Mr. Scot

Erving and Elflein both stick for the moment...

He also wants him to be a neat guy...

Claims are put in immediately. Who gets who is determined tomorrow (at Noon, I think). As far as I know, the order is the same as the draft.

This is... Panthers make transactions to get to initial 53-man roster

Hadn't see that reported anywhere till now. (didn't see it coming either)

Full list is here: Panthers make transactions to get to initial 53-man roster TUESDAY'S MOVES — K Zane Gonzalez (injured reserve) — WR Brandon Zylstra — WR Keith Kirkwood — S Juston Burris — LB Julian Stanford (injured reserve) — RB Spencer Brown (waived-injured) — RB John Lovett — WR Derek Wright — WR C.J. Saunders — WR Charleston Rambo — WR Ra'Shaun Henry — TE Colin Thompson — TE Josh Babicz — OL Deonte Brown — OL Mike Horton — OL Sam Tecklenburg — DE Austin Larkin — DE Drew Jordan — DE Darryl Johnson — DT Frank Herron — LB Josh Watson — LB Arron Mosby — LB Isaiah Graham-Mobley (waived-injured) — CB Tae Hayes — CB Kalon Barnes — CB Madre Harper — S Kenny Robinson

Deadline has arrived...

Doesn't make sense to me given Carroll's age. Is the plan to be competitive again sometime before he hits 100?

Decent number of trades in the last 36 hours or so...

Fair to point out that most of the league had chosen their quarterback already, either via returning veterans or in the draft. Only two teams were heavily speculated to need this trade, us and the Seahawks. Seattle chose to choose between Geno Smith and Drew Lock. For whatever you think of Baker, that's an insane decision. Will it work out? Don't know. I do at least like what I've seen so far though.

If there's any defense of her, I guess it's that she didn't directly initiate the conversation in the podcast. Dan Hanzus asked her to share it. But share it she did, and Hanzus must have already known about it when he asked so clearly she'd told him before. She clearly regrets that now.

Damn Their new regime hasn't exactly been impressed with the work of their predecessors... Gruden had full control there...and royally sucked!

Add Colin Thompson to the list...

Valid, though it's not like the guys we're cutting were anything special.

To be fair, this is the Browns we're talking about. Ownership wanted Watson so bad they suspended all rational and intelligent thought.

I haven't listened to Norfleet enough to know how much respect is due...

Understood, but at least it's not like the same guys that drafted him were the ones cutting him after one year.

To be fair, it's a different braintrust,

They were desperate

Wow

He looked good back in Indianapolis but didn't seem to replicate that performance in Houston.

Do you actually think Matt Rhule would have been involved in the Daley and Little trades? The reality is that Rhule has final say on all decisions. That fact makes him ultimately responsible for the team's success or failure. He does not, however, do all the work. His own statements confirm that. Scouting draft eligible and free agent players falls under the personnel department, which Fitterer runs. He doesn't do all the work there either of course, but he's in charge of what gets done. The vast majority of what happens personnel wise would likely fall under Fitterer. There are, however, also things which occur at the direction of Matt Rhule. Extending Robbie is most likely one of those things. likewise, the emphasis on signing versatile linemen was per his (and perhaps Pat Meyer's) preference. And yes, the head coach is going to be much more involved on quarterback decisions than others. That's true pretty much around the league. Mind you, Rhule didn't negotiate the deals themselves (Sulieman would be the guy there) but like pretty much every coach in the NFL, he writes the "grocery list" with input from assistants like Brady, McAdoo, etc. The problem with your approach is that you want to put everything personnel related on Fitterer. And in a traditional coach-GM dynamic that would have some validity, but with the structure we have you just can't rightly do that. Now, it equally doesn't make sense to assign the good to Fitterer and the bad to Rhule. That's absurd. But despite what you've said, everyone who disagrees with you isn't doing that. Fitterer has certainly made mistakes. Every GM does. But when I and others look at the team's personnel decisions vs the team's coaching decisions, it's not at all difficult to conclude that Fitterer is better at his job than Rhule is at his (which is pretty much what most are actually saying). With that in mind, a lot of us don't want to see the baby thrown out with the bathwater. If Rhule is fired, I'm on board with Fitterer (and Morgan, that's important too) staying and picking his successor. Also prefer that Tepper institute a traditional dynamic rather than the "head coach is god" college model we have now. Now, if Fitterer fails then, he fails. But at least we're not rebooting everything at one time. If that doesn't seem reasonable to you, not sure what else to tell you.

The hell?

Same report on me, but I know the source. (she lives with me)