Mr. Scot

I do. Rhule specifically stated in his interview with Rich Eisen that Tepper "leaves the football stuff" to he and Scott Fitterer. Darin Gantt also confirmed in his draft war room article that while Tepper asks questions about the process, he doesn't offer input on what players they should get. Likewise, in the article that chronicled the pursuit of Sam Darnold, the only mention of Watson was that the Panthers were interested but weren't actively pursuing him because the Texans weren't willing to trade him. From what I've read, a whole bunch of people got excited about something that was never going to happen. I'd say that's the same thing that's going to happen with Rodgers.

I actually looked up LaCanfora's article to see what his rationale for connecting Rodgers to the Panthers was. You guessed it: David Tepper The same dumbass rationale that was used to predict we'd draft Justin Fields and "pay any price" for Deshaun Watson. Oy

Tapper actually be like "the football decisions are up to Scott Fitterer and Matt Rhule".

Disagree. Darnold is the clear starter and head and shoulders above anyone else. Beyond Darnold though, pretty much everyone else is easily replaceable.

Our buddy Ellis with a little more detail...

Would grad school students be eligible to play for college teams?

If I remember correctly, teams are only allowed something like five tryout players this year. If two of our five are going to be quarterbacks, our current backups might have reason to be a little nervous.

He had a busy day, but will probably chime in later.

We knew about this one... Now it seems we're bringing in another quarterback as well. Eighth year of eligibility?

And definitely wouldn't qualify as a Rooney Rule interview.

"Just like last year" huh? So which dipsh-t does this dumbass alt belong to?

Ellis also confirmed this was official. So that's two new college scouts, two college scouts gone and two pro scouts gone (Luke being one of them). And of course, a new assistant GM I get the feeling they're not done yet though. Things could look a lot different when all is said and done.

"Coach centric" is probably a better description. Our front office is modeled after the Seahawks, where Pete Carroll has final say. Rhule has made it pretty clear that he's not a dictator though. Scott Fitterer runs the personnel processes and he ran the draft, though Rhule and the coaching staff helped set up the draft board. It's not like Belichick.

Discussion of Matt Rhule's interview with Rich Eisen wherein he gives the quote, "Dave leaves the football stuff to me and Scott" can be found here. Likewise, here's a quote from Darin Gantt's article about draft night in the Panthers war room. Tepper's an active participant in the process. Not in terms of this player or that guy, but making sure every one in the room is taking the right steps to every decision. Again, these are from people actually connected with the team, not internet guys who watch Showtime.

No matter what happens... ... I'm really not gonna give a sh-t. (this may indeed be some of the dumbest crap ever posted here)

Actually, per Rhule's own words, Fitterer ran the draft and free agency processes. Which makes sense because that's kind of, you know, his job. Also according to both Rhule and Gantt, David Tepper stays out of the football decisions and lets his coach and GM do what they were hired to do. And I happen to think that's great

You have no idea who Jeff King is, do you?

Honestly, regardless of what happens with Darnold, I'd say it's pretty well established that Gase is sh-t.

From the article, a little more confirmation of Tepper's role... Multiple Panthers staffers talked about the presence of Tepper in the room as one that focused them. Tepper's an active participant in the process. Not in terms of this player or that guy, but making sure every one in the room is taking the right steps to every decision. "He's very analytical," Burke said. "He definitely makes you think about every step. Trades, who you're picking, he wants you think through the whole process. "The different perspective is helpful because it's an outsider's perspective."

Hell, back in 95, the Panthers got a tip that the Oilers were gonna take Kerry Collins and everybody panicked. Luckily, that one was wrong. But this sort of thing has been going on forever. And remember, 95 was well before social media existed.

I can. I just don't want to

I don't know that any of those will be retired, or should be. You can't retire the number of every great player. There needs to be something higher than just that (like there was with Mills).

Point being that info gets out. There are stories like this every year.

Albert Breer and several other Twitter accounts regularly post who the picks are in advance.

I have seen someone else theorize that it was Simmons as well, but I don't remember who. Probably well before, from what I've read.