The Carolina Panthers are looking forward to sign upcoming players over the next few years. And also, many players will get a raise in their salary.

Hurney confessed that investing nearly $20 million on Peppers was a bad decision. The team management said that it would have been difficult for the Panthers to sign other players and free agents if Peppers was given a long term deal.

Hurney also said that they have drafted quite well in the past few years and they are very thoughtful about the future of the talented new players.

Thomas Davis, Richard Marshall, Matt Moore and Jeff King are few of the key players signed by the Panthers this year. They will be given short term contracts and later on they will be given extensions. The Panthers are keen to keep Tyler Brayton, Keydrick Vincent and Dante Wesley.

More big decisions are still to be made in the coming years.

DeAngelo Williams, Ryan Kalil, Charles Johnson are some of the key players for the team. Their contacts are up.

The Panthers has been restricting to give any long term contracts since last spring due to possible lockout in 2011.

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