Mr. Scot

Heck, they're only getting started. I can't imagine being a Texans fan right now.

He'd been with the team for a long while. Caserio seems to be wasting no time pushing out establish executives so he can get his own people in there. Also, from what I've read, Rootes had some conflict with Jack Easterby. So for anyone hoping the organization and Easterby are going to part ways, this probably isn't a good sign. Beginning to think we dodged a major bullet by not hiring Caserio.

Just saw that. Interesting...

Worth remembering the process here... The Hall of Fame voters are largely media. In order to get in, one of those voters has to present a strong argument for your inclusion. Smith hasn't always had the greatest relationship with the media.

From what I've read, he looked kinda rough in the Senior Bowl practices too.

I actually did look at his Twitter. It doesn't necessarily say rehab to me but the amount of stuff he's retweeted about suicide prevention would make me kind of concerned. It's possible of course that all that means is it's a big deal to him. He may know someone who killed themselves.

Even over Sewell?

Probably a better question to ask a more objective audience. My answer: Don't know. As others have said, probably but it'll be a while because there are so many great receivers still waiting. Thinking he's a lot for first ballot is probably homerish.

The business roles I would expect to be filled. They may have decided some of the football roles were redundant though.

I haven't seen talk that anyone offered more than a first rounder from any of the sources. I've seen talk that the Eagles wanted that, and even that Chris Ballard hung up on them when they asked for it, but not that anyone was offering it.

They were already confirmed to be in negotiations with three teams when the story came out. Why would you need to drum up a market when there already is one? The problem is they're asking too much and nobody's willing to meet their price.

Maybe down the road...

Rap on Mariota and Carr... Starting to wonder if the Stafford trade might not have set some unrealistic expectations for teams looking to trade a quarterback.

He's good, real good. I suppose the pertinent question would be if we're rebuilding, how much do you want to invest in older players?

A pretty big douche won his seventh Super Bowl this weekend.

Schottenheimer at least was 77. These other guys.: 46? 48? 37? Damn! Chris Mortensen put it well, saying that at his age he understands the time left is finite. It's sad to hear in someone younger though.

I can understand making suggestions like "we need a better O-line", but I don't care who the player is. There's no way in hell I'd give them a say in the roster.

It's not so much conviction as wondering why acknowledgment from an internet stranger seems to matter so much to you. Yes, what you suggest could also be true. I don't think it is but so what? Happy?

On a lighter note... For reference...

Or, they could actually have been close but not sealed the deal. Who knows? OY

Heard his name mentioned but wasn't familiar with him. I think he was a baseball guy. Mike Garafolo mentioned him and some others. "Vaughn" is Vaughn McClure, who died a while back (was only 48). If I remember correctly, I think he covered the Falcons. I don't actually know who "Sid" refers to.

Yeah, that's not gonna happen. Seahawks have made it clear to everybody that there's no way in hell they're dealing Russell Wilson.

NFL writer Chris Wesseling died a few days ago. He was only 46 years old but had suffered through cancer. I remember reading some of his stuff on NFL.com. He was good. Now there's word that Terez Paylor, a longtime Chiefs writer who was covering the NFL in general over the last few years, died today at only 37 (haven't seen anything on cause of death) Pair all that with Marty Schottenheimer's death being announced by a sh-thead obituary writer and all in all, the past several days have been rough ones for sports journalism.

It's a logical connection.

Piecing together from a couple of different sources, latest speculation is that the Eagles might have overplayed their hand and severely overestimated what Carson Wentz was worth. They figured having two or three interested parties would lead to a bidding war. Instead, the teams involved have played it smart and held their ground, with Colts GM Chris Ballard reportedly having hung up on a phone call where the Eagles requested two first rounders. The Colts and Bears are both still interested but neither seems willing to overpay. They're basically in "take it or leave it" mode at this point. The Eagles conceivably could "leave it" but that'd be extremely awkward. Unless the Colts, Bears or team three changes their mind though, the better option would likely be to just take the best offer they've got. Whether or not the Eagles will be smart remains to be seen.