Mr. Scot

Congrats

The entire staff gets input on their respective positions, and that's not unique to the Panthers. McAdoo was the OC, so yeah he'd have input on the QB spot.

Not what it says... The paragraph states that all of their scouts had the same opinion on Young, which isn't hard to believe at all. That doesn't necessarily mean they all thought he should be the pick, just that they all evaluated him similarly. To be clear though, it also wouldn't be that hard to believe everyone ranked Young as the best. That doesn't require he be a generational prospect, just that he's the best available in this draft.

Understood

No argument

Change of plans. She can't see her usual OB/GYN doctor until tomorrow so about halfway to the ER she decided to have me take her home. We'll be heading back out in the morning. Prayers again tomorrow morning, please. I'll still likely be distracted tonight but we're home.

FYI: Might not be around much for tonight's game. Lady Cowboy Fan had another surgery last Thursday, and she's having some pain in the area where it was done. She's been trying to tough through it but it finally got bad enough that she's decided to go to the ER. Obviously this takes precedence over football. I might be back if everything is okay but right now we don't know. Prayers appreciated

Haven't seen that anywhere but outside of a massive quarterback like Cam Newton, sneaks are as much about your blockers as they are the quarterback.

Our quarterback coach would be extremely familiar with Drake Maye.

From the pre-draft process article about Young... Old free agents didn't seem to be the vibe. Not after the Panthers and Reich had spent most of the last five years cycling through rentals. The obvious call was to draft one, but picking ninth, there's no guarantee. And while there were some good ones who might be available in 2024 in UNC's Maye and Southern Cal's Caleb Williams, that seemed a little far down the road. Because as good as Young was, the Bears ended up with the first pick despite having a decent young quarterback in Justin Fields. Their pick might be available. Waiting until next year would be more of a roll of the dice. So the Panthers turned their thoughts to the now, and how to make now work. "We've not won a bunch of games in the last few years," Reich said. "So how many years can you go? Can you keep putting off this thing to take your shot and get your guy? And part of the calculus is, do we have enough capital to be patient for another year? And then naturally, as a coach, you know, you're always optimistic. I mean, we're at nine right now. I'm sure I'm not planning on being lower than that next year. "I mean, everybody knows, you always have to be playing that game. You're not just in this draft; you have to be looking out a year or two. But you also have to factor in how full is the gas tank. Or do we need to fill up right now?" "The fact was, we felt so strongly about the quarterback this year, right?" Fitterer said. "Like, even in our February meetings, where every scout had the same opinion on this guy. It never really changed. It just kind of held strong that way, right? That reinforced that we're doing the right thing." Fitterer and the scouts thought a certain way in January. A new staff of coaches rolls in in February, and they initially think the same thing. The more they learned, the more sure they became. They had conviction.

It's an annual exercise...

Mentioned in the college football thread that the kid who injured Travis Hunter is getting death threats. His family was doxxed as well. Granting that the hit was dirty, there's still no place for that kind of garbage.

Two things regarding Travis Hunter (via ESPN) One: Colorado is still saying that Hunter should only miss two games, not the three or four that Skip Bayless is claiming. Two: The player who made the hit on Hunter has been getting death threats and had his family's address published online. Yes, the hit was dirty, but that kind of sh-t s uncalled for

I've never understood the need to insult other prospects just because you prefer someone different. You can say your preferred prospect is better without saying another one is sh-t.

Valid.

Not necessarily just talking about off the field stuff. His personality has been described as a tad...thorny.

Is there a team that can't be said of though?

I'd say that's a real possibility.

Valid, and I'm pretty sure nobody is gonna attribute any offensive success on the Commanders part to Ron Rivera. Agreed, with the one caveat that a lot of the talk has been it's not his skill set that's been keeping him from getting those jobs. It's other factors. Does this mitigate any of that?

Same. Hell, for a time I was hoping the stuff we were hearing about how much the coaches and front office loved Young was just smoke because I prefer it's Stroud. It wasn't, and here we are.

No, but even if that was my thing, I'd probably take that over your position of "whatever I make up is true regardless of what anybody with actual knowledge says the facts are"

Quick tip regarding sales jobs: You're not doing a great job with yours

Ah yes, the ever present "if it doesn't fit my narrative it must be fake" defense Quick Hint: We actually did get the number one guy on our board, no PR necessary. Look dude, I get that you like to defend stupid takes, and I'm indulging you on that here, but there comes a point where you start to sound like you're believing your own bullsh-t. And that's when you actually start to look dumb. FYI: You're past that point now.

Schefter's rumor was based on the narrative that Reich wouldn't take a talk short quarterback. It was proven wrong, especially if you look at the respective timelines. Also, here's some of the parts you skipped... Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer, head coach Frank Reich, and owner David Tepper talked about the process that led to Bryce Young, when they said they went in with an open mind, that's the truth. ... Tepper was watching Reich when Young was breaking down his process of identifying opponent tendencies. "Just the reaction around the table," Tepper recalled. "Frank's eyes go wide; it's like holy s---." If they had conviction before that dinner, it might have been cemented that night. ... A whole long description of the process, none of which describes David Tepper as making the decision, only being asked if he was "comfortable with it". There's also the bit about Nicole Tepper really hitting it off with CJ Stroud to the point of him calling her "Mama Tepp" But hey...

Hasn't that narrative been around forever though? How many times have we seen somebody predict that this is the year Eric Bieniemy gets a head coaching job...only to see it not happen?