Mr. Scot

Disagree, but it doesn't matter. Evero's contract is up at season's end and I haven't seen anyone suggest the Panthers will bring him back.

You know that's not gonna happen, though. Some retooling of the defensive staff seems likely.

Josh Norris has been discussing Canales on Twitter. He cites in-game decision making as one of the areas where he needs improvement, citing examples like the 49ers game, among others. For a head coach, in-game decision making is...kind of a big deal

I'd forgotten he was up there Wilks has a skill set that's arguably better suited to head coach than defensive coordinator, but his toolbox is lacking in some rather critical areas (staff choices, for one).

Get the feeling Morris is doomed, so it's a plausible scenario.

Also this from our good buddy John Ellis... Non-specific to the slide question, yesterday's officiating was the sh-ttiest I've seen all season.

Brown on yesterday's calls...

Canales has improved over time, but he's still learning. That he's actually capable of learning puts him a cut above a fair number of unsuccessful coaches.

NFL coaches do indeed sometimes call and / or design plays with an eye toward drawing a penalty. You can go back as far as old clips of Marv Levy coaching the Chiefs to see evidence of that. I have pretty much zero doubt that Shough's final run falls into that category.

And likely to have a new DC next season

Wouldn't be the first time...

Just a couple of weeks ago we were asking why we aren't trying to go further downfield...then we started trying it and we won games. That discussion and this one both center on the same person, and it ain't Bryce.

Get Robert Hunt back healthy and this discussion changes significantly.

Inconsistent application, and not just in this game or specifically against us. There are controversies about the endorcement of this rule on a pretty regular basis every season.

To be fair, a pretty large portion of that allocation has been injured all season.

We aren't the only ones having it...

Quick note on a news item i just saw that's not Panthers related but is a very "WTF" kind of story... And in a bizarre turn... Damn

He hasn't looked at the All 22.

I'd vote for it

Thought I remembered it being something like that...

Yep. Likewise, I 've always wondered why it's never "rigged" when we win. For the rigged game narrative to be believable, you have to be able to make a convincing argument that we could have won the game if it weren't. Our prior game performance vs the Saints fix makes that a more difficult task. What makes it even more difficult is when you can point to identifiable mistakes. You can certainly do that in today's game.

We're not playing against the Panthers defense

We're at least a year away from any chance of making a permanent change at quarterback, and probably longer. While we're waiting on that moment, we definitely need to shore up other areas.

Don't we need help if we lose one of the Bucs games? That's certainly be the best path

Don't buy that game being rigged either. They didn't need to. We played (and coached) like dog sh-t