Mr. Scot

Keep him this far into the offseason just to dump him now? Oy

Sorry, can you repeat that? I wasn't listening (actually I was, I just disagree)

Bel Albright speculation on coaching jobs (posted prior to the Johnson and Glenn hires) Mike McCarthy or Joe Brady to the Saints?

This seems... familiar

Possible word on an old friend...

Saw this from a Jets fan...

Ranked above Cam Newton, who's at #5

Speaking of... Not sure when Morgan "fell on the sword" or what that involved

Apparently they hired several folks represented by a former Bear turned agent in Trace Armstrong. As I understand it, the article talks about Armstrong having a lot of influence despite lousy results.

An article with some of the highlights... ESPN Article sheds embarrassing light on Bears internal operations The original article by Kalyn Kahler at ESPN... How agents impact coaching searches, and why the NFL cares Haven't read it yet, but several people are saying it puts the McCaskeys in a pretty bad light.

Breer, Fowler and others confirmed Johnson had genuine interest. Truth is we all say that sort of thing about teams like the Raiders, the Browns, the Jets, etc. But someone always takes those jobs, and it's frequently a prime candidate. Even the worst team in the NFL is still an NFL team.

Video from last year of Schoen discussing draft options with his kids...

Schoen and Morgan were colleagues in Buffalo. If the Giants give him the heave ho, I could see Morgan giving him a pure scouting job.

You might see some changes post draft.

I understand prioritizing a quarterback. I don't understand that quarterback being Daniel Jones

I think you're in the wrong thread, dude.

I don't mind taking runningbacks high if they're someone special like Barkley. If you don't have a good line in place though, that's not gonna make up for it.

Here's one that turned out to be ironically prophetic...

It's who they prioritize, though. Joe Schoen has a pretty good rep when it comes to talent scouting. As a team manager though, not so much.

Fowler, Breer and Russini aren't Raider sources. Also followed Schefter, Jonathan Jones, Florio and others. Don't necessarily try to post all the links anymore since it's become a huge pain in the ass As an aside, Aaron Wilson used to be one of the best national sources but he's fallen off for some reason. For Chicago news, I generally look to Brad Biggs. Vic Tafur is a good one for the Raiders. Also Vincent Bonsingiore from the Vegas Review Journal. Those guys are basically the equivalent of people like Mike Kaye A lot of what I saw from the Chicago side came from a local guy named Jacob Infante who was pretty openly rooting for the Bears to get Johnson but fearing they wouldn't. He's not as connected as someone like Biggs, but he was pretty active.

Pretty sure the Giants lost Barkley because they paid Jones.

See above. Others like Fowler and Breer have talked up the Brady factor too. Bottom Line though, it wasn't enough. Per a couple of sources, it was the quarterback factor that helped sway his decision. Mind you, some say it was the cash, but I'd guess the Raiders offered a lot too (if they got that far).

Re: Johnson's salary... Also re: Brady and the Vegas pursuit...

On the topic of wild rumors, I saw someone predicting the Cowboys would end up hiring our old buddy Ron Rivera. No lie, I'd love to see it