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NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reports the Panthers have interest in free agent DT Gerald McCoy.
They join the Browns, Falcons, Bengals, Colts, Saints and New England as teams linked to him. McCoy left his Cleveland visit without a deal, but the sides are still in talks. McCoy wants to play for a contender and should be open to a one-year deal.

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SOURCE: Mike Garafolo on Twitter
May 25, 2019, 10:04 AM ET

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Gerald McCoy Says He Will Sign 'Wherever I Got to Go to Win' After Bucs Release
PAUL KASABIAN
MAY 24, 2019

TAMPA, FL - SEPTEMBER 16: Gerald McCoy #93 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reacts after they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27-21 at Raymond James Stadium on September 16, 2018 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Free-agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is looking for a place to win after going through nine seasons sans playoff football with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before his May 20 release.

"I want to win," the six-time Pro Bowler told ESPN's Josina Anderson. "I'm not worried about where I'm living. Wherever I got to go to win. ... Everybody's open."

Jenna Laine of ESPN reported on Thursday that there are at least six teams interested in McCoy's services:


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Teams I’m hearing that have some level of interest in Gerald McCoy so far, per league sources: Bengals, Falcons, Patriots, Browns, Colts, Saints.

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McCoy shouldn't have a problem finding a successful team on that list. The New England Patriots are the defending Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints went 13-3 and earned the NFC's No. 1 seed and the 10-6 Indianapolis Colts are a team on the rise who finished the regular season by winning nine of its last 10 games. The Cleveland Browns are also receiving a ton of Super Bowl hype, to the point where Vegas Insider ranks them fifth on the odds ledger at 14-1.


If winning is a priority, then the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals should be at the bottom of his list. The Falcons are coming off a disappointing 7-9 season, and the 6-10 Bengals are a massive 150-1 underdog to win the Super Bowl, per Vegas Insider.

Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reported that McCoy visited the Browns on Friday but left without signing a contract. However, Stroud also said the Browns are still "very much a candidate" to land McCoy. A visit with the Baltimore Ravens, who went 10-6 and won the AFC North last season, is up next.

Whoever lands the 31-year-old McCoy is getting a stud defensive tackle in top form. He registered six sacks last season, which marked the sixth time that he garnered six or more sacks in a year. McCoy also had 28 tackles and 21 quarterback hits.

Football analyst Warren Sharp also explained the difference in the Bucs' defense with and without McCoy on the field:


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Hope your defense lands Gerald McCoy & optimizes him. Since 2015:

The Bucs are 12-7 (63%) when McCoy records at least two QB hits.
• 5 of 7 losses (71%) came by 3 or fewer points.

They are 13-32 (29%) in all other games.
• Only 4 of 32 losses (13%) came by 3 or fewer points.

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It's no surprise, then, that Stroud reported 10 teams are in the mix for McCoy, who is receiving offers up to $11 million per year.

IF its true that winning is his #1 priority .... he’s only going to visit the rats out of loyalty to his ex DL coach cause there’s 4 or 5 teams that clearly have a much better shot of winning than the rats ....

Thanks for the info on the ex DL coach Y-town .... i asked in the other thread what the connection was with them cause other than using it as leverage against us visiting them over the Pats, Colts, Chargers, Saints or even the Jags makes zero sense to me .... the DL coach is clearly that connection ...

Lets hope it ends after the Rats visit with him not signing there ...

Here's what I find cool: three teams that have shown interest (Panthers, Saints, Falcons) are from the same division ... they know how good he is and what he's capable of doing

Factory of Sackness is really good.

Lake-Effects

"Lake-effect snow can cause blinding whiteouts in just minutes"

3 and 4 seem negative, one, The Lake Front, seems the most positive.

I like Junk Yard Dawgs

I want nothing to do with the word FACTORY being used in any way, shape of form associated with this organization .... it brings back way to many sad ass memories ...

Lol at #2. That's pretty bad.

Nicknames should be organic or else, IMO, they are lame.

I have really been enjoying Joe since he became a media darling.

Oh, come on, Dawg....
There is only one way to de-fang a word that has been used to hurt us:

Adopt it for our own purposes.

I just see it diff, is all.
We remain cool, you & I.

Storm Front

Although I didn't think of the (perfect) word 'organic', this is exactly what I was thinking last week when GMFB was talking about a nickname for Ward.

Me 2.

First thing I thought of.

not a fan of unorganic nicknames, but of that list I'd go with the Lake Front

I think him leaving without a deal really dropped our odds. There is something he wants we didn’t offer.

McCoy's Agent

I think he want's to sign here, but is trying to get a little sweeter deal. We can't hold it against him to check what a few other teams would offer him, he's never been a free agent.

and I don't doubt that the Ravens would either want to sign him, or at the very least, drive up his price

You would think this scenario would be an agent's dream. Two division rivals fighting for a player makes the player's perceived value higher - because losing out makes your rival that much better.

In fact, it's not even perception, his value IS higher in this situation.

yeah agreed FATE

Ravens really don't have the cap to sign him unless he took a discount. So he can say its not about money, until it is

He doesn't visit them until Tuesday. OF COURSE it's all about putting in front of our faces that he might go to a division rival.

Of course, he's "committed" to visiting them and another, but that also leaves 4+ days to talk with us and negotiate and build up and the Ravens are, I'm sure, more than happy to play any role needed of them to take money out of our coffers.

#LetTheGamesBegin

It would be nice if he signed with us.

j/c:

Gerald McCoy had a ‘great’ visit with the Browns and could sign here after visiting Ravens Tuesday, source says

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2019/05...s-continue.html

Good news

all this waiting is killing me.

Tuesday now. When will we know later?

Lamp, I'm still wondering if we really need him? I mean I know the more great players you have the better off you are, but seriously, can this be just a tad too much?

I was wondering, are the Browns trying to up the price for the Ravens?

As an OU fan, would I like to see McCoy with Cleveland...sure. Do I think we need him..No. If Myles Garrett says the d-line is just fine as is, who are we to dispute him? I'm not losing any sleep over McCoy's decision. It's the first year of my life I wish the summer would get over with and get the 2019 season started...almost!


Plus I think I read that McCoy said he'd make a decision next week.

I bet he'll decide soon after visiting Baltimore

maybe they're sending him to Baltimore as a spy to get intel

i wouldn't take a thing Garrett says about personnel with anything more than a grain of salt. He's just loyal. He's also the one that told FO we didn't need Mack or Chubb because we had Ogbah.