Mr. Scot

I came out of ten years of football with my fair share of injuries. Then I decided to try martial arts because there were body parts I hadn't hurt yet

Worth noting that Young technically had two quarterback coaches; Josh McCown and Passing Game Coordinator Parks Frazier. Wasn't really a fan of that, but I'm not sure it was meant to be that way from the beginning.

I know I squatted 350 plus regularly back in high school. These days if I squat, I have trouble standing back up

Technically that definition would put Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Joe Montana and others in the "game manager" category, but as Warner points out that really shouldn't be considered a slight. I think a lot of West Coast guys get that label. I know two of the guys Newton named are in Shanahan style systems.

One response I saw was that Newton never had back to back winning seasons while Prescott's never had a losing season. I'd call that more of an organizatioal thing. It is also true though that Prescott still has a chance to change that,

I'm sure there's plenty of crap we haven't heard yet.

I know he's said that he expects Tepper to go after Belichick. Don't know if he's in favor of it or not though.

Cowherd and Bayless don't get backlash because they regularly say stupid sh-t, so it's kind of expected. As far as Newton, some of those clapbacks are coming from teammates of the guys he mentioned. Ya gotta expect that.

Kurt Warner had a pretty good response to that...

By certain other fanbases too... I will say I think he's wrong about Dak Prescott not being a difference maker. Not so sure that applies to Jared Goff either. Tua and Purdy though? There's an argument there.

I've only seen snippets of this so far. Probably won't get to see the whole thing till tomorrow, but I do intend to see it all.

That's probably true right now as well

Ownership. Richardson believed in Hurney. Hell, he even fired a guy with a much better record so he could bring him back. Tepper waited too long to fire Hurney then forced his next hire to work under Rhule.

Hurney was here a lot longer and did over a decade worth of damage. I'd add that hitting on first rounders is a lot easier when the sh-tty roster you built last year keeps getting you high draft picks. He also had no accountability. It was well known that he was GM for life as long as Richardson was in charge. If not for the jeans day scandal he'd likely have been here right up till Richardson passed. One of the biggest things you have to remember though is he was a big part of why we ended up with Matt Rhule. The immense damage Rhule did is partially Hurney's fault, and that tips the scales for me.

That's kinda the thing.

Roster wise, a lot of folks think only the offense needs work.

There's definitely evidence. Reich didn't want to coach him on footwork until this coming offseason. And there were some who reportedly thought Reich was babying him (sounded kinda like a Pete Carroll - Russell Wilson type situation). I've said elsewhere I think Reich would have preferred not to have started him until next year. We've heard he wanted Derek Carr for this year.

Nah, it's still funny. That said, Hurney didn't sabotage his own head coach,.so there's that.

Yeah, not so sure of that these days.

I don't mind Suleiman. I'd also like to keep Adrian Wilson around.

One possible clue in the other direction... Darin Gantt's latest "Ask the Old Guy" article mentions the take that the defense and special teams part of the roster looks fine as opposed to the offense. This is the take previously that, along with some of what Dianna Russini said, made me think Tepper could use this as a reason to keep Scott Fitterer around. Personnel evaluation aside, I don't think you can do that because of what happened with Reich. But Tepper might not agree...

That's a real possibility, but not with Nicole (the lady assistant GM from the Browns).

Not uncommon for new GMs to fire staff immediately after the draft and start restocking

You're not gonna get that before the next draft though. What you see this April will be the result of the current staff's draft evaluations, even if it's under a different GM.