fautanu (or another T/G flexible prospect) or if we’ll sign a guard from FA
That is quite a lot for him.
Congrats to the Seahawks for not paying that. Best of luck to Lewis.
Good luck in Carolina, Damien. Try not to accidentally squish your QB. Great work getting an enormous bag.
Seahawks now +3 on the comp pick board. Can we hold the lead? Dare to dream.
A lot of money, good for Lewis. Makes me miss that 2nd round pick even more for cheap controlled linemen. To my eye the Hawks now have 5.5 holes to fill in terms of starters. 2 linebackers, a safety, 1.5 guards, and a center. (guard depending on how you feel about bradford).
Holy shit! I was way off base, was thinking we’d sign him on a 2 year/$12 mil or somewhere along those lines
Does this get us another comp pick?
In 2022 I genuinely thought he was our future at guard. Then he completely fumbled this past year. Congrats on the payday, Dlew.
3rd comp pick for Seattle as it stands, Lewis will net a 4th rounder.
Panthers fan here, my Seahawks bud said he’s buns. Is he telling the truth? 😞
Panthers need immediate o-line help.
They over spent on him, but he’s a decent player ourside of pass pro
Just draft fautanu who will be even better and can play for Lucas when he can’t go
someone explain how comp picks work please 😭
Damn, he must have made a big impression on Canales when he was here. That’s a lot of moolah.
Damien was quietly consistent here though and played every spot on the OL. I think he is what they had imagined Pocic would be. Glad we/they didn’t pay that much for him
Seattle seems to be setting themselves up for 2025.
The guard market is terrifying. Glad we’re not paying that much for Lewis, but even if mid-level guards are getting $$$$ the prospects are looking scary right now, because interior O-Line has to be addressed.
That’s a hole in the roster that wouldn’t have been filled by giving Lewis that contract. At the same time, hey it’s been awhile since the Seahawks drafted an offensive lineman who got paid!
Lewis is a solid starter, but that’s just too much money for him.
The pick we’ll get is big time nice.
Definitely not worth it but I’ll take a 4th lol
Thank you for everything DLew, good luck in Carolina!
I don’t understand what is happening to the guard market.
Thats crazy. It could have been a 3 year 20m contract and I still would have been happy we didnt pay for that
Watch them move him back to the right and he balls the fuck out
Good for him… at that price though was a good idea for the hawks to let him walk
Unless he makes a HUGE leap next year the Panthers stay doing panther things
Damian Lewis is solid but I Donny think he’s worth all that. 😬
Oh well. Hope he proves me wrong and does well in Carolina!
Jesus Christ I liked Lewis okay but at that price you can have him
Panthers signed Hunt and Lewis for $153m, $70m guaranteed. Tepper broke the G market in order to justify the bad trade for the worse pick of Bryce Young. Damn, I wish I was a gazillionaire.
Proof that he’s good.
This one’s going to be hard to replace.
We can pencil in a QB, OL, and ILB with first 3 picks.
It’s a well-known complaint that starting-caliber O-linemen are few and far between, yet we wonder why a young, average or better one is getting paid good money.
Good for Lewis. He was a really solid player for us. Dealt with some injuries, as pretty much every O-lineman does, but was more than good for a mid-round pick. I remember him slotting in as an emergency Center for us early in his career. When our O-line was rolling, which was the case for a number of stretches over the last few years, Lewis was a big part of it.
Jesus thats alot, not surprised we didnt resign him
Man, is that the going rate for guards?
Where he will undoubtedly play his correct position as RG. Infuriating the Carrol days where we just assumed that you can plug an OL anywhere on the line and they’ll flourish. As an Oline coach, don’t draft a RG with the intention of playing them on the left side, same with tackles, don’t draft centers to play G, etc
Fuuuuck you. I honestly don’t even know if that’s over-paying. He was a beast when healthy. I’ll miss him.
Damn. I thought he was gonna be great for us. Bummer
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That’s… a lot of money
yeah no thanks
Yeah he’s not worth that sorry bro
He’s not worth that money at all, I’m fine to see him walk but we are straight up hemorrhaging starters. We can’t just draft starters all across the board, and with signing a vet like Williams it doesn’t seem like we are tanking next season.
Really hope there’s a lot of moves we’re going to make soon because right now this has been brutal. We need a new starting guard, starting center, entirely new starting linebackers, starting safeties and TE 2/3. Even the best draft doesn’t get you all of those. Not to mention nose tackle and overall depth, and the fact that our already bottom 5 offensive line is worse now.
Panthers making championship moves.
Good for him getting paid.
The guard market is broken. I wonder if that’s who Schneider was talking about asking for a number that floored him.
This is insane. Here I was hoping we don’t resign Damien Lewis and just move on. Carolina comes in and gives him 53 mil? Am I missing something?
Kinda off topic, but I wonder if we’re going to let Bradford start at RG and draft Fautanu (or another T/G flexible prospect) or if we’ll sign a guard from FA
That is quite a lot for him.
Congrats to the Seahawks for not paying that. Best of luck to Lewis.
Good luck in Carolina, Damien. Try not to accidentally squish your QB. Great work getting an enormous bag.
Seahawks now +3 on the comp pick board. Can we hold the lead? Dare to dream.
A lot of money, good for Lewis. Makes me miss that 2nd round pick even more for cheap controlled linemen. To my eye the Hawks now have 5.5 holes to fill in terms of starters. 2 linebackers, a safety, 1.5 guards, and a center. (guard depending on how you feel about bradford).
Holy shit! I was way off base, was thinking we’d sign him on a 2 year/$12 mil or somewhere along those lines
Does this get us another comp pick?
In 2022 I genuinely thought he was our future at guard. Then he completely fumbled this past year. Congrats on the payday, Dlew.
3rd comp pick for Seattle as it stands, Lewis will net a 4th rounder.
Panthers fan here, my Seahawks bud said he’s buns. Is he telling the truth? 😞
Panthers need immediate o-line help.
They over spent on him, but he’s a decent player ourside of pass pro
Just draft fautanu who will be even better and can play for Lucas when he can’t go
someone explain how comp picks work please 😭
Damn, he must have made a big impression on Canales when he was here. That’s a lot of moolah.
Damien was quietly consistent here though and played every spot on the OL. I think he is what they had imagined Pocic would be. Glad we/they didn’t pay that much for him
Seattle seems to be setting themselves up for 2025.
The guard market is terrifying. Glad we’re not paying that much for Lewis, but even if mid-level guards are getting $$$$ the prospects are looking scary right now, because interior O-Line has to be addressed.
That’s a hole in the roster that wouldn’t have been filled by giving Lewis that contract. At the same time, hey it’s been awhile since the Seahawks drafted an offensive lineman who got paid!
Lewis is a solid starter, but that’s just too much money for him.
The pick we’ll get is big time nice.
Definitely not worth it but I’ll take a 4th lol
Thank you for everything DLew, good luck in Carolina!
I don’t understand what is happening to the guard market.
I’ll miss him though.
That one hurts.
https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/damien-lewis/81532
Yeah I don’t see it either.
Thats crazy. It could have been a 3 year 20m contract and I still would have been happy we didnt pay for that
Watch them move him back to the right and he balls the fuck out
Good for him… at that price though was a good idea for the hawks to let him walk
Unless he makes a HUGE leap next year the Panthers stay doing panther things
Damian Lewis is solid but I Donny think he’s worth all that. 😬
Oh well. Hope he proves me wrong and does well in Carolina!
Jesus Christ I liked Lewis okay but at that price you can have him
Panthers signed Hunt and Lewis for $153m, $70m guaranteed. Tepper broke the G market in order to justify the bad trade for the worse pick of Bryce Young. Damn, I wish I was a gazillionaire.
Proof that he’s good.
This one’s going to be hard to replace.
We can pencil in a QB, OL, and ILB with first 3 picks.
It’s a well-known complaint that starting-caliber O-linemen are few and far between, yet we wonder why a young, average or better one is getting paid good money.
Good for Lewis. He was a really solid player for us. Dealt with some injuries, as pretty much every O-lineman does, but was more than good for a mid-round pick. I remember him slotting in as an emergency Center for us early in his career. When our O-line was rolling, which was the case for a number of stretches over the last few years, Lewis was a big part of it.
Jesus thats alot, not surprised we didnt resign him
Man, is that the going rate for guards?
Where he will undoubtedly play his correct position as RG. Infuriating the Carrol days where we just assumed that you can plug an OL anywhere on the line and they’ll flourish. As an Oline coach, don’t draft a RG with the intention of playing them on the left side, same with tackles, don’t draft centers to play G, etc
Fuuuuck you. I honestly don’t even know if that’s over-paying. He was a beast when healthy. I’ll miss him.
Damn. I thought he was gonna be great for us. Bummer
Feels like we’re in for a couple rough years.