Mr. Scot

Well, to be fair, a football team is probably more in nature like a fraternity than a traditional business. That said, the whole notion of expecting other people to do certain things to mourn for your lost loved one does kinda strike me as being more about you than the person you lost. Focusing on his mother though, the team (and the league) made a pretty big deal out of her with the breast cancer awareness campaign. Does this story negate that? Not to me. Others may feel differently.

It is honestly kind of irrational to hate a football player for not being as good as other players. And Bell was a guy whom everybody pretty well agrees always gave it his absolute best effort. I have no animosity for him. As a fan though, I am glad when a player who wasn't good enough for the job is set to be replaced by (hopefully) someone better.

True enough

It's been speculated. Obviously it can't be proven yea or nay.

General consensus would definitely be that he's been declining. That said, to put something less than your best effort out there because you're mad about something is cutting off your nose to spite your face. If I recall correctly, he dedicated this past season to her. If you're going to do something like that, wouldn't it then make sense to give it your best all out effort?

Pretty good point.

A tension.

You auditioning for the "facehugger" part?

It's the only thing he has to contribute, pretty much the same bit in every post. If we win the Super Bowl three times in a row, he'll likely still come on here and say the same stupid crap.

Never let facts get in the way of a good debate.

Can't trade a free agent. I feel bad for him. By all accounts he's a great guy and a great teammate. But the reality is he wasn't a good enough player, and you can't be sentimental on these decisions if you want to win.

That'd make a good tagline for a message board.

Solid response.

You forgot to mention the guy who used to claim he had sources inside the Panthers until his continually incorrect predictions proved that whole act was phony. Since then, he's been the primary "I hate Jerry Richardson" guy on here. Maybe it's an attempt to deflect attention from his past history. Who knows? Amused that he's still spouting the 'blackmailed the city' bit too. He claimed Richardson was threatening to move the team. I showed him several examples where it was reported that Richardson said he never wants to move the team. His response was basically "well, it still happened" I recall you saying something like he asked them to dedicate the season to her and they declined. Was that it or did I misremember? As to the whole story, if Richardson didn't reach out to him that's a shame. I'd like to know more of the story, but the team doesn't generally respond to stuff like this so who knows if we'll hear.

Guessing he's been told they're not going to re-sign him.

Would love to have him back.

Valid point. There's an old saying that you don't want to be the guy that replaces a legend, but it's good to be the guy who replaces the guy who replaced the legend. There's a lot of truth to that.

They still haven't found the one Zod planted. I wasn't supposed to mention that, was I?

You're thinking of the tackle that the Chiefs drafted two years ago.

Would be interesting though.

He definitely sounds like an intriguing prospect. Part of me can't help but feel sorry for whomever eventually has to step in for Thomas Davis though. Davis is going to be an incredibly tough act to follow. He's easily one of the greatest Panthers ever.

Pretty much. Being an NFL agent - like being an NFL player or coach - usually involves an enormous ego.

Based on your first sentence, I was expecting a discussion of defensive player sin Edit: Good fix

No doubt, but this is a little more direct. And sad to say, the idea of an agent thinking "I'll get my current guy a better deal just to show that little twerp who fired me" isn't all that farfetched

Florio speculates (link) If this turns out to be true, yeesh