Proudiddy

Hooker could be the steal of the draft.

Idk, I know the easy answer is "he was a Rhule associate so good riddance," but I thought he had some good qualities in his own merits. He's the reason we were able to swing the Gilmore trade for nothing. As someone else said, his contacts around the league were mentioned by our organization as being a big asset more than once. And i honestly never viewed him being here as a Rhule guy, i just thought his arrival happened to coincide with the Rhule era... i had no idea they had history together. I wonder what happened?

Yeah, but I could see Payton bringing in a guy like Taysom Hill or drafting a rookie and just sitting Russ just to prove a point. I think he'll try to see what he can do with Russ, but I don't think he's all in with him and his leash will be rather short.

Which is why I think it's highly probable this is 100% factual.

I meant strictly from something he's been told. His opinions are completely different, and often bullshit. I guess what in saying is, he isn't the brightest bulb in the box.

Bradshaw doesn’t seem like a guy who would make something up, so I'm pretty sure if he is sharing it, Payton said it. Also, if yall caught Payton's response to being questioned about whether he'll allow Russ' personal QB coach in the facility, it's pretty clear Terry is telling the truth. I think Payton's gonna look to get his own guy in there rather quickly.

Yup. Exactly that. As well as publicly admitting it was on him and he made a mistake with the power he gave Rhule.

Love that for Coach! Great spot for him, and I anticipate he will be in high demand as a HC soon after. And he's reunited with CMC lol. I was actually a Niners fan as a kid before we got the Panthers, so as long as they're not interfering with our greatness, I don't have a problem hoping they do well, especially with Wilks and CMC over there now. (As an aside though, I fuging hated their guts after that 2013 playoff game.)

Yup, that was it. I certainly hope this whole experience has humbled him since then. And I do think the process for which they arrived at Reich and some of Tepper's comments recently point to that being the case.

But it's still unfathomable how long Tepper just sat on his hands when EVERYONE knew how bad it/he was. Yeah, it's telling when pros' pros like Teddy or a Cam come out of character and tell us how bad the guy is, but when almost every fan knows it too? And your owner still brings him back for another year? Yikes. I keep thinking back to that fan that had the "Fire Rhule" Sign at that game at the end of Rhule's second year and Tepper smugly said something along the lines of "you're gonna be disappointed" or some jackass remark to him. And yet, look who ended up bring on the right side of that exchange. It's just embarrassing looking back. But, all I can hope for is that it brought us to this divine intervention and all of that happened to allow the current pieces to fall into place as they have, because had we canned him at the end of year two like we all wanted, I don't know that Reich, Evero, etc. would end up here.

I said it last year, that we needed to give him a deal early to extend him. It wasn't a fluke. And now look at him and us... we are shifting to a 3-4 and imagine having him and Burns rushing off the edge in that, with a young guy like Barno developing behind them. Rhule was a directionless, bumbling fuging idiot. So many of those moves seems like a power struggle in hindsight. Acquiring guys like Reddick and Gilmore, only for Rhule to oust them because the idea didn't originate with him so he had to show everyone how smart he was without them. I hate that fuging guy. Best of luck to Hasson for the rest of his career. I'll always appreciate what he did here and I anticipate him being a regular double-digit sack guy for the foreseeable future.

Seems like he is implying he will.

Wow. First I've seen anything about Tepper holding a vote. That is an incredible detail... it also gives me a much different perspective on Tepper now as well. I'm impressed. I wasn't excited about the Reich hire. I wasn't necessarily disappointed either. It just seemed very safe, I guess was my initial impression. But, I'd be lying if, now about 2 weeks into it, I said I wasn't excited about what is taking form here now... I'm excited for the first time in a long time - the Evero hire, the tidbit in Scot's first post in this thread from Person detailing that the organization clearly saw the pitfalls of defensive-minded coaching biting us in the ass just like it did in Tampa at the end of the season and hiring an offensive coach was the only way moving forward (implying we will be much more aggressive moving forward), etc. And now, this tidbit revealing it wasn't a unilateral choice from Tepper. Sure, we knew there was a committee ans all that jazz, but we still didn't know who really made the final decision. Now we do. The committee. That gives me even more confidence in the hire.

I also want to publicly ponder, that perhaps Evero will not be running an exclusive 3-4 scheme. That may be the base, but isn't very likely that it ends up being more of a hybrid/multi-front scheme? Don't get me wrong, I'm excited for the shift if we're going primarily into a 3-4, which it sounds like we are, and I'm confident in Evero's coaching to take us to the next level, especially Burns and Chinn and with the young pieces we have like Barno, Smith, etc... but, I also think among the league's most consistent and best defenses, one of the things that comes to mind with all of them is they are scheme diverse.

But I would also argue that teams don't just sign and acquire all talented depth... the best teams are absolutely masterful in developing their players that become reliable, dependable depth. I argue that our biggest issue over the last decade or so, is we had coaches who filled out the bottom of the roster with teacher's pets kind of guys, rather than legitimate NFL players, and it's hard to develop those guys into dependable, reliable depth when most of them shouldn't even be on an NFL roster. My hope is, with the hire of Reich, the new regime, and a shift back to a more traditional balance of power with the GM having actual final say on the roster, we may finally be able to function like a consistent top-tier NFL franchise for the first time ever.

FWIW LP, he did win a Superbowl with Nick effing Foles, and still ran a ton of RPO.

True, but I would add the caveat that it's likely when the coach releasing the QB is actually the trash, and not the QB.

Yup, that was what I heard this morning, minus the specific details, but the ultimate resolution of him becoming a UFA being the most important part.

Also, I typed this before the Saints/Carr rumored was posted. That definitely adds to the urgency.

This. I don't get people wanting him to go to the Saints. The dude can fuging play. We need to go get him, period, regardless of what happens in the draft. If anyone else in the division gets him, especially the Saints, they immediately become the division favorite.

I know most everyone is scared off by the thought because of our recent brushes with other teams' leftovers, but I'm convinced this is the right path. It sounds like Carr is going to leverage his way into complete UFA due to the structure of his current deal with LV. I heard this morning that they want him to defer a bonus or something for a certain date to give them time to find a trade, but obviously, because they've treated him so shitty after all he has done for that team, he is refusing, and thus, LV will not really have any choice but to outright release him. So, the first obstacle of giving up compensation is out of the way. Only compensation going out for Carr would be what we decide to pay him. No draft picks. Second, signing Carr will open up all other possibilities for us in the draft, which Fitt has always said is how we want to approach the offseason. We want to fill in the gaps via FA and such so that when it comes to the draft, we have complete flexibility. Also, I feel like this is the best case scenario even if we are to take a QB this year. I really have grown a liking to the idea of drafting AR. His tools make his potential astronomical snd super exciting, but he is NOT and never will be Cam. Honestly, there was only one Cam and I doubt we see another one for a very, very long time, if ever. But, he can be the first Anthony Richardson, which is exciting in its own right. But, despite encouraging film in his first year as a starter as the season wore on, he still is very raw. And yes, the idea of starting a rookie and him blossoming into some superstar year one is uber sexy, but not likely, especially with this class. That's why Carr makes so much sense. We are literally a QB away from a division title, and maybe that QB plus an upgraded starter or two away from a conference run/Superbowl. We are so much closer than many think... Signing Carr will make all options a possibility going into the draft. My preference is to still take Richardson in the first, but if the staff doesn't like it? It gives us the freedom to trade back, pick up more picks and fill out the roster and we still are in position to make a deep playoff run. Again, I know many are gunshy about picking up another QB let go by another team, and I understand. But Carr is not like Darnold or Baker. Netierh of them had ever played up to or lived up to the expectations that were placed on them, at ANY point in their careers. We were essentially hoping to find something in them that they never demonstrated with their original teams, and that's why they were ultimately fruitless endeavors. The evidence was already there. The evidence is already clear with Carr as well... He has shown an MVP level of play when put in the right situation. He is an unquestioned leader that guys want to play with and for. It just so happens that he had fell out of favor with renowned dumbass, Josh McDaniels, and is now available as a result. Well, sign me up...

Sulaiman knows what he's doing. We'll be fine with the cap. As far as the article - Wow. I had no idea Shaq had that productive of a year. It seemed very, very quiet... I also don't know why, buy he seems so much older than 28 to me. And I don't see why, of they wanted to keep him, they couldn't just sign him to an extension. But odds are, he's gone. I also could see him as being seen as one of the leaders of the "old guard" that Reich will want to move on from, so there's that. Everyone else on that list, they are absolutely gone, imo.

This. fug him.