Mr. Scot

One possible clue in the other direction... Darin Gantt's latest "Ask the Old Guy" article mentions the take that the defense and special teams part of the roster looks fine as opposed to the offense. This is the take previously that, along with some of what Dianna Russini said, made me think Tepper could use this as a reason to keep Scott Fitterer around. Personnel evaluation aside, I don't think you can do that because of what happened with Reich. But Tepper might not agree...

That's a real possibility, but not with Nicole (the lady assistant GM from the Browns).

Not uncommon for new GMs to fire staff immediately after the draft and start restocking

You're not gonna get that before the next draft though. What you see this April will be the result of the current staff's draft evaluations, even if it's under a different GM.

Is that real?

This is valid. People complained about our GM not having good interpersonal skills. Now we want Steve Smith?

Kurt Warner's response to the game manager thing is a pretty good one...

The current version of Bill Belichick? The guy who believed that Joe judge could coach quarterbacks and Matt Patricia could be an offensive coordinator? No, I don't think that version is what we need. Even if he were an upgrade over what we have, it's still just an upgrade to mediocrity.

Don't care about extreme. What we need most is "smart". I'd add that Belichick minus prime Tom Brady is nothing special.

Gunslinger types (like Newton was) probably have the greatest tendency to be streaky.

I don't think I'd put Prescott in that category, maybe not Goff either. Purdy and Tua are debatable but I could see it.

Methinks thou hast missed the point

And here's your hot take of the day courtesy of an old friend of ours...

About the same as those guys. Putting it another way: Matt Rhule's coaching tree has as many Super Bowl wins as Bill Belichick's.

And in Miami...

Meanwhile, Will Levis...

His coaching tree is just as terrible as his drafting.

Yeah. That's the sort of thing a professional should do. Not what happened here unfortunately

I'd been leaning that he might. There were reports suggesting it. But with the story that's come out since, I just don't think it's possible. You'd be asking a head coach to come into a situation where the GM helped sabotage the previous coach. That just isn't gonna work.

Be more specific. I have nine

Fallout from the Athletic story by Person and Russini... Ouch

He's hit or miss, but I think he's likely right in this case.

Also, @Panthercougar68, If you have any rumors about me being gone, I'd appreciate you letting me know

It would be near impossible to do that kind of reset over one offseason. Typically you replace the GM first, then maybe after the draft you start making changes to other personnel people if you so desire.

If the standard for being able to bench Young is that you're going to be back next season, I'm not sure anybody has that authority As far as who I would leave the decision up to, probably Jim Caldwell.