Mr. Scot

"Longest success" doesn't generally come from a quarterback like Richardson.

I do kinda have a question about that. Don't imagine the Panthers would necessarily take kindly to having something like that out there. Makes me wonder if he parted on bad terms or something

More than we won because of Rhule's coaching.

The only thing I'd call "epic stupidity" would be listening to fans. We've got a good staff who's gone through every detail with a fine toothed comb. I trust them to make the pick, regardless of who it is. Could they get it wrong? Absolutely, even if it's Young or Stroud. We all just have to hope they don't.

Haven't looked, but I'm pretty sure Rivera still holds both the highest winning total and winning percentage of any coach we've had. Heaven knows he had his flaws, and his firing was absolutely justified. But nothing...nothing was as horrible as the Panthers under Matt Rhule. The idea that anyone else even could be is just plain ridiculous.

Both they and Leaky Faucet have given us inside info you couldn't find online. That's valuable. Speaking as someone who posts plenty of Twitter links themselves, there's really nothing special about it (even less when a good portion of it is clickbait).

I'm not sure it would matter if he did.

Yeah, I wouldn't bet on that. Frankly I'd bet against it. It's like Snow said earlier. The Huddle isn't really representative of the fanbase as a whole. I seriously doubt the number of people throwing sh-t fits about it would translate into anything substantial...or even noticeable.

You're seriously asking why an NFL GM wouldn't just throw something out there to give away who he's picking? Yikes I believe Young is the pick (same as most of us) but have mercy what a dumb line of reasoning

I still would. Now with that said, a lot of the talk going around about the guy smells like bullsh-t. I caught a tape of his post pro day presser (below) None of the stuff about him being a jerk, being immature, thinking he's already great and/or won't have to work hard in the NFL...none of that shows up here. He comes off as a young kid with a big opportunity ahead of him just trying to get ready for it. Again, I don't see him being our pick, but I do think some people here are being unfair to him.

You know these aren't stopping anytime soon

From the presser... I get that people either don't want to believe this or just flat out deny it, but I'm not sure how many times Reich and Fitterer have to say it. Regardless of whether they had leanings early on, they really did take their time and think this decision over. Frankly, I'd be pretty disappointed if they didn't. It was always the smart thing to do.

I've thought about it And decided it's purely coincidence

Interesting choice of words

I have a really hard time picturing him making it out of this offseason on our roster.

Officially, final say belongs to Fitterer. Of course, if you read the recent interview with Reich, he talked about consensus building being Fitterer's "superpower". I've also heard people say the same thing about Reich. So overall, I suspect when they come to a final decision, it'll be a lot more cooperative then say, a Bill Polian throwing a chair type of meeting.

Fair point Every year there are differences of opinion. It would be kinda silly to expect a group of varied people to all agree on everything.

Well, that sure was eventful

We've got some who seem to want everybody that we don't pick to fail miserably. I don't. I get the "crush your enemies, see them driven before you" mindset. Hell, most of the time I agree with it. But in reality, I've got nothing against these kids. Best of luck to them... ...except against us.

My guess is he'll take one...voluntarily...after the draft. If he actually got something right for a change though, God help us all (or perhaps mod help us all)

I think there are people who would believe Reddit or a random Twitter site if it told them they didn't exist

Makes sense. I've said all along I wouldn't expect something like that to occur but crazier things have happened. Never forget that anything is possible.

I wouldn't call that "a massive haul". (I also wouldn't call that a deal I'd expect us to take)

People talk like there's some kind of intrinsic value to the #1 pick, or there's something special about being able to say you got the first quarterback in the draft. Yeah...None of that is true. The first quarterback in the draft can just as easily be Baker Mayfield as it can be Peyton Manning. There's nothing magical about that position. And hell, I'd suggest there's more credibility in saying you got your guy later rather than sooner. The Chiefs can crow that they got arguably the best quarterback in the league 10th overall. So frankly, as long as we get a guy who can finally be our franchise quarterback, who gives a sh-t whether we picked him at #1 or #12? I damn sure don't. And if we can get that guy plus additional picks that can be used to build around him, to quote well-known philosopher Steven Austin, hell yeah!