Mr. Scot

I've seen that speculated in a couple of places. It does make some sense.

I don't really believe Houston is trying to drive up the cost. I genuinely believe they're going to fight tooth and nail not to trade Watson. Whether or not that's the best course of action is debatable, but I do think that's what they'll do.

I could see that.

Still close, but might take a little longer...

I think you'd have to say it hurts them. Whether or not that's fair is a valid question though. If you want to say Andy Reid gets most of the credit for the Chiefs success, then it follows he should also get most of the blame when they blow it.

From that same article... All that said, there’s a growing sense that the Panthers could head into next season with Bridgewater as the starter again. His production slipped over the final month of the season, but that dip coincided with a knee injury that sidelined Bridgewater for a game. Offensive coordinator Joe Brady is a big reason Bridgewater is in Charlotte (the two were in New Orleans together). Brady still has confidence in Bridgewater, who had Christian McCaffrey next to him in the backfield for only three games in 2020.

Regarding the Panthers, this from a collaborative article by several NFL team writers in The Athletic... Multiple league sources told The Athletic that Washington and Carolina are in on most of these veteran quarterbacks. An intra-division trade likely sacks WFT, the Panthers have a connection to Wentz. Pat Stewart, their player personnel director, was a national scout for the Eagles for two seasons before being hired in Charlotte last year. However, league sources don’t view the Panthers as serious bidders for the 28-year-old Wentz, who is coming off the worst season of his career. That first line is...interesting.

Pace and Nagy probably do really need to hit a home run this season.

Howie Roseman...oy I've told Eagle fans before that we feel their pain.

The Eagles reportedly told all of their head coaching prospects that they were sticking with Wentz. They also asked interviewees questions about how they would handle Wentz as part of the process. When the process was over, they hired Nick Sirianni in part because of his connection with one of Wentz's former mentors in Frank Reich. And now they're set to trade him away. Real smooth...

Washington gets linked to every available quarterback, same as us. Whether or not the Eagles would do it is a valid question.

Washington offered a first and a third for Stafford.

Oooohhh, that would be interesting. I had forgotten it, but the article mentions that the Bears also have one of his former coaches in John DeFilippo.

They did. Just didn't pursue it as aggressively as other teams.

The Colts have Frank Reich. The Bears have his former quarterback coach John DeFilippo. The 49ers don't have anyone previously connected to him that I know of, but every quarterback wants to play in Kyle Shanahan's system.

I looked at the article to see if it would identify who team number three is. It doesn't. I grant that it could be us. I just don't think it is.

The Colts absolutely make the most sense to me. Of course, what makes the most sense frequently isn't what happens in the NFL.

Part of me still hopes the Jags take Fields just so I can grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the chaos

Eagles beat writer for NJ.com... Teams reportedly in discussion are the Bears, Colts and...someone else. (I don't believe it's us)

This early in the process that may not even be decided yet.

I agree, but until they fire Easterby it's hard for me to say they're "exhausting all efforts". That should be Effort #1!

It's not Marty. No idea how good Fitterer will (or won't) be, but the fact that we're not going into yet another offseason with Marty at the helm feels like a reason for optimism.

I get that, and I agree with investigating all possibilities. I just really don't wanna see us do either of those trades.

I don't have a whole lotta doubt that's gonna happen. It's only a question of how they do it.

There are 498 other threads about something Albert Breer wrote this morning?