Ian Rapoport

Jeff Fisher has zero percent chance of getting another NFL head coaching job

[Jeff Fisher?] Nope. No chance. [Zero?] Zero.

The Bengals, not the Browns, are likely to blame for the botched AJ McCarron trade paperwork

I don't think [the Browns] screwed this up, interestingly enough... I think I am a little bit on Team Cleveland. So what I heard was that one of the sides, I think it was the Bengals, sent in the signatures, sent in the paper, the trade slip, before both signatures were on it, and neither side realized until it was too late.

Bill Belichick spearheaded the Jimmy Garoppolo trade and wasn't forced into it by Robert Kraft

What I was told was that this is definitely Belichick running the show here... this was a trade that Belichick took on himself... I think it is really Belichick kind of spearheading it.

Adam Gase traded Jay Ajayi primarily to send a message to a locker room that wasn't on his page

Adam Gase definitely [traded Jay Ajayi to send a message], but it's more than that, actually, because Gase and Ajayi were not on the same page at all... relationship never really got better. So it was more like, this is untenable. I need to send a message. I'm going to get value for this guy.

The Browns will draft Myles Garrett with the number one overall pick

They're going to screw it up. I don't know. They can't. I mean, it's going to be Myles Garrett.

Mitchell Trubisky will be the first quarterback taken in the 2017 NFL Draft

I would be very surprised if it's not Trubisky [going first among QBs]. That's what it seems like.

Mitchell Trubisky has a chance to start Week 1 for the team that drafts him

I mean, if you think about the rookies who will get picked this year, only, like, let's say the Browns take Trubisky. I think there's a chance he's their starter to open the season.

Davis Webb could potentially be a first-round pick

Davis Webb. Potentially going in the first round. Some teams really, really like him. Character-wise, he's great. It's interesting. When they study the tape, they say Cal's offense looked better for him than it did for Jared Goff last year.

NFL free agents view Mike Glennon as a special talent

The weirdest thing for me is that I had free agents... contact me and ask me about [Mike] Glennon and say that they wanted to play with him because they think he is special. ... people reaching out to me and saying Mike Glennon can be special.

Tony Romo is finished playing football and will not return

Tony Romo really retired? All your sources... No chance. I would be stunned. But I was hearing he was going to retire in, like, November. He doesn't look like someone who's ready to jump back on the field.

NFL ratings are down because the league is in a transition period for superstar quarterbacks

One is it seems to be a league a little bit in transition, right? So like Peyton Manning is no longer, obviously no longer playing Brady missed the first four weeks. There's not really, there's just not a ton of like high profile must see quarterbacks slash figures... Carson Wentz and Dak are good, but just not quite the same people that draw in, like, the average viewer.

Philip Rivers and Jay Cutler are the two most annoying quarterbacks for NFL referees to deal with

I sat next to a referee... I just wanted to know who just like his team shows up... and you're like, crap, I got to deal with this freaking guy all game long. And the two answers of most annoying were Philip Rivers and Jay Cutler.

Jeff Fisher only gets fired if the Rams have a real collapse this season

I would say it would take... This year, it would take a real collapse. What the hell does that mean? You know, it would have to be like... We no longer have faith in this person... to direct this team toward winning.

The Rams are either crazy/idiots or Jared Goff simply isn't good enough to play yet

There's only two ways that that makes sense. One is they're crazy. They're crazy and idiots and don't know what they're doing. The other way is He's not ready... If Bryce Petty was a better quarterback than Ryan Fitzpatrick, he would be playing.

John Gruden will never coach again because his TV life is too good

I don't think John Gruden will ever coach again. He has the best life ever... He makes like $6 million a year, whatever it is... Works one day a week. Plays golf.