Leaky_Faucet

This is correct, and any deal regarding a player like Burns is going to be an executive decision anyways.

Your Head Coach's authority stops at play calling. He didn't hire half of his own staff. Edit: I will add, he can move folks around on the depth chart. This particular subject was halted because the front office did not have an viable option to replace him with at LT. Reich wanted him at Guard.

Trading away assets.

Yeah, he is over 30 and his best years are most likely behind him. I have zero idea who they are going after at this point. I was told a week ago that Fitterer is hand-cuffed on dealing picks, so unless this is another directive from the top, I don't know what to make of it. I imagine Adams and JJ are the two to watch but who knows anymore.

What dirt are you referring to? Ekwonu or Carr?

This is also true.

Not saying I know anything about it or saying that would be the final trade. Just stating that would be a likely trade partner. Would have to be some money movement from Adams and the LV front office as well.

I told all of you this 7 months ago.

I would watch out for Adams. Raiders are in the market for an edge rusher and JM’s seat is warming up.

Scott will fall before Frank.

The NFL is about making money. Everyone gains profit for how other teams do in their markets. If Tepper moves the team, he messes with their wallets. The only thing that saved Kroenke was he made a move from St. Louis to LA. There isn't another LA to move to. He would be abandoning a market that has a ton of upside because of his own faults.

Obviously, I think not having David Tepper as the owner of the franchise would have avoided the most short-term pain. However, as I have said before- I think he is the right guy for the long term once he has the right people around him. The right decision was to keep Wilks and build off of the success he managed to whittle out of clay and wheat. A full off-season with him would have given this team some success. It has been at least 8 years since I saw a team support their coach as he was by the end of the regular season last year. Now, the emotion is bland and empty again. Sure, there were questions about Holcombe leading the defense and everyone on key about having an "offensive minded coach", but you don't fix what isn't broken. I have watched the air leave the team in the past 10 months.

I doubt Tepper is going to move the team for multiple reasons. I doubt the NFL owners will allow him to move from this market. He has a second franchise in Charlotte FC. He has already invested a lot of time and energy into the city. He could pull a rouge move and just go like Kroenke did, but I don't think the NFL is going to put up with it. Charlotte is one of the fastest growing cities in the country.

If a move is made this is about what I would expect. Possibly JJ in Denver.

There is a lot of micromanagement regarding Bryce and the offensive staff. However, this was likely a designed play based off of something the Vikings were showing and not a command on who to throw to.

I would be floored if Burns is not traded by the deadline. The way this season is going for both him and the team, it would make sense. Burns has proved the team's point that he is not the difference maker he claims to be. Burns getting the contract now would make little to no sense. If the current trend continues, I don't believe the same GM will be in place. The question is will the move be made during the bye week, when the team is officially eliminated from the postseason, or the end of the season? If before the deadline, I imagine the interim guy deals him to gain offseason resources. I haven't heard anything regarding Carolina trading for a WR and would be surprised if the GM is allowed to do so given the current state of the team. I imagine if he has been given the green light on searching for such an offer, his bargaining chest has been capped to something to the equivalent of a Day 3 pick.

I believe the fallacy around David Tepper is that he doesn't want to win. I think that is a lazy and senseless argument. Everything that I have seen, tells me that he does. The man was upset and embarrassed at the Rhule press conference and it was clear during his exchange with Fowler. The problem is he doesn't know how to win. This is a man who made his career off of data and analytics and he tries to apply the same to football. If you haven't noticed the pattern, decisions are made from cumulative data, what other teams are doing, and what's trending. I think Tepper can be a good owner, I don't doubt his willingness to win but I doubt his ability to put the right people around him. He is so driven to do what others are doing that he passed up the coach that gave him the most success he has achieved so far for an "offensive minded guy." He wanted a QB so bad, that he traded away a lot of cumulative value for a kid that many had doubts about. Of course, the freshly hired/fired HC and the GM with very little to no success is going to agree with him. If he wants success, he needs to put people that understand the NFL around him in the office and step back, learn and observe.

I don’t know anything either way but I would be surprised is he does not play. First, he loses around $900,000. Second, you take your distraction to the next level which impacts your teammates and staff. This tends to make people a little less understanding.

This is a very good point. The FO has created quite the headache for themselves whichever direction this goes. Doubtful you keep him without giving him what he wants, and doubtful you find what was offered to you last season. There is a chance you could hold on to him until the deadline (which I highly doubt will happen) and trade him off to a team who loses a pass rusher or feels they are a pass rusher away from the postseason. I don't see this dragging out for an extended period. Tepper just gave a lot of money to assemble this staff and mortgaged a fortune to draft a QB 1st overall, he isn't going to have it distracted by a holdout player that could have been extended or traded by the GM over the past year or so.

Not hearing anything new. Was reported that the Panthers are letting Burns decide whether or not to play Sunday. To reiterate what I heard earlier, I've been told that if he doesn't play the FO is going to take it personal but who knows? Things change daily. I haven't heard anything on the trade front either except for the couple of teams that called sniffing around earlier in the week. Everything is pretty quiet.

Conversations last night stopped at GTD money again. Closer but still not there. Have been told if Burns holds out Sunday it is highly likely he will be found a new home.

Per talks this morning.

Have been told they are close.

The tentative deal is right at 140m over 5 years. GTD money still the issue.

That is up to you. In the particular situation you are referencing, the information given to me was that the Panthers were interested in Carr which was shortly followed by a scheduled visit with said player and prior to the trade with the Chicago Bears. (Which I personally believe was entirely a David Tepper move and nobody else- no evidence just opinion). I will be clear with folks that I do not work in the building, and my information is not always firsthand so there will be discrepancies. If FOs and GMs can fake other GMs and FO's out, they surely can me as well and I apologize for any inaccuracies I may have posted previously. On the Burns situation my information has been pretty clear on the following. A) originally far apart on annual salary which is tentatively agreed upon now. B) Guaranteed amount is the main roadblock, signing bonus isn't there but that can be worked out in different ways. For those unfamiliar with contract negotiations, there are multiple dials that get turned to create a suitable deal for both parties. Length, Annual Salary, GTD amount, and bonuses are typically those dials. So perhaps, GTD money went down because annual salary went up, I don't really know. I am just passing what I have been told. A poster last night said that the Raiders are moving money around in a bid for him. I still have not heard anything on this. I have been told by a different individual that teams have called but that is it. I imagine this is information that will stay pretty close to the FO until if/when it happens. I will say that from my PERSONAL point of view if Burns misses a game(s) his probably of being traded increases significantly. I do not the impression from this staff that distractions are going to be entertained very long.