Mr. Scot

The guy who did the podcast clarifies Kunkel's comments on Stroud...

I said elsewhere he should have changed his middle name to "Last"

Couple of salient points here (and one unpleasant memory)... Gilbert

Ouch

Starting with... Anybody want him back? (put the torches down)

Dead on target (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)

I ain't about to ask

He's not as cringe as David Newton when it comes to questions though. You'd have to go a pretty long way to get to that point. We've had some pretty good ones pass through on their way elsewhere. Jourdan Rodrigue, Alaina Getzenberg and Jonathan Alexander for example. Kinda hoping The Observer manages to hang on to its current team of Ellis Williams and Mike Kaye. They're both top notch.

I could give you plenty of my own opinion but I don't have any inside sources Twitter's become one of the better ways to get information, even if it's sometimes inextricably mixed with opinion. One of the policies I have with it these days is that not everything I post is necessarily something I agree with. It's just something that I tend to feel is worth discussing. I've said many times that Jason LaCanfora for example is very hit or miss, but if you ignore something he posts and it turns out to be a hit, then you're the one that missed

I'll listen for the context but that doesn't sound like a knock. I know he and his colleagues have been pretty complimentary of Stroud before.

Did he somewhere say Stroud doesn't fit the Panthers?

It's not just Twitter. That's what sports talk in general has become.

I'd agree. You have to be really interested to read some of the pieces in The Athletic. They definitely aren't written for quick browsing. (same with Albert Breer's MMQB posts)

Thanks. I was too lazy to look it up too

A lot of guys do. Some are better at making it clear which parts are their own opinion vs what they're hearing than others. Being able to distinguish those things goes a long way toward understanding what's being reported.

Not what he said... The gap was between the top three and Anthony Richardson.

Not necessarily everybody. You? Definitely. You''d fit in pretty well as one of Jim Rome's "clones" given that you seem to value being opinionated and arrogant over being informed.

Not that I can recall.

Pretty much. Gregg Rosenthal called us "a lousy franchise" that was gonna have a lousy year just prior to the 2015 season The same talking heads that call us irrelevant one week will talk glowingly of us the next if we make a move they like. It's not their job to be consistent on a team like us.

Ben Johnson dropped out waaayyy before things started heating up. Reich was being reported as having impressed the team well before the first round of interviews was even finished (Sheena Quick was one of the first to say so as I recall). I'm also going off of prior years. I'd add that "Athletic" Joe is far superior to "Observer" Joe. Person's definitely one of the better sources these days along with (obviously) Darin Gantt, Ellis Williams and Mike Kaye, who's risen to a "go to guy" level pretty quickly. At the national level, the NFL Network guys - Rapoport, Pelissero, Farafolo - are (also obviously) plugged in, along with Albert Breer and Jonathon Jones. among others.

I'd call it informed speculation. Person has a pretty good track record on these things.

On that same front...

There was actually pretty ample evidence that Reich was the guy before it happened.

Person mentions #3 as a likely target... The Panthers are considering all options, but they know they would have to switch places with Arizona at 3 to ensure they get one of the top three QBs on their board. While the Panthers are impressed with Anthony Richardson’s raw talent, my sense is they view him as too big of a gamble to trade up for. Then — assuming they don’t pursue another free agent such as Jimmy Garoppolo — it becomes a matter of which QB they like best among Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Will Levis. The Athletic