Mr. Scot

Nobody did that better than Aaron Brooks

Guess the Panthers are pretty happy with how this turned out. The scout mentioned in the story as having originally checked out Ekwonu is being promoted.

Not one of ours, but for those who fondly remember Stephen Davis, his son is gonna be trying out for Ron Rivera in Washington. He's a linebacker rather than a runningback like his dad.

I'd rather not have Watson.

Regarding Ekwonu... "You go to practice, see them come out on the field, he's one of the first ones out there. You're like, 'Wow, who is this monster of a man who is telling everyone to do this, making sure all the checks are right, make sure to bring your helmet to warmups?' He was one of those guys who, as soon as he steps on the field, he was in charge. And he wasn't a part of the trio of captains. But he was their lead dog, and you could feel that on the field. "There's a certain measure of a man, you can always tell he's the man. You see an offensive lineman, when he walks on the field, everybody perks up. You could tell he was their tone-setter. He brings the mentality, their culture." And then practice started. "It was a hot day, you could tell he was already lathered up as soon as he went to practice," Kirksey said. "From the minute they went to inside run, this guy was, excuse my language, kicking the s--- out of everybody. About Corral... But he wasn't there just to see the game. Just like when McNeill and Kirksey and Spencer were watching Ekwonu dominate in practices, Haines wanted to see how Corral reacted to those around him in all the other settings that matter. "He had one of the most impressive pregame workouts I've seen," Haines said, laughing a bit because, as a veteran of 21 years of doing this, he knows that can sound a little ridiculous. "I know it's just on air with teammates, but it was awesome. You could tell he had been coached well. "He was the first one out there, first of all. Was out there with some of the younger quarterbacks, and he was the one who led them out of the tunnel. He was in a full sweat two throws in. And this was Vanderbilt, last game of the year. Senior night, parents there, all that. But he was just dialed in. You could see that look in his eye; he was focused. It was impressive."

Likewise... For all the moves they tried to make, they eventually did the conventional thing by actually using the 189th, 199th, and 242nd picks (though they had chance to accept veteran players in exchange for the 242nd shortly before they were on the clock, but passed). Would love to know the details of that one.

Here's a detail we hadn't seen before... Fitterer's not going to get into specific names, but Friday night, there were conversations about more than one veteran quarterback they could have acquired in trade.

Carroll might have taken this a step further than he should have

@thefuzz is having the same issue

Don't know, but this story is basically just a Cliff Notes version of Jake Trotter's story. That story can be found here: Baker Mayfield in limbo

Well now there's this... Plans can change of course (and very well might after the first time they see the guys they have take the field) but if they stick to this, Mayfield is pretty much out of starting options.

Ouch

This being so detailed makes me wonder if maybe we're not getting a "Panthers Confidential" type video this year.

I've not seen a single report that questions Willis's character. By all accounts, he's a great kid.

One of our scouts takes a job elsewhere... FYI: Area scout to national scout is considered a promotion

Long read, but a really good one...

It wasn't staged. Even at my age, I'm not that cynical

Not sure if this is a sign of anything, but a guy who's long been considered one of the top internal candidates to replace Kevin Colbert is now interviewing for a job somewhere else.

Would you really wanna take a guy that Kyle Shanahan couldn't develop and hand him over to our coaches?

Video from that same source... And to be clear, Lombardo isn't the only one saying stuff like this. I've seen a couple of different sources characterize Lance as being "a year away from being a year away" or similar descriptions. He has the physical tools perhaps, but it's really starting to sound like this gamble isn't going to pay off. And given what they've invested, that's going to be an awful lot of egg on their faces if it doesn't

From what I've read, Twitter guy is wrong. Both Shanahan and Lynch were settled on taking Lance. Right now though they might be...a little less settled on that decision.

Based on what we've seen and heard this offseason, I don't think Fitterer's fate is tied to Rhule at all.

A little addendum to the Trey Lance discussion...