Mr. Scot

We've dumped I think four people from the operation since Fitterer took over. But while some of them were on the football operations side, none of them have really been personnel people.

Is replacing Bridgewater alone enough to make this a contending franchise?

Panther fans being sad isn't fun to watch.

From the article... expected to show interest.

You don't want my top offer. Suffice it to say it'd be nowhere near the kind of craziness some have been proposing. I've tried looking at it from the flipside though. If I were a team that was being asked to trade another team my 25 year old franchise quarterback, what would I be asking? My first answer would probably be the same as the Texans. "Hell no, I'm not trading him!" But if it came down to the point that I had to, what I'd be asking in return would likely be something that would make God himself step back and take a deep breath.

To be clear, it's not like Rhule was asked a real question about Watson. David Newton clumsily worded a question to shoehorn in a mention of Watson as part of what he was asking. Rhule didn't bite on it. That was followed later on by the lady reporter taking a funny dig at Newton.

Scott actually wound up looking a lot better than I thought he would. Still wouldn't want him as a long-term starter though.

You've still got to be able to build around him though. I don't buy the notion that we're just a quarterback away from being a contending team, especially looking at the offensive line that'd be charged with protecting that franchise quarterback. If I thought we were a more complete team, I could get on board with this idea. As it is, I can't.

FYI: Multiple this is reporting that Moton has signed his franchise tender. Some guys (Josh Norman, for example) draw out the process. Moton didn't.

I've done twice as much for you.

I'm not absolutely convinced any of the runner-ups to Trevor Lawrence are going to be franchise quarterbacks. It'd certainly be great to get a franchise quarterback, but I'm not fully sold on the idea that this will be the year that happens.

He saw something in the offensive formation and called an audible?

I don't like to smile in pictures because I don't like how I look when I do. Shaq could have similar feelings. Don't know.

I've never said I'm against it. Things I have said: - The Texans are morons and have handled this stupidly - I'm not convinced it's going to happen, but acknowledge it might - I question that he'll wind up here if it does - I wouldn't want us to give up too much if he did - I also don't want us to give up too much trading up in the draft either That's pretty much it.

Yeah, pretty clear that's...not gonna happen (not that I believed it would). I remember the first post retirement pictures we saw of Jordan Gross. His weight loss was even more dramatic.

At this point, I'd say Luuuuuuuuke is down to just Luuuke.

...kinda looks like someone who used to play for us. (Damn!)

Plus this...

Davis has been crying since he stepped to the podium.

Adults don't tear up over football. Shut up

Retirement event starting here shortly...

Letting go of Mitchell Schwartz too...

Panther fans who frequent this site may not agree on much, but on the day when two team legends come home and say goodbye to the game, I think all of us can agree on two words for both of them... Thank you.

We like to call it "rebuilding".