Mr. Scot

Anybody got a clue what this is supposed to mean?

I've never bought into the idea.

There's just too much at stake, even for front office people. Jobs are lost, trust is lessened, lives are altered, reputations are damaged and more. Throw in that the average front office person isn't as young as the average player. They may not have ten years ahead of them to salvage their careers. Any given year could be their last.

The only person not guaranteed to suffer some direct form of consequence from losing is the owner, and even there you still have problems (fan reaction, team reputation, revenue, etc). You've also got massive egos in play on that front so it can get personal.

Mind you, I do accept that there are "fire sales" in order to build for the future, but even those have consequences. They don't exactly guarantee success either. Poorly run teams often just wind up in the same circumstance a few years down the road.

Sorry gus, but my tinfoil hat just hasn't fit me for quite a while.

4 minutes ago, philw5289 said:

Both times we’ve played the Jags week 1 we’ve gone on to go to the superbowl

Have seen this sentiment expressed in a few different places...

17 hours ago, jfra78 said:

When Twitter first changed to X I was able to get it to embed with various tricks. When those stopped working, I stopped trying and don't really blame anyone now for posting links and not embedding.  I'm not going to download a new browser just to be able to embed on this forum.  Hopefully Igo was serious when he said he was going to fix it.  

Depends on the value you see...

Me? I've got like 10 different browsers on my phone, over 500 apps in all. I'll download like a half dozen different apps that do the same thing just to see which one performs / I like best.

Admittedly, I'm kind of a tech nerd.

5 hours ago, MechaZain said:

The blunt this casting director was on must have been immaculate

Seriously

4 minutes ago, Bear Hands said:

Oh internet

Should I have investigated the political leanings of Mozilla before endorsing Firefox?

40 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Yeah NBA could do the result live and on screen if they wanted to but they'd rather have guys go where they want

Seen a lot of calls for that, and it makes perfect sense.

But I think everybody knows the NBA will never do it, and they know why.

5 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I will say that the NBA lottery has been so obviously corrupt for years that it is disgraceful.

Somebody posted a pretty good summary of that a while ago. I'll have to see if I can find it.

3 minutes ago, HaricotVert said:

Using that as a source drives traffic and revenue for a site that has made a choice to be inherently political.

People talk about keeping the politics out and yet source content from a site that cannot be separated from their politics.

Its particularly cool when all you get is a link with not even a headline so you dont know if your clicking into a story about the Panthers or Shakira's fuzzy sock preferences

Yeeeeah...I don't really give a sh-t.

I'm just here to talk about Panthers news.

1 hour ago, HaricotVert said:

or ya know... maybe post from sources and platforms that are not so nakedly political

Politics affects software interactions?

1 hour ago, PanthersATL said:

broken link, like the broken one here? LOL if so

Hera a screenshot from mine...

It's your browser. Doesn't matter who posted it or with what.

Mind you, this isn't from some Internet rumor mill. The Sporting News is a well established publication.

That said, it's far from certain. And how seriously you take Pablo Torre is a matter of opinion.

9 hours ago, Little Goody Two Shoes said:

I was listening to Dan Patrick earlier and he was speaking to a journalist about this. The guy said another reporter told him that Jordan Hudson was the worst person he’d ever dealt with in the media and that included sociopaths he’d interviewed. 

9 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Probably unpopular but I’m honestly not a fan of retiring numbers.  Although I guess players have more to choose from now with the restrictions lifted.

Same

She was reported to have caused some trouble during a recent interview as well.

Current rumor surrounding her is that they met because she was working as an escort, but I don't know that there's any actual evidence supporting that theory.

Regardless, she does seem to be giving off some "Lady Macbeth" vibes.

The other potentially newsworthy item from the article...

1 minute ago, Growl said:

He’s one of a number of guys, all of whom are gone now, who haven’t given Evero’s defensive system a full ringing endorsement. 

I'm one of those guys too...

...except for the being gone part

From the article:

Clowney was one of several transactions the Panthers made on Thursday. The club also placed Jonathon Brooks on the physically unable to perform list. The running back tore his ACL during Week 14 last season. By placing the second year back on PUP now, he will be out for the 2025 season. The move allows him time to get healthy after his second such tear in as many years.

Basketball to tight end convert Colin Granger was waived with an injury settlement. The club also made the following moves:

Waived (injured prior to 53) defensive tackle Popo Aumavae, released tight end Jordan Matthews, and waived receiver T.J. Luther, receiver Dax Milne, offensive lineman Andrew Raym and defensive tackle Jerrod Clark.

The roster currently sits at 62 players. The releases come ahead of rookie minicamp, the arrival of eight drafted rookies and a slew of undrafted rookie free agents who will all have to be signed.

Full article from the team site:

Just now, CarolinaLivin said:

That “more coming…” is gonna have me on my phone nonstop for the next 3 days. Thanks mike. 

Same...