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There’s really nothing to fix. Bryce didn’t break last year, he consistently looked a certain level of bad minus one half against Barry’s GB defense. It’s more like “get a team together to make him look good”

Thats a bit too much of a pipe dream for me though, just trying to connect dots. Aiyuk is one of the best pure receivers in the league. Doubt SF looks to move him. He’s an integral part of their team vying for a SB. Doubt Metcalf is going anywhere as well.

The one to keep an eye on is Lockett that worked heavily with Canales. He will be the casualty there with JSN coming up. DK should be in SEA to stay for a bit.

He’s a promising coach. Curious to see how the Athletic Football show breaks this down.

It’s more promising than not. I’m personally a fan.

Note that he worked under Pete Carroll for 13/14 years. It’s not like he’s some fish out of water.

As one of the resident Canales stans I’m happy but have to temper expectations. This team has a long way to go still.

Canales has been a guy NFL nerds have paid attention to for a bit — this is a promising hire. Of course, we are the Panthers and we shouldn’t inflate expectations, but it’s promising and a refreshing direction.

I’m excited for this. Overall expectations will remain tame given our history with Tepper but Canales has a ton of potential.

Checking out some of Seattle's online platforms, the greater media perception is Quinn or maybe Vrabel, but Slowik is definitely not being counted out there. Seems like a wildcard for them. Not much traction with them and Macdonald from what I found. Quinn+Kelly (fans are hating that idea) v. Vrabel v. Slowik. And with Belichick not being as heavily favored for ATL, Macdonald and Weaver become 2 of the frontrunners (ATL requested 2nd interviews w/them). They interviewed Vrabel this afternoon. Commanders are still pretty heavily presumed to be Ben Johnson's choice. Per Tom Pelissero, them and the Falcons are sending contingents to Detroit next week for second interviews. No word on us yet. So, adding it all up, it really does seem like this could be aligning with Macdonald v. Canales v. Evero with Vrabel as an outside shot. Same with Morris & Monken. Unless someone really comes out of left field.

I just hope whoever comes in has a clear & consistent vision. Not the preachy BS that Rhule spewed out with clueless college and over the hill NFL position coaches. Not the "let's grab every NFL lifer we can think of and bring them together to collaborate" approach under Reich. Not to mention, he was a rambler on the mic as well. Just a clear idea of what they want on defense, offense, the type of team they want, the type of culture they want to instill. Give us the well-defined, hard sh*t, not the fluff, not the disorganized chaos.

Yep that's been chatted about

I was thinking Vrabel made a lot sense in Seattle. Wouldn't hate it, but man, it would be nice to try an approach we've never done before.

Yeah him and Canales are the once I’ve around interesting outside of Johnson. Don’t really have much interest in Monken so that’s good to hear haha. Sounds like it’s still a bit open ended. Interesting to see what unfolds.

Tyler Lockett is also a likely cap casualty in Seattle who would be a great help. They know eachother intimately from his years with Baldwin as their WR coach.

I was afraid that would be the case when Ben Johnson backed out last year because our crop became very meh without Steichen interest. Didn't foresee the trainwreck that would ensure giving us a shot this year haha

I honestly don't see why Canales isn't viewed as more "flashy". Same goes for Macdonald. They are still young, have more experience than Slowik and Johnson, held steady in minimal spots, & have the bulk of their careers under great coaches (Both Harbaughs & Carroll). For nerdier football types, Canales has been getting hype for more than this year, longer than Slowik. It may boil down to some may only be excited about Shanahan tree ties, but that's not the end all/be all for where you can find a young gun. And honestly, Evero seems like a great potential coach. Morris is the one I think would give the most divisive reaction. His time as a HC was long ago, but not the best. But on the flipside, he's been in a great org with McVay, and had some GREAT rookie work this year in Byron Young and Kobie Turner. Both in the running for DROY. Monken is the only one that would make me raise an eyebrow.

Wonder if it could be Macdonald? One of the guys being interviewed everywhere that we had for round 1. Everyone and their grandma knows we've been interested in Ben Johnson, and that the Commanders are eyeing him, so there's not much to really dance around there. Any word on Macdonald from your end?

I imagine he would as he's employed by the Panthers

Florio notoriously despises Tepper. This is expected from him. Florio is to Tepper as JT O'Sullivan is to Thielen lol

Not that I enjoy hiring/firing coaches all the time, but it sure makes for an entertaining huddle experience haha.

Yes, No, maybe so

With the silence on the Ben Johnson & Mike Macdonald fronts, Evero, Canales and Morris seem to the remaining lot. Not seeing much on Quinn, Callahan is in TEN, the other Johnson is out, the rest don't seem to have traction. I'm still throwing my hat in the Canales ring.

Person has slowly been getting better over the years. Decent piece with some perspective. I'm going to be cautious given he was part of the bad, but I do think there's reasons to be hopeful with a restructure taking place, and hopefully Dan getting some new people in with him on the personnel side of things. Wonder if Adrian Wilson is staying.

That is true haha. All the Tepper hires that have turned out terribly were regarded.