Mr. Scot

Lord, I hope not. I know Fitterer hated sitting there without second and third round picks this draft.

Fitterer is the guy who repeatedly said the best path was to take a young quarterback and build around him. Not sure I buy that he's the one pushing for Mayfield.

Person's full quote from the article... I know, I know — this isn’t terribly original. But it’s kind of important, especially considering the Panthers’ struggles at the position since Rhule arrived. The third-year coach seems to be warming to the idea of rolling with Darnold and rookie Matt Corral this fall, though he refused last week to shut the door completely on adding a veteran quarterback (which is to say, Baker Mayfield). Rhule suggested it wouldn’t be that difficult for a new QB to come in at or near the start of training camp and pick up Ben McAdoo’s offense and be ready by Week 1.

Person added this comment regarding Tepper possibly not wanting to add another veteran like Mayfield... In fact, after the Panthers traded up to take Corral in the third round a couple of days after David Tepper’s comments about being patient through a rebuild, it makes sense that Tepper doesn’t want to spend much more on another quarterback who probably won’t get the Panthers any closer to a Super Bowl.

Same point it's always been. Saving Matt Rhule's ass...

Well known guy, but if I'm correct, my understanding is he was more of a part-time, rotational / situational player last year. My question would be are we also looking at him in that role or as a full-time starter?

I remember that bit

Possible. Either way, if Tepper comes out of this looking like a bad faith negotiator, it complicates any future requests he might try to make for public money.

To talk about me... (rent free in his head) See, our friend here has been told he's in danger of getting banned for spamming the same bullsh-t into every thread (Tepper this, Tepper that, dumb questions, unsupported statements, claims about reporters, etc) yet he still continues. Even stated recently that he feels like it's his mission to defend David Tepper on this board (as if Tepper would give a sh-t). I've told him before how he can tone it down and not get himself banned, but he doesn't choose to listen.

Doesn't stop him from ignoring it

Still all speculation at this point, of course. The Browns have been reported by more than one source as not being interested in releasing Mayfield. Of course, you know how these things go.

And here you said you were going to ignore me. Knew you couldn't

I'm saying the statement you keep quoting doesn't imply blame. It just says what ultimately happened. You want to take it to mean that they blame Tepper less than they do Rock Hill. That's not true. They blame both. It is however true that based on what I've seen, they're not implying the city of Rock Hill committed a crime. Misappropriation of government funds can quite possibly be considered criminal, and that's what they're saying David Tepper's construction company did.

Oy

That's a statement of ultimate result, not blame. This however... The lawsuit alleges that Appaloosa Management, LP, DT Sports Holding, LLC, and Tepper Sports Holding Inc., misappropriated $21 million of public funding on the failed project. The suit states the money was specifically allocated for road expansion related to the project but that "rather than covering the ballooning project budget themselves, the Tepper defendants took money from York County and its taxpayers." ...is a statement of blame. Misappropriation of government funds is no joke.

It's definitely possible there may be some things in this saga that Tepper would rather not see the light of day. If it becomes likely that they will, that's where things get really interesting.

I don't hate Matt Rhule. Don't really think anybody else does either (or at least not most). But as has been said many times, thinking that someone isn't qualified for or isn't very good at a certain job isn't "hate".

Those two things are kinda related...

Definitely feels like it's gonna be interesting.

On the free agency front... 2021 = Fitterer / Rhule 2022 = Fitterer / Morgan / Rhule That's where I see the difference. As mentioned earlier, Morgan has a strong pro personnrl background whereas Fitterer has really only been a college scouting guy.

Cool Have there been reports of locker room dysfunction, though? Can't say I've seen anything like that.

To be fair, that's an extremely difficult thing to judge when they're not in pads.

Hell, Nick Saban was technically a failed NFL coach and look at him now. So was Pete Carroll at one point.