Joe Person live Q&A

[Mr. Scot]

For Athletic subscribers, going on now...

 

[XClown1986]

[Moo Daeng]

"Hey Joe, can you say some words about football?"

[rayzor]

 

i'm ready.

[XClown1986]

This has now become a thread to ask questions of Joe Person in the style of Joe Person.

So Joe you're having lunch, can you talk a little bit about that and how this lunch might be different than other lunches you could have had?

 

[XClown1986]

Breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day and you have a scheduled Q&A during lunch, can you elaborate on how that might speak to how you value your readers?

[Moo Daeng]

Joe, talk a little bit about that time you wandered aimlessly through a Luke Kuechly interview.

[NJPanthers12]

Hilarious how joe went from being one of the worst beat writers in the country to now people care about what he says because he works for the athletic. It’s the same ole terrible joe. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Joe, how many times and from what height were you dropped on your head as a child?

[stirs]

Hi Joe, how exactly did you get your job?

[BPF]

Joe, how does it feel to have David Newton absolve you from being the worst beat writer to ever cover the Panthers?

[Mr. Scot]

Here are some actual answers, and there honestly is some good info in here:

Person describes Scott Fitterer and Dan Morgan as "cooking burgers and having beers in the backyard" close, so he believes the assistant GM job is Morgan's to lose.

Regarding Justin Fields, Person confirms that the Panthers interest in him was largely a smokescreen trying to bait other teams to trade up. That David Tepper wanted him was true, but he wasn't going to force it. 

Also as previously suggested, Fitterer and Rhule weren't sold on anybody other than Trevor Lawrence and Zack Wilson. And yes, they do have a lot of confidence in Sam Darnold, more than they did Justin Fields (which is kinda obvious at this point).

Said that the Panthers brass had really zeroed in on Jaycee Horn over the last few weeks leading up to the draft, but that if Penei Sewell had dropped to eight it would have made things very interesting.

Mentioned that the Panthers don't appear to be interested in former Bears tackle Charles Leno, or in signing a veteran for the backup quarterback role.

Regarding last year, said he doesn't believe Marty Hurney ever really embraced the rebuild (and given that he was on an expiring contract, that's not surprising). The end result wound up being kind of a partial, half ass rebuild that included signing guys like Bridgewater.

While attempting to trade up, the Bears didn't offer the Panthers as good a deal as they did the Giants (which doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's the Bears).

A few quick hits:

Believes there's a good chance the free safety spot could be manned by Jeremy Chinn...

Sets the over under for wins this season at 8.5...

Doesn't believe that Darnold failing would get Rhule or Fitterer fired...

Thinks the team could have "real competition" at the kicker spot...

Rookie minicamp will be next weekend...

[Martin]

18 minutes ago, NJPanthers12 said:

Hilarious how joe went from being one of the worst beat writers in the country to now people care about what he says because he works for the athletic. It’s the same ole terrible joe. 

Not sure if you subscribe to the Athletic or not, but Joe is doing a lot of good writing in there, not the same as when he was at the Observer.

I know a lot of people like to bash him because he is not breaking news. His article today about Jaycee Horn was excellent.

[TheCasillas]

Love the idea of Chinn at FS.