Mr. Scot

The league figured Snow out and he couldn't counter. Good players, especially since we concentrated our draft and free agency on defense the first two seasons. That's all that kept us even mildly competitive.

I've seen the narrative that the defense was only bad because the offense left them on the field. If the defense was only bad in the second half or the 4th quarter, then maybe I could see that. They were bad from early on in the game.

To the people still trying to sell that "#2 in the league" narrative...

As if on cue, and acting exactly as described,,,

He uses his Twitter to seek attention from "important" people in an effort to convince others that he's important and deserving of respect. Unfortunately, his primary MO is to disparage those people, which in his mind he interprets as making himself their equal. It doesn't really work that way of course, but that's how he sees it. Heck, he does the same thing on the Huddle, going after guys like Ellis, trying to talk down reporters and such, even going so far as lying about his father and then getting caught in the lie. It's all about making himself look important. Bottom Line: He wants to be a big deal, but he's got a piss poor method for trying to gain that kind of status.

Athletic talent? He's off the charts. Quarterback talent? That's where the questions come in. His first two seasons, he's faded down the stretch. For his rookie year, you can attribute that to pro transition. Second year? Not so much. And that playoff performance? Yikes Throw in the chatter about him thinking he doesn't need to study and there's plenty of reason to wonder.

I expect this to be the most popular lineup option.

Some years back, I had to work July 4th. One of my colleagues who was also there took a call from a British guy. After the guy hung up, my coworker complained. "Man, why is this British guy calling in today? Doesn't he know it's July 4th?" I gently said, "They don't really celebrate that in England. It's... actually kind of a sore spot."

It's real. I disagree with him though. I think the best free agent addition from this offseason is Denzel Perryman

Scott Fowler weighs in... FYI: This is a free column, no paywall.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Michael Oher can help our offensive line myself

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What happens if they don't?

Whatever's synonymous with "think he's a terrible owner". No personal feelings involved...

I've never openly stated any such thing. I think both of them are terrible at their jobs, but as I've stated many times being terrible at your job is not a reason to hate someone.

Ah yes, the "you just hate them" argument. Congrats. You've managed to place yourself on par with Sizzlebuzz. As far as how your arguments read, pretty sure I'm not the only one interpreting it as defending Tepper. But I suppose you'll say the others just "hate" him as well.

Even if that scenario is true, who made the final decision? For that matter, if Tepper has other people making those decisions, and those people are doing their jobs poorly, it's still ultimately falls on him. He's the guy at the top, so the buck stops at his desk. The bottom line here is that you're strangly looking for some kind of circumstance that absolves Tepper from blame for bad hires. Don't know why, but that's your thing right now. Are you planning to apply the same method to clear Tepper of blame for hiring Matt Rhule?

You're reeeeeaally stretching here... And FYI, it's Mark Hart.

Your quote...

You were suggesting that someone other than Tepper hired the respective CEOs of Tepper Sports. It's kind of a silly notion.

Not exactly hard to find... Panthers owner David Tepper hires Glick as team president Tepper shuffles top execs for Panthers, Charlotte FC Glick was initially hired as Panthers team president and later promoted to CEO of Tepper Sports. When he reportedly "stepped aside to pursue other opportunities", Kelly was named his successor in that role. Given that's the highest official there is at the organization, is there any evidence whatsoever that anyone other than Tepper gave them the job? I mean, if you really wanna pursue an "everybody's fault but Tepper's" argument, you're gonna need at least some small shoestring of evidence? Do you have that?

Never seen any indication that these were hired by anyone other than Tepper.

Ugh. He was terrible. Basically embodied the idiot POS frat guy who thinks he's something.

Reports were actually that he looked good in OTAs. The reason they said he wouldn't be taking starter reps anymore was because they expected the team to trade for Mayfield.

Granted, but the trends would tell me that Tepper isn't very good at it.