Mr. Scot

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.

The last teams they were with aren't necessarily the only teams.

It wasn't someone from the Saints war room.. Scouts, reporters and insiders extensively discuss with each other what's going on behind the scenes during the draft. How do you think picks get tipped?

From the third post in this thread, regarding who the Panthers would have taken if they had been at number three... And from just a few posts later, specifically to you... Not sure what in your head is rearranging that to say that they were still interested in Fields when it's actually saying just the opposite. The talk that there were people in the building who liked Fields was certainly real. The judgment that Scott Fitterer and Matt Rhule were not among those people is also obviously true. When they went into the war room, their draft board was set, and they followed it. There was no "debate till the end".

Actually, in the last weeks before the draft, Verge repeatedly said we wouldn't take a quarterback. Likewise, Jeremy Fowler reported that despite the Panthers putting out their willingness to take a quarterback, most of the other teams in the league weren't buying it. It was a smokescreen, and one that apparently worked more effectively on fans and some analysts than it did on other teams.

It's not.