Cam Newton now considering surgery

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

This is excellent news for the Panthers. Ian Makeupareport is about one of the least informed, hot take reporters that there is. 

Pretty much everybody with inside access is saying the same thing (including our own Roaring Riot).

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Pretty much everybody with inside access is saying the same thing (including our own Roaring Riot).

More of a shot at that hack of a reporter than anything.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

More of a shot at that hack of a reporter than anything.

Disagree. Rapoport is right way more than he's wrong. And truth be told, the NFL tends to feed him the best stories.

Now, if you want to take a shot at a guy who's hit or miss, Jason La Canfora fits that description much better. In prior years, so did Adam Schefter but he's gotten better.

Bottom Line though, reporters' reputations don't really matter if the information they have is true.

[Jeremy Igo]

Rapoport is the most tuned in insider in the biz.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

Not sure of the policy regarding trading players on IR. Is it possible? What about after the season ends?

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

Not sure of the policy regarding trading players on IR. Is it possible? What about after the season ends?

Well, you can't trade anybody right now. And IR designations end when the season ends.

To be clear though, you are allowed to trade players on IR. It's just not easy to find a trade partner when somebody is hurt that badly.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Well, you can't trade anybody right now. And IR designations end when the season ends.

To be clear though, you are allowed to trade players on IR. It's just not easy to find a trade partner when somebody is hurt that badly.

Right so after the season ends it’s up to the trading partners to propose a trade given health of the player?

[kungfoodude]

54 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Rapoport is the most tuned in insider in the biz.

Yeah, he's also a guy that reports anything with zero filter, which is why he gets so much poo wrong all the time. He's barely a reporter, just a guy spewing rumors and speculation. He gets a bunch right because he has connections but he gets a bunch wrong because he isn't good at his job.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

Right so after the season ends it’s up to the trading partners to propose a trade given health of the player?

Right. The official IR designation ends when the league year ends. You've still got to consider how healthy you really think they are though.

[Bartin]

1 minute ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

Right so after the season ends it’s up to the trading partners to propose a trade given health of the player?

No one can be traded until the start of the new league year which is in mid March. Trades can obviously be discussed prior to that and they often leak but they can’t become official until the new year starts. Generally these things will get worked out at the combine in late February when all the FO and coaches are together.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, Bartin said:

No one can be traded until the start of the new league year which is in mid March. Trades can obviously be discussed prior to that and they often leak but they can’t become official until the new year starts. Generally these things will get worked out at the combine in late February when all the FO and coaches are together.

And just to be clear, nobody does any tampering 

[Bartin]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

And just to be clear, nobody does any tampering 

lol well discussing a trade isn’t tampering but yes the combine is where the tampering all starts ahead of FA since the agents are all there too

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Bartin said:

lol well discussing a trade isn’t tampering but yes the combine is where the tampering all starts ahead of FA since the agents are all there too

You're saying these guys don't follow the rules to the letter?

Well, I am just disappointed 

[tiger7_88]

5 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

It's not really weird if you simply go by the assumption that the reports before the bye were just wrong. Those guys are often wrong and just putting stories out. Doctors can say surgery is optional and not necessary and Newton can mull it over. It doesnt have to be a scandal just because we get tidbits and try to connect dots.

Let me see if I’ve got this right:

When “reports say” something that matches one’s own pre-conceived notions (for example, “reports” that proclaimed Gettleman wanted to trade up for Fournette), those reports are the gospel truth.

But when “reports say” something opposed to your beliefs about the team (for example, this teams consistent lack of concern with regard to Cam Newton’s health) why, those “reports” are pure rubbish!

Right?