Panthers withdraw Josh Norman's franchise tag - he's now a free agent

[IlluminatusUIUC]

WTF?!

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/722899438050512896

[Mace]

WTF?!

https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/722899438050512896

Evidently thought himself worthy of being the highest paid CB, Carolina thought not.

[Victor7]

WTF indeed

Never seen this before that I can remember. Panthers basically told him

Have someone else overpay for your sorry ass

[Scumbag College]

Wow, he was a big part of that defense.

[Night Train]

They have other contracts coming and he reportedly wanted between 16-18 Mil a year.

He cut himself.

[swiper]

Hope he gets shunned by the league.

Then his agent will cry collusion however.

When he should call his player stupid.

[Mace]

Diff positions, but reminds me of Jairus Byrd, and more currently, Fitz.

[Skooby]

I'll go with failed drug test.

[DraftBoy]

This has to be up there with one of the most up and down offseason in recent NFL memory.

[THRILLHO]

Should have signed his tag. Now he is a FA after most teams have blown their loads. He'll still get paid, but Carolina stuck to their guns. Interesting.

[YardRat]

Possible landing spots...

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15282975/possible-landing-spots-former-carolina-panthers-cb-josh-norman-nfl

[Scumbag College]

Bring him in!

[justasportsfan]

my guess is Dolphins

[Night Train]

San Fran reportedly talking to him.

[sukie]

Norman played in an almost exclusively zone defensive scheme. A shutdown corner he is not. 29 years old... he is.

In playing the cover 3 zone... he always had help from a safety up top... his recovery speed is meh. All an offense needs to do in a cover 3 is have your number 1 WR on the other side if you wish to avoid Norman. A Revis he is not.

I get from Carolina that they wish to spend huge in the trenches and at LB... That is their formula for a successful D.

Miami will chomp all over this guy. Book it.