Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
extremely fortunate talented
He's an extremely talented player. We feel pretty fortunate to get him in here.
ahead apparent became catch chance chart depth fairly felt opportunity rod situation
It was a situation where there are other receivers ahead of him on the depth chart and it became fairly apparent to us that he would not be in our long-term plans. We felt like this was the right opportunity to give Rod a chance to catch on with another team.
ahead anywhere flying people rumors saying
The rumors are flying right now. If people anywhere are saying they know who we're taking, they're ahead of us.
ahead anybody cap draft drafting era five four guys help life picks reasonable salary third today
Draft picks today are your currency, your life blood. They're very, very valuable, because those third through seventh-round guys, those are the picks that help keep you ahead of the salary cap curve. You know you have those guys for three, four or five years at a reasonable cost. Especially anybody after the first round. That's why drafting in the cap era is even more important.
decision evaluate next offer received talk
We received the offer sheet, and we're going to look at it, evaluate it and talk about it. And then we'll make a decision on it next week.
situation waiting watching
We'll be watching and waiting just like everyone else. It's a different situation than we've usually had, so we've just got to wait and see how it all unfolds.
active days mind move open staying trying warrants
We try to go into it with an open mind. We like being active and trying to move if it warrants it. There have been days where you try to move up and back and you end up staying pat. But we will try to be aggressive.
choice cutting draft obviously
Well, obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft choice,
informed legal throughout
We don't know anything about it because we really have not been informed throughout the legal process.
kinds players
We're still going over the film. The players aren't even back yet, so we haven't even started those kinds of discussions yet.
effort member tag team transition valuable
We feel like he's a valuable member of our team and we put the transition tag on him in an effort to keep him.
add good trying
We're just trying to be a good team, just trying to add the right pieces.
guys necessary todd
We know what Todd can do and we want to look at the guys we have here. We told Todd it is not necessary for him to come to camp.
good knew talked
We knew we had a good player. Everyone we talked to had something very good to say.