There has been some debate on whether the Carolina Panthers asked Chris Harris to take a pay cut or not, but now there can be no denying that the trade the team made last week with the Chicago Bears was motivated by finances. Panthers coach John Fox admitted as much on Sunday at the end of the team’s minicamp. “We've got a budget and that had something to do with it," Fox said about the trade. The Panthers owed Harris more than $2 million in base pay this year and he was due $7.7 million over the next three years, more than Carolina wanted to pay with the team shedding big salaries this offseason at a rate that makes you wonder if Jerry Richardson is suddenly vying with the Glazers to put one of the league’s lowest payrolls together. Source: Yahoo! Sports
