Mr. Scot

Yes, it's genuine.

Alcoholic?

No there isn't. And citing "home grown" after the season we just had screams lack of knowledge.

Yeah sorry but, outside of his being smart, none of that means anything.

It's been a pretty consistent message.

I'd be okay with hiring Brandon Brown as GM / personnel chief while keeping Morgan as either the Assistant GM or in some other role.

Looked up the bio on Jeff Scott. He's also got a scouting background but has worked in cap management as well. Makes me wonder if Samir Suleiman is in danger

Even if that means hiring an analytics guy instead of a personnel expert? I'm definitely not going that far.

One correction: Brandon Brown is not an analytics guy. I had him mixed up with someone else.

Haven't seen Jeff Scott's name before, have we?

We've had a couple of different reporters ask people around the league to rank desirability of working for the Panthers as GM or head coach. In all cases, we've pretty much universally been named as the least desirable destination. We are going to convince somebody to take the job of course, but I'd stop short of saying it'll be because We look like anything close to a great opportunity.

Feels like Tepper's gonna try something "new and hip and edgy" again

Jones worked at SI for a while before moving to CBS Sports...

I'd take a personnel scout over an analytics guy ten times out of ten.

While I prefer new blood, if the other GM candidates are all analytics guys, I'd just keep Morgan.

Figure Mark Brunell as an OC candidate. I did some research on what a Johnson staff might look like last year. I'd have to dig it up.

It's probably fair to say The Athletic is doing a better job of what used to distinguish Sports illustrated. SI has still done some big stuff in recent years. Their coverage helped bring attention and detail to both the Jerry Richardson and Deshaun Watson stories, among others.

Meanwhile...

Harbaugh basically created a system to minimize his limitations. He was never that good.

Yeah, I wasn't familiar with it. But then as I was looking through the collection I found my first one. I think it was Cheryl Tiegs on the cover. My response, of course, was "WHOA! WHAT'S THIS?"

I first got introduced to Sports illustrated when I was 10 or 11 years old. A neighbor who had been subscribed for years gave me his collection. I immediately started reading all the football articles. Good times...

Second. Raiders beat us.

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