CPantherKing

Wilks won't be HC. If he stays, he will be DC/Asst HC. I believe the Wilks/Holcomb hires were a long play for Leftwich. I've been waiting to see what team wakes up to Kafka as HC. He was the coach I wanted instead of the Rgule hire. I'm good with Leftwich, but Kafka is the homerun if paired with Tierney. There are too many questions if Johnson can succeed on his own. He has been the communicator of a 4 headed OC with the Lions that includes Campbell, Brunell, and Staley.

Kafka... must have read my post the other day. lol Well, I guess waiting 3 years too long is better than not doing it in 2020 when I pointed Kafka out and why. Be glad he is not gone. Package deal with Kafka and Tierney for the offense. Done deal. Dynasty coaches with a GM they don't clash with. Tierney>Kafka so be prepared to elevate Tierney when he is ready. Don't want to see another McDermott-Beane screw up because ownership/GM can't see what is in front of them. They will turn it around in 2 to 3 seasons with the team that hires them together. Bring in DeFillipo as QB coach under Kafka/Tierney. Offense/QB/passing game is fixed.

Keeping Burns for that contract will hold the Panthers back as an organization.

I make of it this... Byron Leftwich would choose the following staff. Wilks DC. Holcomb LB. Christensen OC. Caldwell QB. Reich WR. Scottie Montgomery RB. Tepper's plan is to collect all these Leftwich staff candidates. If he does not get Leftwich with this leverage, he has a fall back.

Or do they grow on trees? Paul Brown produced Blanton Collier and Weeb Ewbank with the Browns and Bill Walsh with the Bengals. Bill Walsh produced Mike Holmgren, Brian Billick via Denny Green, Pete Carroll via Wyche/Coslet and George Seifert with the 49ers. Mike Holmgren produced Andy Reid and Jon Gruden with the Packers. Jon Gruden produced Mike Tomlin and Sean McVay via Jay Gruden with the Bucs. Andy Reid produced John Harbaugh with the Eagles and Doug Pederson with the Chiefs. 11 of the last 26 SB winning coaches. So, if you want 1 of every 2 SB winning coaches, you obviously follow this line because they understand how to win. If you are maintaining a team, you go with extremely seasoned defensive coaches in this line. If you need to build up a bad team, you go with the offensive minded coaches in this line that have sat in with the QB and/or TE development during their coaching career. Go with the coaches that began their early NFL coaching careers under the Paul Brown coaching tree. I've been watching this coach on the Paul Brown line since 2018. I wanted him as the Panthers' coach for the 2020 season after he helped develop Mahomes under Andy Reid for a SB Championship. He is still available and has since went on to turn the Giants passing game around and resurrect Daniel Jones in a single season. A team should want their next HC to be Mike Kafka if they play it smart. Kafka can obviously turn a QB around in 1 to 2 years and have a team in the playoffs/contending in 2 to 3 seasons. Mike Kafka HC, Johnny Holland DC, Shea Tierney OC Best of the Chiefs, 49ers, and Bills right here with young offensive minds influenced by the Chiefs under Reid and the Bills under McDermott. If you are unfamiliar with Tierney (NC State guy), he has studied and/or contributed to the development of Mike Glennon, Nick Foles, Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Josh Allen, and now the miracle turn around of Daniel Jones (4 of these QBs are leading teams in the 2022 playoffs and Nick Foles has won a SB). Throw in Kafka's development of Mahomes and these 2 young offensive minds know everything there is to know about 5 of the QBs and how they were developed in the 2022 NFL playoffs. So, they do kinda grow on trees - coaching trees. You just need to know how to find them.

One has to worry what happens to Ben Johnson when he stands on his own. He was surrounded with offensive minds, and Campbell factored into the play calling with the help of Brunell and Staley. The Lions play calling was done by committee (Campbell, Johnson, Brunell, and Staley) after Lynn was stripped of his play calling duties in 2021 and fired at the end of the season. If I had to go with one of those offensive minds, I choose Brunell and Staley over Johnson. Brunell if you want to develop a QB. When Johnson leaves, I expect him to promote Engstrand to OC as his nuts and bolts communicator. It will still be play calling by committee. Engstrand will look just like Johnson after 1 season, and you will be talking about hiring him too. As long as Campbell can lean on Staley and Brunell for the run and pass game, Campbell's offense will continue to look the same as it did this season.

Not Dungy/Moore Steelers line. Joe Philbin/Mike Sherman for Ben Johnson. Same line as Zac Taylor and Dan Campbell. The closest connection to Johnson would be McAdoo via Philbin. McAdoo and Philbin had a coaching relationship.

So, they are interviewing the Tom Moore offensive circle (Jim Caldwell, Frank Reich). Expecting to see Freddie Kitchens, Marc Trestman, and Byron Leftwich next. Interesting how these offensive minds developed under Tom Moore have history with Steve Wilks and Al Holcomb as their defensive counterparts. Tom Moore currently is with Bruce Arians on the Buccaneers payroll. Leftwich, Wilks, Christensen seems to be the direction this is going. Tepper and his youth during the 70s and 80s watching those Steelers teams is apparent. Tepper wants a Tom Moore offense and a Tony Dungy defense, and it would not surprise me if he has been consulting with Dungy. Tepper continues to talk up and secure the coaching mentors of Byron Leftwich.

Glass, Ridder, Purdy, and Coan are the QBs who made my draft board in 2022

Never called Ekwonu a bust. I called him a bad pass blocker at LT who was not worth a 5th round pick. He will always waist bend and struggle at LT when the game is on the line in the 4th quarter. His pass blocking will be good for 3 to 4 losses per season. He would be an ALL PRO guard. I spotted Brady with Michigan after wanting Griese in 98. I had Brady at a 3rd to 4th round value. He was put in tough positions by the coaching staff at Michigan and he was the #1 college QB in GWD. He closed out his college career with 4/5 GWD and had GWD in his 98 and 99 bowl games. He also was polished up and spoke highly of by Stan Parrish. This was all known before the draft, but the talk was about how awkward he looked and his poor performance at the combine. I did not value Drew Henson the same as Griese or Brady. Many of you like to take evaluation of your favorite players weak points as though they are a bust. Ekwonu struggles badly with his pass blocking, and that is well known. Should a LT who may never be a good pass blocker be taken with the 5th pick in the draft? A majority of people would say absolutely not.

This was the 2022 offseason. Jimmy G was available to the Panthers. I had 4 QBs on my draft board worth drafting and the Panthers could have had all 4 in camp. Purdy was one of those 4 and you load up on camp arms to evaluate and compete in the offseason. I would have had all 4 rookies in camp. It was there and I figured it out. The front office can't evaluate players very well. Trey Lance I always had as a bust. Never want him.

I support trades for young proven TEs, Edge rushers, and FS. Instead this team trades for failed QBs, CBs, and WRs.

Guess my proposed Jimmy G, Desmond Ridder, Brock Purdy, Aqeel Glass competition in the offseason looks much better than the Mayfield, Darnold, Corral, Walker QB room we saw play out.

Darnold's 5th in 5 years and 39 opportunities. 1st and likely last as a Panther. 11.4% GWD. I believe he is the lowest of all starting QBs in the NFL. I think all rookie QBs with a start in the NFL have a better % than him.

Saints are giving the game away lol

only negative if you are not of a championship mindset. Positive if you are championship focused.

Saints asked him to miss it lol

Draft position never matters in building a championship team. Championship teams move up in the 1st round to get who they believe is a special franchise players. Most of the time they trade down or out of the 1st round if there isn't any complete player with leadership and immediate impact potential. If all you want is a top 10 to 15 picks, what you want is a perennial loser who farms young players for championship teams to sign 5 years later when they need them.

season ending in 2 minutes

You are now seeing how bad these RBs are without Bozeman, BC, and Corbett as the interior line. If Elf were in there leading Jordan and Mays, there would be no chance of success for the RBs. CMC at least made runs and got positive plays more often than not. CMC with an interior of Corbett, Bozeman, and BC would have been the best in the NFL. All of these RBs are easily replaceable with 3 rookies from the 2023 draft. You could get RBs off the street that could perform just as well with 2 weeks in this offensive system.

I said this last offseason. A 3-5-3 of Karlaftis/Ridgeway/Brown - Luvu/Shaq/Lloyd/Chinn/Houston - Horn/Mathieu/Bryant. Trading Burns, moving Chinn to a flex SS/ILB position, moving Brown to a 3 tech DE, and going without Ioanidis, YGM, Littleton, Henderson, and Woods as starters would have given the Panthers a top 3 defense. Trading Burns and trading down from the 5th pick in the draft was always the key to improving the defense. Burns will never be anything more than a pass rush specialist.

When it comes to the 4th quarter with the game on the line the NFC QBs have the better numbers.

Looks like another 1st round QB about to get thumped in the SB by a 4th, 6th or 7th round draft pick. Again... same story over the past 6 decades Celebrate the 1st round QB and die by not having the rest of the team needed to win due to the 1st round QB.

Leftwich HC, Wilks DC/AHC, Christensen OC What I expect for the Panthers future

Darnold has been and will continue to be a negative return for the Panthers franchise if he stays on the roster.