Baker Mayfield and Scott Fitterer presser today at noon.

[philit99]

This guy oozes confidence, which we desperately need. If he returns to form, we could be extremely dangerous. I do hope he stays here for years to come.

[Jackie Lee]

13 minutes ago, trueblade said:

Tepper involved ?

Thought I heard that. On the one hand it's not a good thing for owners to get involved at that level, on the other no one trusts Rhules personnel decisions after last year so maybe that's a situation where Tepper will side with Fitt and McAdoo if Rhule is being stubborn. 

[Mr. Scot]

Biggest Revelations

Mayfield will wear #6, which means Johnny Hekker will wear #4 or #13...or #1

Baker has relatives in both Spartanburg and Charlotte, so he's heard about the heat.

He hasn't eaten at Bojangles yet.

And lastly, no Progressive commercials in BOA. Baker pitched the idea but it was rejected (damn it)

[top dawg]

24 minutes ago, rayzor said:

so are they saying anything? 

can't watch.

 

The thing that I zeroed in on was Baker apparently believing (or knowing) that he will have more "freedom" at the line to audible and counterpunch based upon what the opposition is trying to do. 

Edited July 12, 2022 by top dawg

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

The owner should never be involved in those kinds of decisions.

I doubt he will be.

Fitterer's comment just sounded like kind of an offhand thing to me, i.e Tepper will be around for stuff but I seriously don't he'll have any involvement in depth chart or playing decisions.

[dynomite]

2 minutes ago, top dawg said:

The thing that I zeroed in on was Baker apparently believing (or knowing) that he will have more "freedom" at the line to audible and counterpunch based upon what the opposition is trying to do. 

He was allowed to do this in college, from what I hear stefanski wanted the offense ran how he wanted and didnt give him a lot of freedom to audible.

[Mr. Scot]

People are gonna be looking for a "gotcha" moment but there really wasn't one.

The only thing I heard that people could potentially pick up on was a dismissive comment where he said something like he doesn't really care about people's negative opinions.

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, Pakmeng said:

He comes across well so far.

Yeah, I like him more.

[dynomite]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

People are gonna be looking for a "gotcha" moment but there really wasn't one.

The only thing I heard that people could potentially pick up on was a dismissive comment where he said something like he doesn't really care about people's negative opinions.

Should he?

[top dawg]

I suspect that he has a serious problem with criticism though based upon his responses about only caring what people in the building think.

[jayboogieman]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I doubt he will be.

Fitterer's comment just sounded like kind of an offhand thing to me, i.e Tepper will be around for stuff but I seriously don't he'll have any involvement in depth chart or playing decisions.

Maybe, maybe not. Tepper is giving me more and more wannabe Jerry Jones vibes.

[dpm0409]

4 minutes ago, dynomite said:

Should he?

Nope.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, dynomite said:

Should he?

Not really.

But ya know how it goes...

1 minute ago, top dawg said:

I suspect that he has a serious problem with criticism though based upon his responses about only caring what people in the building think.

Isn't that kinda how Newton was too, though?

[Jackie Lee]

10 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Biggest Revelations

Mayfield will wear #6, which means Johnny Hekker will wear #4 or #13...or #1

Baker has relatives in both Spartanburg and Charlotte, so he's heard about the heat.

He hasn't eaten at Bojangles yet.

And lastly, no Progressive commercials in BOA. Baker pitched the idea but it was rejected (damn it)

I would add that he mentioned he already knows Campen's O-line terminology/protections so that's half the battle really. Now it's just translating the playbook.