Mr. Scot

It's who they prioritize, though. Joe Schoen has a pretty good rep when it comes to talent scouting. As a team manager though, not so much.

Fowler, Breer and Russini aren't Raider sources. Also followed Schefter, Jonathan Jones, Florio and others. Don't necessarily try to post all the links anymore since it's become a huge pain in the ass As an aside, Aaron Wilson used to be one of the best national sources but he's fallen off for some reason. For Chicago news, I generally look to Brad Biggs. Vic Tafur is a good one for the Raiders. Also Vincent Bonsingiore from the Vegas Review Journal. Those guys are basically the equivalent of people like Mike Kaye A lot of what I saw from the Chicago side came from a local guy named Jacob Infante who was pretty openly rooting for the Bears to get Johnson but fearing they wouldn't. He's not as connected as someone like Biggs, but he was pretty active.

Pretty sure the Giants lost Barkley because they paid Jones.

See above. Others like Fowler and Breer have talked up the Brady factor too. Bottom Line though, it wasn't enough. Per a couple of sources, it was the quarterback factor that helped sway his decision. Mind you, some say it was the cash, but I'd guess the Raiders offered a lot too (if they got that far).

Re: Johnson's salary... Also re: Brady and the Vegas pursuit...

On the topic of wild rumors, I saw someone predicting the Cowboys would end up hiring our old buddy Ron Rivera. No lie, I'd love to see it

From what I've read, Johnson was impressed by him. Just not enough... Can also be framed as the chance to pick his own rather than trying to fix someone else's. Also seeing Chicago threw a boatload of cash at him.

Also, this comment from Joe Person... Gee, I wonder why

Seeing some assistant chatter now... Johnson apparently wants former Saints head coach Dennis Allen as his DC along with recent special teams coach Darren Rizzi (those are good choices) The Colts are landing former Bengals DC Lou Anarumo to run their defense. And the Titans are plucking special teams coordinator John Fassel away from the Cowboys to run their unit. Cowboys reportedly hoped to keep Fassel but he wasn't under contract after McCarthy was let go.

Meanwhile, in Jacksonville... Khan seems like he's trying to get himself into the David Tepper tier of dumb owners. It's a good day for Seth Rollins though...

Passed on Zach Frazier for him There's a word for this situation. I'm having trouble remembering what it is. Oh yeah... Sh-t

Even through different GMs and coaches, Chicago's history at the quarterback position would have to be upgraded massively to qualify as being called "woeful". I know they have high hopes for Williams, but I'm not sold on him being the answer yet. (they had high hopes for Fields too, and they could have had Daniels)

One can if one wants to. Over my Panther fan history, I've let go of a lot of things. (at least partially because there have been a lot of things to let go)

Potential franchise QB is also potential massive bust. I'd add some Bear fans might argue you the "idiot owner" part.

From what I've read, Brady was a big part of it. Other selling points were that they were prepared to give him who he wanted as a GM (Jags might have been willing to do that but it wasn't certain) plus he could have started with his own guy rather than a QB picked by someone else and of course word was the Raiders were prepared to offer an insane amount of cash. I can't blame him for not wanting to work with Mark Davis, of course. Though to be fair, have the Bears of the last few years been n much better? There's an article on ESPN about the McCaskeys that says they've been pretty heavily influenced by former Bear and current agent Trace Armstrong in several of their past decisions. I haven't had time to read it yet, but it does sound interesting.

Hurney's still in Washington along with Scott Fitterer, oddly enough. Neither has the executive level power they used to have, of course.

There was something about an issue between him and Adam Peters that nixed that job. I forget the specifics but it might actually be earlier in this thread.

I do think the Jags made sense if he didn't want to do in direct competition with Campbell. The Raiders also if he wanted to basically pick his own GM and run the whole show. Chicago was always an option though. How good of one depends on your opinion of Williams. Not terribly surprised by him choosing Chicago. Kinda surprised by them making the hire without even doing a second interview. Guess they just wanted him that bad.

Being able to pick your own GM?

I would in the sense of doing genuine damage to people being worse than just screwing up a football team. Now, if we're sticking solely to the realm of football mismanagement, Tepper is arguably an elite in that department, inferior to Snyder only in that he hasn't done it for quite as long as Snyder did.

I didn't see enough of the game to judge how Lamar (or Andrews, for that matter) did overall. For the parts I saw, Jackson was good and Andrews was...well Did see that after the game, Jackson was pissed. (and apparently still cold)

Dysfunction? Yes. Corruption? No. Snyder had it all. And for all the (legit) talk about how lousy a job Tepper has done, there hasn't been any sort of scandal that I can recall. Mind you, as soon as I say that...

More from Albert Breer on that front... I think OC Ben Johnson is much more ready to take a job now than he was the past couple of years. I don’t know if losing the way Detroit did might lure him back for one last run with Campbell, but I do know his interest in the Las Vegas Raiders, Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars jobs is real—and Newmark’s emergence as a GM candidate with the Raiders is proof positive of how serious Johnson is (Tom Brady’s been a difference-maker in Vegas’s pursuit). Link: MMQB I said the same thing about the emotion of the loss possibly causing Johnson to go back for one more year, but most of the chatter seems to be saying that's not gonna happen.

There's some speculation that Ben Johnson might want to trade for Hendon Hookernif he picks the Raiders. All speculation of course, but not out of the question.

Snyder is in his own universe.