Mr. Scot

Rivera enabled that. We've heard that Rivera never allowed Newton to have "hard coaching" from Dorsey (or much of anyone). He basically made Dorsey Cam's buddy / sounding board. I have criticisms of Ken Dorsey, but none of them relate to his performance in Carolina.

Have any of them won a Super Bowl yet?

LaCanfora has sources, but his biggest issue has long been that he too often mixes his own speculation in with what he's heard.

Not a fan of that statement either, though I admit that winning much of anything in the situation he's in right now would be "an incredible job" in and of itself. And sometimes they wind up with the next Joe Brady instead.

I've seen doctors who couldn't balance checkbooks, teachers who can't figure out their voicemail and engineers who are baffled by simple cooking recipes. Being really good at one particular thing (like making money) doesn't guarantee you're good at everything. And a quick look at the NFL, including the Panthers, would tell you pretty clearly it sure as hell doesn't guarantee you know anything about football.

What worries me with Dorsey is he still seems pretty heavily reliant on Josh Allen.

My first thought too. Robbie is an exception.

Doesn't make em a good idea though.

Granted that shades everything but still...

Jones reports here that Tepper has "looked at the landscape of the league" in considering what to do going forward. I'd call that good news.

Unless it's expected to be a really high pick, i'd still consider it dumb to settle for just that. There's way bigger News In that clip though.

Valid. We'd heard Tepper trusted him a lot (having him be part of the coaching search validated that). But now?

Smart coaching helps...a lot. But I'm not sure even Sean Payton could accomplish much with PJ Walker as his QB.

The basic comparison is that he's a guy influencing major football decisions despite having pretty much zero football background. And toxic or not, it is fair to point out he played a big role in the hiring of Matt Rhule. Does make you wonder if Rhule's colossal failure has any effect on his status.

To be fair, the offense looked significantly different yesterday, and arguably even more so once Eason stepped in. I'd at least give him a look.

Someone recently compared Panthers exec Steven Drummond's influence in the Panthers organization to Easterby's in Houston (still not buying that) but Easterby himself is out.

I wouldn’t really say I’m an optimist (and neither would a lot of others) I just see this as kind of uncharted territory.

And the guy responsible for all of that…has been fired.

It may not, but that isn’t something I can “embrace”.

Not really. We’ve only had one game out from under Matt Rhule’s control. That’s not enough of a sample size to evaluate much of anything properly. Of course, If all you really care about is projecting the entire future based on knee jerk reactions, then welp…

I can’t get on board with that.

Steve Wilks has been head coach for two and a half seasons? 🫤

I actually took that to mean they were more concerned with Baker's long-term health than the immediate...

He may just get his chance...

I'm equally mystified by the notion that a single game tells us everything there is to know.