Mr. Scot

No. He's not an NFL coach.

I'd rather have Nathaniel Hackett, but the guy I think would likely be first in line is Brian Daboll.

Let's be real: Brady wasn't ready for this job. The Panthers were thought they were getting another Sean McVay, or at the very least Sean Payton lite. But like a lot of prior Panthers employees, Brady was overpromoted into a role that he wasn't really qualified for. We probably shouldn't be shocked at this because the same can quite honestly be said of Matt Rhule.

Said it elsewhere: We all thought the Brady hire meant we were going to be a different kind of team. Rhule is proving that he's just Fox / Rivera all over again.

Replacement OC is a runningback coach.

The head dumbsh-t is still in charge.

Yeah...This smells like bullsh-t to me. When Brady was hired, everybody acted like we'd just won the Super Bowl (ownership included).

The other internal option was QB Coach Sean Ryan. Ryan was reported to have been Rhule's original choice for OC before Brady.

See previous. He was Rhule's playcaller at Baylor.

Well, there's one down. And no shock, it's a non-Baylor guy getting fired and a Baylor guy getting promoted into his old spot. If other changes occur, it won't surprise me if they follow the same pattern. Wouldn't necessarily expect anything further until season's end, though (no major impact)

Promoted one of his Baylor guys into the role...

Yeah, was just noting that.

Nixon was Rhule's playcaller at Baylor. So basically, another Baylor promotion.

Jeff Nixon (per the article)

Oregon? (probably not, but hey...)

Keep in mind this is being asked of the team owner who thought to himself "I can trust Marty Hurney to help choose my head coach of the future".

Didn't really have strong feelings about Trubisky other than that I thought he wasn't worth the second overall pick. I've been a Howell fan in the past, but haven't seen much of him this season. People who have seem to be tempering their expectations. Fair or not though, it's likely inevitable that the ghost of Trubisky's failure will haunt Howell to some level.

I wouldn't guarantee that. Guys will try just about anything to get an advantage. And as long as the rules protect it, why shouldn't they? Lord knows the Patriots have built a lot of success on that notion.

A friend of mine has a son who used to build teams in Madden. He'd create custom team names, logos, profiles, etc. And then he'd play actual games with them just once or twice before building a new one. Some guys like the building process rather than the finished product. I kinda wonder if Rhule might not be one of those people.

And they'd be morons, as would any coach who would encourage or tolerate a stunt like that. Doing that sort of thing would result in definite penalties, possible ejections, likely fines and quite conceivable suspensions. Only an absolute dumbass would justifying those potential consequences as a reasonable response to a "b-tch move".

To be real though, if Rhule we're to get fired, I'm pretty sure his bank account has enough of a cushion that he could wait around a year or so to see if something to his liking opens up.

I don't actually see the fake slide as much different than pretending to head out of bounds, but my or others' opinion of it isn't the point. The thing for me is that if a Panther quarterback scored a winning touchdown in a big game while pulling a stunt like that, I kinda doubt a huge chorus of Panther fans would be crying foul, calling it a "b-tch move" or screaming that the result should be reversed. Over the years, I've seen Panthers players pull plenty of stunts that would have provoked righteous outrage had somebody else pulled them on us. But if one of our guys do it, then it's generally "heh heh, looks like we got away with one there". Part of being a sports fan is you check your hypocrisy at the door.

Speculation a deal could be done today...

Only when someone else's quarterback does it. When your quarterback does it then it's smart, funny and badass

Person confirmed "Panthers brass" was in attendance for last night's game but didn't specify who. He did say scouting director Cole Spencer was there to watch Pickett and Sam Howell when they faced off against each other a while back. According to Scott "not me" Fowler (in whom it sounds like Pickett might have found a fan) Dan Marino was also in attendance last night to watch the guy who broke his single season touchdown record at Pitt. Fake slide, real arm: Pickett won ACC for Pitt. Could he be answer for other Panthers?