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PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN to $96 MILLION - PantherFan007 - 04-05-2024
Great news! DB is a stud!
https://www.panthers.com/news/panthers-extend-defensive-tackle-derrick-brown
CHARLOTTE — The Panthers made one of the most significant moves of the offseason, and they did it with one of their own.
The team has agreed to terms with defensive tackle Derrick Brown on a multi-year contract extension Friday, which will keep the foundation of their defense in place after his best individual season.
Brown was entering the final year of his rookie deal, and the extension allows them to start the offseason program next week on the right note.
The deal came after a brilliant 2023 season in which he made his first Pro Bowl.
Brown set a league record for tackles by a defensive lineman with 103. Since they started tracking that stat in 1994, the 98 Miami's Christian Wilkins posted in 2022 was the highest total ever. That came after Brown tied the Panthers franchise record with 67 last year (when he joined Mike Rucker's mark from 2002).
"He's had a heck of a year," defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero said of Brown's performance. "He's been so disruptive. I don't think it's arguably — I think he's been the best run defender in the NFL this year. He's done a heck of a job rushing the quarterback and creating pressures, the interception, the batted balls. There's been so much production. The leadership. He's been instrumental in everything that we've done."
The 2000 first-round pick also did while rarely coming off the field. He finished the year playing 940 snaps (89 percent of the team total), and only played fewer than 80 percent of the team's snaps in two games all season (both hot-weather games early in the season, at home against Minnesota, and at Miami). After the bye in Week 7, he played at least 85 percent of the snaps in every game, and played every snap in the December win against Atlanta.
"He plays hard," Evero said. "I mean, and I've said it before, but probably the most impressive thing that he does for a man that big, 340-plus pounds, to run down the field, play hard every down. He's making plays 40 yards down the field.
"He's really, he's a heck of a player. What you see in him is just continued growth and maturation and learning the NFL game, understanding, not only using his physical ability, but also all the nuances of the game that come with experience, and all of that is just playing out. . . . Even before I took this job, I knew what a player he was and his reputation in the league is a guy that is hard to block. That's been happening for a couple of years now."
Now, the Panthers will have him in the middle of their defense, and the middle of their personality, for years to come.
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN - Ladypanther - 04-05-2024
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN - Ladypanther - 04-05-2024
Dan Morgan getting sh#t done!!
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN - PantherFan007 - 04-05-2024
The Carolina Panthers and defensive tackle Derrick Brown have agreed to a four-year contract extension, the team announced Friday, with a source telling ESPN's Adam Schefter that the $96 million deal includes $63.165 million guaranteed.
The $24 million per year average on Brown's extension is the fourth highest in the NFL for a defensive tackle. It trails only the Chiefs' Chris Jones, Raiders' Christian Wilkins and Ravens' Justin Madubuike, who all signed new contracts as free agents during the offseason.
Coming off a 2022 season in which he set a Panthers record for tackles by a lineman with 67, Brown took his game to another level last season after Carolina switched to a 3-4 defensive scheme under coordinator Ejiro Evero.
Brown posted a defensive lineman-record 103 tackles and led the NFL with a 47% run stop win rate, according to ESPN Analytics/NFL Next Gen. The 6-foot-5, 320-pound Brown rarely came off the field, playing in 89% of the Panthers' snaps, and he was named a Pro Bowler for the first time.
The No. 7 overall pick in 2020, Brown has 245 tackles and eight sacks during his four-year career in Carolina.
Brown, 25, had one year left on his deal and is now tied to Carolina through the 2028 season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/source-panthers-dt-derrick-brown-reach-96m-extension/ar-BB1l8rB2?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=d646099948984de9b96c5f0100b4125d&ei=41
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN - PantherFan007 - 04-05-2024
(04-05-2024, 05:31 PM)Ladypanther Wrote: Dan Morgan getting sh#t done!!
For his first time out, I'm seriously impressed so far.
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN to $96 MILLION - Firstchance - 04-06-2024
Very nice to have this one wrapped up. Good job!
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN to $96 MILLION - Catbacker - 04-07-2024
Very excited they could reach a deal. Brown was our best player last season IMO.
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN to $96 MILLION - Hobbit99 - 04-07-2024
(04-07-2024, 12:30 PM)Catbacker Wrote: Very excited they could reach a deal. Brown was our best player last season IMO.
YES... Good times they are a'coming.!! (EVENTUALLY..)
AND --- Welcome to the forum, Catbacker.
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN to $96 MILLION - PantherFan007 - 04-07-2024
(04-07-2024, 12:30 PM)Catbacker Wrote: Very excited they could reach a deal. Brown was our best player last season IMO.
Derrick Brown earned his paycheck by bringing excitement and ferocity to games that otherwise had zero excitement.
And yes, welcome to Panthersfanz!
RE: PANTHERS EXTEND DT DERRICK BROWN to $96 MILLION - Firstchance - 04-07-2024
(04-07-2024, 12:30 PM)Catbacker Wrote: Very excited they could reach a deal. Brown was our best player last season IMO.
Welcome to the group Catbacker.