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I am too, but "he's a billionaire" straw man was brought up time and time again. Denver has TWO billionaire families in their ownership group. Dave wanted no part of that bidding war.

I was told by the Huddle Tepper would not get outbid. Looks like he tapped out before the real bidding even began, lol!

The draft you mean? Our FA purse is about as tapped out as someone returning from a Vegas gambling trip. After a few extensions, cuts and a restructure or two...we might be able to re-sign a couple key FAs to keep in house along with a few mid-tier guys from the outside. In other words, the Panthers FA will be about as exciting as watching Sir Purr play with a cat toy.

McVay knew what he was doing. He straight up bought that SB win, future consequences be damned. Either he was egotistical enough to think he could somehow swim through the shark infested waters for the next few years that he created as the team retooled, while trying to get back into cap sanity OR he knew this thing was bound to blow up where he would just walk away. Neither of those situations are good. Dude's a brilliant coach, but also a franchise wrecker.

I still prefer Frank Reich. What do I know, I only hated the Rule hire from the jump (literally ranked him #6 out of the 6 finalists) and while Mike McCarthy (my top choice at the time) isn't a 'sexy' HC, he's been solid in Dallas.

Harbaugh told Tepper it wouldn't take 7 years to turn things around and Dave said he was lying...ended the call.

Could, but will he? Tepper already shoveled out a poo ton to a failed head coach. Denver's new ownership is eager to throw money at someone, as reported, so money is no object. They want THE BEST guy (in their minds) for the job. They will not settle for the #2 guy. In other words, if it comes down to a bidding war between Denver's ownership and Tepper if they want the same guy, it could get VERY pricey.

Tisk, tisk, tisk....we do not speak/type that name. It is forboden. There needs to be a filter that pops up used-car-saleman when that named is typed just like the filter when someone types a cuss word.

I'm cool with the Saints losing, especially if we are the team that administers the beat down.

Of course I will. I only chose not to watch earlier this year when 'used car salesman-Vito' was at the helm. That was a conscious protest though. Good thing he got fired when he did or I might not have seen a Panthers game all season!

Yeah, as mentioned earlier, Harbaugh's likely to pull a Pete Carrol. If these investigations have any teeth, he's not going to stick around for any sanctions. Pete was like--'the NFL sounds really good about now' and dipped on USC as the program was about to get penalized. Hey, it worked out for the Seahawks. Maybe the formula of NFL--> College--> NFL could work again. Carrol was anything but successful in his first NFL coaching stint, but the second time seems to a charm for many coaches in the NFL.

According to the Huddle, you can only get cornerstone players in spots 1-3. Is this not correct? Why else would they pound the desk about the absolute necessity of squandering future first round selections every draft season to move into the top 3?

Scouts can be wrong. It happens all the time. Levis will be the pick before Richardson. I'm not crazy about him either.

THE Ian Thomas folks! Isn't he bottom 5 like every week?

Stroud is likely going #1 overall. The Texans need a QB too. It ain't happening. It's either him or Young and I just don't think the Texans are going to take an undersized QB.

We won't have to move up for him. Lets say he bust and we dumped the equivalent of 3 first rounders for him. Fitts, or whomever the GM is, will have their head on a platter.

Crazy idea. How about we don't move up, keep our picks and take the best guys on the board that can help out our team?

His OC/DC during his 49er days were Vic Fangio and Greg Roman. Fangio is available, I think and Roman is about to lose Jackson in Baltimore, so he may be willing to walk.

I'm not completely thrilled about Harbaugh, but would be more inclined to be excited if I had an inkling of who his OC would be.

Actually it's the 16th, not 6th for underclassmen. My bad.

Yes and Tepper got burned with a large contract last time too. The things I've been hearing/reading about Denver is they are going to VERY aggressive and will get their guy. Money is no object. So it's a matter of how big will Tepper go in order to not get outbid. Again, if Harbaugh is their guy, Tepper is going to have to counter offer...probably more than once. While other factors are baked into the deal, amount, incentives and duration all come into play. Personnel matters, while important, are secondary to the money aspect.

Remember who own the Broncos now. Tepper could get outbid. The old Broncos owners could not have got into a bidding war with Tepper, the Waltons, however...they have money to burn.

He'd better bring a heck of an OC into the fold. I'm so over the run, run, pass, punt mentality of our past HCs.