Mr. Scot

He didn't. This is inside info, not a press release.

You realize we don't have the same front office as last year, right? (apparently not)

That's not a good situation to bring a young quarterback into.

How exactly do you get certification for that?

Not the same situation. Hurney was hired after all the offseason work was already done. Responsibility for this season belongs totally to Fitterer (and Rhule, of course).

I'm honestly not the person to ask why so many teams passed on Fields. I don't know either. It's possible we'll learn they were wrong. It's possible we'll learn they were right. Guess we'll see in a few years. Do think going to Chicago might skew things a little bit.

I think the last quarterback he drafted was Garoppolo.

I think there might be a few other people here who share those feelings

And hey, we got Tommy Stevens too.

No we're not

I think a lot of us might have PTSD from the Marty years

Could go back to Fitterer saying that once you got past the first 15 or 16 picks, the difference wasn't that huge. That, plus the philosophy that more picks equals more chances to find a great player. Both of those are guiding principles in the Seahawks organization.

Fields isn't a freak athlete?

The other day when you were arguing for drafting Fields, you were telling me that what we traded for Darnold wasn't that big a deal and we could afford to lose out on it. Now suddenly it's "mortgaging the future"?

I prefer to look at coach and GM as a combo. I could see framing rules first year is kind of a "redshirt" year because he needed to adjust from college to the pros. Fitterer doesn't have that sort of adjustment to make.

Well there's that, plus the fact that he's not especially bright.

Would it make sense to draft a great zone corner if you're running a man based system? Ditto drafting a 4-3 defensive end when you're running a 3-4 defense. Drafting a guy who can't run your offense wouldn't exactly be a quick path to a head coaching job. Not only are you not going to look good, but neither are they. It's not about promotion though. It's about winning. And when you're trying to win, you pick up players that suit what you do. Doing otherwise would be crazy.

Other trend: Defense

Don't know, but as long as he is here right now, it would be pretty stupid to take a quarterback that doesn't fit his system.

That was Dator? No wonder it sounded stupid.

Apparently the Panthers aren't

Tepper might have, but Rhule and Fitterer didn't. Some of us saw this possibility ahead of time.

That happened at my place too but there's no video of it

I don't recall much of anybody being concerned about injuries to Fields. There's the epilepsy thing but nobody thought that was a real problem.

I seem to recall you telling me that all signs were pointing to Fields and I needed to "deal with it" You're not prepared to take your own advice?