Mr. Scot

Patrick said part of the Seahawks rationale was that the Bears getting Russell would mean their future draft picks would be in the 20s or lower so it wouldn't be worth it. Valid? No idea.

Well, the Panthers and everybody else have a little over a month to figure out just how scary or not scary those concerns are.

That's been discussed as a possibility too. I've said before that the idea makes me nervous because I have concerns about all of the runner-ups to Lawrence.

Saw that. McClain's been pretty adamant that they wouldn't trade him. He more recently said that he thinks they should trade him. Now he's moved to saying he thinks they will. It's always been possible. Might now be a little more probable, or it might not. Who knows? Still not sure it happens with us if it does, but that's possible too.

It's a pretty good analysis.

Before signing Andy Dalton, the Bears made a big pitch to Seattle for Russell Wilson. The Seahawks declined. Details of the offer itself are now out. According to Dan Patrick, Chicago offered three first-round picks, a third-round pick, and two unnamed starters for Wilson. The Seahawks, obviously, passed. Link

Jones is no match for Jared Lorenzen.

Gantt invokes Trubisky's name... No, it doesn't mean anything. Mike Garafolo did mention that Trubisky is "weighing his options" and will likely be looking for a team that runs a WCO type scheme like we do, but didn't specifically mention the Panthers as one of those options.

It was Chris, not Phil. Oops...wrong thread

That being part of the Steelers ownership group doesn't guarantee good football decision making skills. Haslam did some incredibly stupid things after taking over the Browns.

Nah.

Jim Haslam was part of the Steelers ownership group for a while too.

An NFL investigation would indeed have the lowest bar to clear. It just has to be "believable".

Rich doesn't necessarily equal football smart. Guys like Snyder, Jones, Haslam and many others prove that. If the proverbial room consists of Tepper, Fitterer and Rhule, the guy with the least amount of football smarts in the room is Tepper. The last thing any of us should want is the least smart guy in the room dictating decisions over the two smarter guys.

Big reason why it's not a criminal case... Well, that plus the fact that I don't know if you could technically even say a crime was committed here given the story.

Can't trade a free agent.

Word was that Rasul Douglas has a fair amount of interest outside the Panthers. Doesn't sound like he'll be back.

Claimed to have filed a lawsuit, but now hasn't actually filed anything? Oy

Pretty much zero chance McCaffrey gets traded.

Three first rounders, a second rounder plus Burns and Brown? Yikes!

He definitely comes off like a colossal douche. That doesn't necessarily mean the accusation is false of course, but it doesn't really help things.

My understanding is he was a neighbor of Bob McNair before he died, not Cal, though I've seen some speculation that Buzbee may have exaggerated that himself. There was a story that he bought billboards trying to encourage Bob to draft Johnny Manziel. Not sure why you have to resort to buying billboards if you've actually got an inside connection with the guy.

Actually it's more of a chuckle at your dumb post The idea that I'd be sad if we got Deshaun Watson is pretty stupid.

The rumor actually came from Michael Lombardi, someone who has a lot of legitimate connections but whose reliability on stories like this is...not the greatest. As for Denver, Albright did say they'd be legitimately interested if the Texans changed their mind about not trading him, but he doesn't believe the bit about Watson preferring Denver.

I've felt the same, but was able to get some explanations from a few of the people it happened to. Sad truth is that even for legitimate victims, there are a load of negative repercussions involved in seeking justice. It can permanently alter and/or damage their lives on top of what's already happened. Some would rather just move on. If you're a guy who's seriously angered by injustice, it's tough to take, but obviously nowhere near as difficult as it is for the victims.