Mr. Scot

Like a lot of folks, I expected Mayfield to be a bit of a headache, but he never really was. Mind you, I didn't expect him to look as awful on the field as he did either

John's been on a roll with these

I've honestly not had any problems with NFL Plus. Sounds like a lot of other folks have.

Also, how soon before this becomes a meme?

From what I've read, not many people think he'll make it to the 49ers. Some folks aren't really sure they'll even put in a claim.

No, but you do wish Fitterer was really to blame for stuff so he could get fired too. Hell, you seemed practically giddy about the idea not that long ago. People reporting from actual sources has kinda put a damper on that though

Understood. Some do, and given that we've been engaging in draft talk for a while now I think it's forgivable.

Someone tweeted that coming back from a deficit like that with so little time left has happened only three times and something like five hundred plus games. Congrats to the Saints...

Don't need to explain your narrative since you already give me the favor of alluding to it in your second (massive) paragraph. Person, Charles Robinson, John Ellis, Ellis Williams and Mike Kaye have all stated the same or similar things. The consensus is pretty much universal that it was Matt Rhule making the quarterback decisions. But hey, those guys with actual sources sure aren't fooling you now, are they?

Re: Deion...

Didn't work out so well for Dan Morgan

Now you're revising history. So apparently the real reason for your skepticism is it contradicts your narrative.

Phil Snow's...

Players are opening restaurants? (guessing you meant "entries")

Difference here is they weren't saying anything at all, and still might not be. Person may have already known all this. Rhule could have kept quiet too, but he chose to shoot his mouth off. So if there are any further revelations, it'll be his own fault.

To be fair, word is it's way more active than usual this year.

I don't know whether Person already knew all this stuff (sounds like he might have) or if any of it was "mysteriously leaked" to him. And yeah, more of that wouldn't surprise me.

...in his latest Athletic article. Mayfield the latest Matt Rhule choice to leave Excerpts: As Matt Rhule conducted his Revisionist History Campaign last week from his new Nebraska office, one of his contentions was that he didn’t really have final roster say with the Panthers, despite what his contract said to the contrary. And no, Rhule didn’t make every draft pick or orchestrate every personnel move. There was collaboration with the two general managers he worked with — Marty Hurney and Scott Fitterer. But when Rhule really wanted a player, he let it be known. And one of those guys Rhule coveted — quarterback Baker Mayfield — just followed his former coach out the door. ... Rhule’s failure to get the quarterback position right was his undoing. He passed on quarterbacks in the first round of the draft — Mac Jones and Justin Fields in 2021, Kenny Pickett this year — in favor of a dart-throwing approach in the hopes he’d hit on a QB via trade or free agency. Teddy Bridgewater begot Sam Darnold, who begot Mayfield — with a Cam Newton redux and failed pursuits of Matthew Stafford and Deshaun Watson in the middle of that timeline, as well. As to Rhule’s comments that he would have tried to make a big trade or splash signing if he knew he wasn’t on a Jay-Z seven-year plan, well, how would he characterize the Panthers making a run at Stafford and Watson? ... After the Panthers balked at guaranteeing all of Watson’s contract — not that Watson would have necessarily picked them anyway — Rhule turned his sights to Mayfield, who wanted out of Cleveland after the Browns landed Watson. Not all of the Panthers’ decision-makers were initially on board, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation. But Rhule was persistent and eventually got his man. ... But taking a flier on Mayfield wasn’t the worst idea. The No. 1 pick in 2018 had his moments in Cleveland, and the Panthers got him on the cheap after the Browns agreed to pick up $10.5 million of Mayfield’s salary. When Mayfield reluctantly OK’d a $3.5 million pay cut — the Panthers originally wanted him to take a $7 million cut — that left David Tepper on the hook for only $4.86 million. Even the draft pick compensation was mild compared to what the Panthers gave up for Darnold. The conditional fifth-round pick will remain a fifth-rounder (instead of a fourth-rounder) because Mayfield didn’t play 70 percent of the offensive snaps. ... Much like Robbie Anderson, Mayfield lost an advocate in Charlotte when Rhule was fired. Mayfield started only one game after interim coach Steve Wilks took over, and that was due to injuries to Darnold and P.J. Walker. So when Wilks told Mayfield on Monday morning the now-healthy Walker would back up Darnold this week, Mayfield asked to be released. He’ll be subject to waivers, where he could be claimed by a quarterback-needy team such as San Francisco. “I wouldn’t say that he failed,” Wilks said later. “I would say that it just didn’t work out. He’s still a good football player. Just like coaches, just like players, sometimes they just need a change. And I wish him all the best.”

I sense this is somewhat disingenuous

My answer... The only answer...

Damn. I was never a big Mayfield fan but I still didn't expect his time here to turn out this bad

I can't really talk. She agreed to us getting a new 65 inch Samsung OLED TV. We may be watching the Cowboys on it now, but we'll be watching the Panthers on it next week.

She's stopped, but not entirely happy about it. (It can't be seen from space...yet)