Mr. Scot

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)

Panthers still in contention... technically

Today was a good day of football. When the Panthers struggles leave me weary, days like this remind me why I love the game.

Like a mini combine, I suppose. Not much info on it yet. Doesn't sound that great to me but we'll see.

Garoppolo broke his foot. He's done for the year.

I'm sure there are people who would tell you everyone really loved Matt Rhule too. College coach control is virtual godhood. You're not gonna get that at the NFL level; and per his own words, not from Tepper. Again, college is a much better environment for him.

Apparently not. I'm also kind of chuckling that the people who think all his problems stemmed from poor / clueless ownership think he'll be an automatic success when paired with David Tepper.

Meanwhile...

Not denying it

Tepper's been generally bad so far. He has a chance to improve, mostly by taking himself out of things. Snyder? Not so much.

How's our ownership doing?

Managed to avoid Christmas light duty for most of the day, but the silver bell tolls for me now. Gotta be done in time for the Cowboys game

No, I wasn't a Bieniemy fan. Nor have I ever said a word (or frankly given a sh-t) about your "six pack". I have no idea where you're getting that stuff. Wrong again, but that's the norm.

It's okay. They've got Brock Purdy