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There can be multiple truths simultaneously. Evero and the defense have undoubtedly been a reinvigorated force and it has been a collaborative improvement no doubt. However there have been instances where he had fueled criticism of his scheme and his playcalls. But that has happened with all of our former defensive coordinators even ones who are highly regarded in franchise history. And there is also the elephant in the room which is the salary cap allocation to his side of the ball which is bottom 5 in the league for the year. There's only so much you can realistically expect from any coordinator with that circumstance. And right now they are certainly overachieving which is a great sign for the culture we're trying to build here. All that being said though. Evero. Much like Canales and our starting QB. Still has to get out there and establish some sustained success more than one or two games at a time. Finishing the season strong is what we need to see.

I don’t care who was DC they were not going to have a chance they way the defense was neglected for the better part of three years. Get him some more talent. Or whoever is DC. As far as Evero, why go sideways when you have almost gotten a thing built? Tepper can’t stop him from taking a HC gig, and if I were him - unless I really hated it here - I’d wait for the HC opportunity. Continuity is super important and we haven’t had it for years now, but are getting some. Try to keep it.

Well, turns out Kentucky just fuging sucks. LOL

Unless he’s getting a HC spot, this is the rare time I appreciate having an owner with insanely deep pockets and a maniacal drive to win

It was nice to have a game on regular tv last night.

Well, we already knew OP was uninformed anyways. This just confirmed it

Well, let's hope not.

Do it!!!

It looks like he's really starting to get his leadership role entrenched. I'm not a huge fan of his schemes at times, but I think we may lose him to a HC offer potentially because of that leadership quality. It's the trait I liked most in Ryans before we hired Frank, but he refused our interview request.

Ive never understood not going after a center after Kalil's neck injury. Center is the keystone in the offense as much as QB. Our line has really struggled without that leadership position. That's always been a core of offense to me, even moreso than tackles. We were spoiled with his level of play.

Select free agents as mid-price players with high leadership and locker room skills with great practice commitments. Grab your stars and role players in the draft and have them molded by the vets who make up the kind of team you are trying to be. With the right core of solid players, you can make a lot of progress farming up first and second round picks, getting five affordable years out of them and then moving on, either trading them away or grabbing compensatory picks when they leave. It's not flashy and doesn't make sense to the fantasy football crowd, but really, a team only needs one or two star quality players on it to make it big. Those two must be ones that are directly involved in every play, though, like a QB, DE, MLB or OT. That being said, if your team's star player is a WR, you've got a problem, because it's a crap ton of money on a guy who might figure heavily into one third of your offensive plays.

Ass, gas, or grass - no one rides for free

I think the reason we immediately picked up Darnold's 5th was what we traded to get him and it wasn't reasonable to expect him to reach his potential on a new team in a new offense in a single season given where he was at in his career. I think 2 seasons was a reasonable expectation, especially given the fact he had been coached by Gase.

It's like a prison sentence, and we're not paroled until we die

I can subscribe to this. For men with pride, it’s not about the money. The 2 things that I hope hook him in to staying: 1. His wife and kids are calling Charlotte home and don’t want to move. 2. He is now starting to see his vision unfold. I humbly recant my EE bashing that I’ve done in the past. Guy is putting together a stout defense.

I wish Tepper would've allowed that to happen again during this era...

If your boss at work did you completely dirty, would you want to keep working for him if you had the chance to leave? EE is gone, ya'll need to accept that. Guys like him have egos and moral character.

Aho

And, does he want to return here after we didn't allow him to interview with the Rams? This will actually be one of the most interesting offseason storylines for us.

We absolutely should

Throw a qb in there and thats a fantastic draft. That said Styles is going rocket up draft boards when he starts testing. Kid is really good and has a nose for the ball. I like reese better as he is in another stratosphere but Styles is really good.

The question is, do we resign him this offseason?

I am not against spending top dollar for top pass rushing talent but it needs to make sense at the time. I definitely don't think Hendrickson makes ANY sense for us given age and where we are as a franchise. Phillips does make some sense as a younger guy but, again, we are in the infancy of our roster building comparatively. Why blow a ton of money on free agents every offseason? We spent a lot the last two offseasons on veteran free agents to some success but a chunk of these guys may never see the completed result of our building. Overall I agree. Be selective about free agents, especially in premium positions. The one big credit I will give Morgan is that he seems to be building younger. That is very smart.

recall that they likely kept Evero when they brought on Canales partially because they thought the issue was the talent he had to work with vs his gameplan. Figured "let's see what he can do when he has some talent to play with" of course, doesn't explain our horrible defensive situation last year, but it's certainly turned around this season

On the TE tip, that was why I was so perturbed about our decision to pass up on very good TE's several times in this past draft. This was a STACKED TE class. Guys like Fannin, Taylor, Gadsden, etc were serious needle movers(in my eyes) and they were a few of the guys that have provided instant impact, as well. I wasn't a big fan of the Evans pick and although he has drastically exceeded my expectations we did pass on a legit offensive weapon in Gadsden who is ehat we tried to get and largely have failed in Sanders. Honestly, considering the early success for the 2025 class, I don't want to be too harsh but I am always annoyed that our FO never seems to take players at a position of need when the classes are very strong or definitely whiff on the better players(Evans/Etienne). It's absolutely mind boggling we keep doing it. I am with you on upgrading at TE, though. Tremble is a fine player, I am happy to have him but he has probably come pretty close to what he is going to be. Sanders just doesn't appear to really have appreciably developed much. If he can't develop some overall consistency by the end of 2026 or make some step forward, I would classify him as largely a lost cause. Evans I have liked the potential of but he has played only 35% of the snaps on offense. I can't understand why he gets so many less snaps than a guy like Sanders. I know they are used differently but it isn't like Sanders is being targeted a ton. He has 30 targets compared to Evans 18 in WAY more snaps.