Mr. Scot

From Gantt's war room article... The Texans called, offering their fourth-rounder and a 2022 fourth-rounder to move up from 109 to 89. Having given up their own fourth in the deal for quarterback Sam Darnold, the Panthers were immediately intrigued. Then came the haggling. Looking for more value, the Panthers asked which fourth the Texans were offering, their own or the Rams pick acquired in a previous trade. If the Panthers were willing to take the Rams' pick, there was going to need to be more stuff included. "There's a lot going on at the time," Burke said with a laugh, in the understatement of the night. Tepper, Fitterer, Rhule, and cornerbacks coach Evan Cooper were standing by Stewart and Suleiman's side-by-side desks, on a call with the Texans. Things were being discussed. It didn't appear to be going well. Burke had a player's name on a card, ready to make a selection at 89. Eventually, the two sides started speaking the same language, and the deal was made. The Panthers picked up an extra fifth-rounder and the all-important future fourth (the Rams version), giving them five picks on Saturday, and wrapping things up for a night.

Insects, however, are permitted.

No connection with Fitterer that I've found, but his dad was a runningbacks coach at Ohio State when Pat Stewart was there.

She's hot for sure, but that was...clumsy.

Depends on whether they have a reason to lie. Talking about what might happen with a player or draft pick? Grain of salt. Something like this? What's the point?

I think the promotion to his current job came two years ago. Morrow's in a funny spot because he and Pat Stewart have the same title, only difference being that Morrow has "executive" in front of his. What's even more "funny" though is that, despite his elevated title, what he's actually been doing the last few years is acting as the director of college scouting... ...the job they just hired someone else to do. Makes you wonder if he's getting reassigned, promoted or let go. He didn't get interviewed for Assistant GM, so "promoted" doesn't sound likely.

People who've been to camp will tell you the humidity is nasty.

I got told to "walk and talk" a couple of times

It's actually not, but just for clarity Rivera was going to be fired in 2012. The only reason he wasn't is that Marty Hurney offered to fall on the sword for him. So if that's "how things work", does that mean you think Rivera was being fired for having a sh-tty QB?

Yep. Can't really hold that against them.

Stuff always gets leaked before the official release.

Heck, the last time I was there, JC was still alive and pushing the line at The Beacon.

Heh

When I was about 9 or 10, my best friend's family took a trip to watch a Cincinnati Reds series and took me along. Amazing lineup that year. They had Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Dave Concepcion and Pete Rose manning the infield, Johnny Bench catching, Cesar Geronimo and Griffey Sr in the outfield. Got to see Tom Seaver pitch too. Pretty sure they won the series that year. I was too young to truly appreciate just how good a team I was watching.

That's gonna be a few years.

I tried (really hard) to get into soccer back when the US was in the World Cup semifinals or whatever years back. I just couldn't do it. Baseball? Might take a while to get my feet wet again.

Haven't been to The Beacon in a long time.

This is probably a fair take...

Looks like it... I know a lot of folks aren't big fans of the playing surface down there, and even less are fans of the heat.

Panther memorabilia with Tepper on it would actually be kind of cringeworthy. Pretty sure nobody owns any Raven stuff with pictures of Steve Bisciotti on it.

Nope. Don't even have his image as the wallpaper on my phone. Am I not allowed in the meetings anymore?

You told me he was in the room next to you! I'm starting to think you might not have been telling the truth

You think Matt Rhule saying "Dave leaves the football stuff to me and Scott" is taken out of context?

If I'm being completely honest, neither do I. Haven't really been much of a baseball fan since I was a kid playing Little League. But I figure there are a fair number of people here who do. Maybe if the Carolinas got a team, I'd be interested again.

You might have to since apparently Matt Rhule's word isn't enough.