Mr. Scot

Rob Rodgers I'll give you three guesses what team he works for now. No, not him

Might be losing a guy too... The Raiders would be another team I’d have an eye on in that regard. And teams with new GMs will probably keep tweaking—I’ve heard Holmes could bring Panthers scout Mike Martin to Detroit in some sort of elevated role. Martin's a college scout who's been with the Panthers since 2018. He was the Assistant Director of College Scouting for the Texans prior to that (parted ways with the Texans the same offseason that Jack Easterby came on board).

Kuechly and Morgan being on the same staff is a fun thought.

I'd guess most of us are From what I've read, Morgan and Fitterer are pretty good friends, so bringing in Morgan as Assistant GM sounds like a real possibility. Conceivable you might also see us part ways with the last vestiges of the Jerry Richardson era.

Post draft is often a time for changes to the personnel staff. Having a new GM increases that possibility. Albert Breer calls the Panthers a team to watch on that front, mentioning a familiar name that we've discussed here before. This time of year, there are changes in scouting departments, so I think you’ll see some shuffling. The Panthers are one team to watch. They could bring in a new assistant GM or VP of player personnel, and Bills director of player personnel Dan Morgan, given that he’s a former Panther linebacker and ex-coworker of Fitterer’s, would be one name to watch, as would Kansas City’s Ryan Poles and Philadelphia’s Ian Cunningham.

Right after they lost out on Stafford. But yeah, the Jets wanted to finish their evaluations. They checked on Watson at roughly the same time, but Houston never budged on not trading him and then the allegations happened. Honestly, the more I read on that topic, the more I think those "Watson at all costs" stories were a lot of smoke and not a lot of fire. They explored other options while waiting on the Jets, but never moved away from Darnold. It wasn't until Justin Fields pro day that the Jets were finally ready to deal, though even then some people were hesitant.

The Athletic had a pretty detailed article about the process that led up to the trade.

Again, there's a difference between him being a rookie and him being treated as one. Rhule has affirmed that this is the plan, and from what I've read about his time in New York, I agree with that approach.

Fitterer doesn't have to feed it. It gets out there on its own. All he has to do is not refute it.

I heard one guy say this is basically year one of the rebuild rather than year two.

People can indeed be fooled, and frequently are. Look back at our last GM for reference.

"But I think he sucks, so they must believe that too because there's no way I could be wrong!"

Which, in his line of work, he should be.

You know that's not likely to happen.

Some of it probably was. Fitterer let it be known a while back he was comfortable with misinformation being out there.

And here I thought we were deciding the fate of the franchise.

Gregg Rosenthal posting stuff that didn't make sense Then some others popped in and said some of the same or similar things.

Nah

Gantt comments... Plenty of people questioned their decision to not take Justin Fields, and drafting a quarterback in the first round is the easiest way to earn forgiveness from a fan base — for a year or two at least. But instead of rendering Sam Darnold moot, they did the thing his previous team never quite did. Beyond using the first pick on Horn, the Panthers draft class was a symbolic hug for Darnold. It was a recognition that to make this thing work, they needed to protect their quarterback and give him plenty of parts to work with, without the crippling pressure of him feeling like he needs to save a franchise. "All I want Sam to do is just take it one day at a time," Rhule said. "Everything for him doesn't have to be a referendum on whether he's a great quarterback or not. He just needs to come into the building and work everyday. I believe the quarterback position is really, really important, but I also believe great teams win. I think Sam is going to be as good as the guys around him, and we've tried to put a lot of really good players around him." They have a pair of very good starting receivers in DJ Moore and Robby Anderson. But recognizing that Anderson's in the final year of his contract, they brought in Terrace Marshall Jr. and Shi Smith over the weekend, adding targets who can be cultivated and incorporated into the offense. There's also third-round tight end Tommy Tremble , who could be both protection and target. They also recognized the need to protect Darnold, which is why they invested in tackle Brady Christensen and guard Deonte Brown. Whether Christensen can remain the left tackle he was in college remains to be seen (they're not committing to positions yet), but the Panthers line needed both youth and quantity. Panthers.com

Mutual

My mom always said the least effective way of convincing someone you're smart is telling them you are. Took me a few years to understand her, but now I get it.

I posted as much response as your opinion deserves, dude. (arguably more so)

You don't know me from Adam, dude

Heck, Rivera's too. And I haven't exactly been Tepper's biggest fan either. I genuinely try not to engage some of our dimmer elements, but sometimes I fail