Mr. Scot

So spoke an assistant coach to Steve Smith at the Pro Bowl when Smitty requested to practice with the receivers. Who was that coach? Well, he's got a new job now...

John Fox never did wind up with the Giants.

Brunell is actually the Lions QB coach now.

A hired gun who takes contracts... Would you mind if I sent you the names, addresses and pictures of a few people I'm having disagreements with?

Remind me: Did the Huddle crash when the cheerleader thing happened or was that just Panthers.com?

Hey now Yeah, I know

Now this damn song's stuck in my head...

Speaking of news, I assume we're going to hire a defensive line coach sometime soon. Rhule mentioned us having interviewed some people but I haven't seen jack about who or much else since.

Well, no official news yet that I've seen, but everyone's hopeful.

So now it can be prosecuted as an adult...

No argument there. Also worth noting that GM Bob Quinn was a Patriots guy as well. From what I've read, I think Patricia is actually back with the Patriots in some role.

Don't know the name, but I don't think it was Tina Becker. With Becker, I know people clicked their tongues about something between she and Richardson. Don't know that there was necessarily anything on her part. Could just have been Richardson being a horny old creep. I do know I was told by someone who used to work there that he didn't think her rise was necessarily all merit based. He said she asked a lot of dumb questions.

Similar vein... No idea if it's true, but it sounds like he would have had "hard coaching" here too.

There's no crying in baseball. There is in football but the idea is to make the other guy be the one doing it.

Word it is that Peyton Manning has been told he made the Hall of Fame (I'm sure everyone was wondering if he'd make it). Also some chatter that Drew Brees will be officially announcing the decision about his future next week, with the general expectation being that he's retiring. Said it before, but I really hope he enjoys his retirement, because I know I will At the other end of the spectrum, Justin Herbert has been named the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year. No shock there either... And lastly, I think we're all hoping to hear news that Sam Mills is finally getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. I know his family is hopeful. Scott Fowler actually wrote a pretty good article about that which you can see here (hopefully...pay wall)

I remember hearing once that the Panthers used to have a female business executive or some such who built very good relationships with some of the players

Seeing word now that the Eagles are mostly but not completely opposed to trading Carson Wentz. Don't see him here, but he could be one of those "dominoes". Can't help wondering about Frank Reich and the Colts.

Being an ass takes a lot of work... ...so I'm told

From the comments I read during the GM hiring process, I've come to believe that's not really his thing. Rhule officially has final say over the roster and he'll certainly have input into the personnel processes, but I get the impression that Fitterer is pretty much going to be king of that domain. Maybe part of the reason Marty's not here is that Rhule realized he needed somebody who knew what they were doing over there.

I do know what those are

Speaking of other quarterbacks... Don't see us getting in on this one but it could affect the market if something were to happen with him. (I don't think it will)

I'm not one to pile on but I do have to admit after reading this I wondered what his last conversation with Bridgewater was like.

Given recent context, I figured this was about David Newton.

There are some who think that sort of coaching style isn't going to work well with today's players. I don't really see Rhule changing it though. And it certainly seems to work for the aforementioned Nick Saban.

I can see where that would be bad if you needed a rake or a shovel instead