Quote:Carolina is probably going to resign Hardy. They were close during the season, there will probably be a cap casualty to free up some money like Charles Godfrey and they'll re-sign Hardy. 

 

They can free up a few million or in cap casualties. That puts them 22-24 million under the cap. They have a ton of free agents and not enough money to go around, 

 

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/boards/top...ee-agents/

 

They were never close to signing a new contract during the season. Hardy was offered a contract of roughly 8 million a year and turned it down. Either of the franchise tags gives him 12-13 million for this season when they have 22 million available. They will need to sign 21 guys for a remaining 10 million. On top of that, they are at the end of Cams rookie deal. Next season, Cam will be the priority. Their GM said they are in "cap heck" for another two years and then they will be able to go after guys.

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