Mr. Scot

Yeah, sure I'm not interested in talking in circles with you dude. Spin it however you want. The team is committed to Darnold.

Technically, neither was Sewell. (big difference in talent level and potential, of course)

That sounds like Russell Okung, the sequel.

You kind of have to have some idea how deep the particular draft is to really answer this.

Courtesy of Ellis... I only recommend looking over the full list if you have a strong stomach (or you're a masochist)

That's a statement that applies to a lot of analytics.

Look in the thread about Albert Breer mocking Fields to the Panthers. You'll see multiple posters calling Darnold a fallback plan or "insurance". Also stating that it's so obvious they can't imagine how anybody doesn't see it.

Greg Little and Will Grier were drafted before Rhule got here. So yes, they are absolutely Hurney picks.

Been confirmed by a couple of different sources that we didn't see Lance as a good fit.

Between the lady that announced the pick and Parsons giddiness about being drafted to the Cowboys, I got an earful. And yes, she'll be watching the draft with me again tonight

Rhule and Snow have both said that they want to do more press man coverage this year, so yeah that analysis doesn't make sense.

It's the same model as Seattle. Pete Carroll has final say out there, but John Schneider has full control of the personnel department. Same here. Rhule understands he can't do everything so he's letting Fitterer and the personnel people do their jobs.

Given that he didn't fire Marty Hurney immediately, I'd have to say yes, he wanted them to work together. Thankfully, he saw that wasn't going to work. Guys like Bridgewater and Greg Little probably played a big role in that.

In both posts, I said the braintrust is new and we don't know how good they are yet. Not sure where the confusion is.

Disagree. If you go back and read his old interviews, Matt Rhule the college coach absolutely wanted to be another Bill Belichick, the guy running everything. But it seems like once Matt Rhule the college coach stepped into the role of Matt Rhule the NFL coach, he quickly learned the job was way too big for him to handle on his own. That's why when you listen to him talk in interviews since then, like the one where they asked him what he wanted in a GM, he sounds a lot different.

Bad news for ya...

No we don't.

Our current braintrust has existed since about January 14th. The roster they're putting together isn't even finished yet, and obviously has yet to see the field. How exactly should we judge them at this point?

Zack, aka Roaring Riot. Mind you, I'm not saying Bridgewater was forced on Rhule and Brady. Obviously, they agreed to have him be their starter. What Zack has said though is that Marty was basically the head cheerleader for bringing Teddy aboard. Why? Well, while Rhule and Brady could be comfortable of keeping their jobs no matter how the season went, Marty needed the team to win now. Having a veteran as the starting quarterback was seen, in his eyes, as giving him a better chance to achieve that goal. Didn't work out, of course. But again, this is one of the reasons why I keep calling this year one of the rebuild instead of year two. Last year, Rhule was stuck working with a GM who was more interested in saving his own ass than building for the future. Now, we've got two guys on the same page.

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Rhule has final say on the roster but he's not acting like Belichick about it. As part of one of his press conference answers yesterday, he talked about the evaluation process and indicated that Fitterer was pretty much in charge on that side of things.

Our best inside source said it was a Marty move. And I'd add that for whatever other responsibility you want to attribute to them, Rhule and Brady don't set or negotiate contract terms. I won't be too surprised if that changes sometime after the draft.

Multiple sources have said that could happen.