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List in OP is weird but IMO: 1. Fox 2. Rivera 3. Capers

ehhh

Johnson being able to scheme up 3 TDs for Shane Zylstra makes me think he can coach up Tremble and Thomas rather than use a top 10 pick on a TE. edit: Altho I'd love to sign Evan Engram or Mike Gesicki in FA...Engram especially

By definition whoever the owner hires, it will be someone who the owner likes. Such a dumb sentiment to say "Tepper like = bad hire derp"

Marquand request is for a DC gig, not HC

We get it, you're good with 7 or 8 wins year in year out behind a run first mentality. Most others here want to join the NFL of the 21st century and don't mind swings to land our version of McVay rather than hiring Ron Rivera 2.0.

People hating on Ben for only having one year of coordinator experience, here are some of today's HCs that similar or even less experience: Zac Taylor - never was a coordinator; been to a SB Kevin Stefanski - one year as a full time OC; took Browns to playoffs got their first playoff win since 2002 Mike McDaniel - one year as 49ers OC; have Phins in playoffs in his first season Matt LaFleur - two years as an OC (one year each with Rams and Titans); had 3 straight 13 win seasons

Fine by me. I'm in the Johnson or Steichen camp.

I mean the Spanos family has owned the Chargers for nearly 20 years and the franchise has 5 total playoff wins in that timeframe with Rivers and Herbert as franchise QBs. The Tepper era hasn't gotten off to a roaring start, to say the least, but let's see how the next 5-10 years play out.

Not quite aware of who he may have ties to from a HC perspective. Person confirmed Wilks would go after Brian Johnson to be his OC, maybe Manuel is his pick for DC?

He deleted the tweet about Ben interviewing today

Tweet was deleted, think he’s wrong

Not only that but you’re punting on the possibility that you blow a team away to the point where they decide they’re gonna go with you instead of who they thought they wanted

Wonder if the Panthers reach out to Evero or Morris now.

If Ryans and Mayo ultimately don't end up interviewing then we will need to interview another minority candidate before we can officially hire anyone.

I'd be happy with Johnson or Steichen, but for some reason, I'm leaning towards Johnson. Maybe UNC is the tiebreaker for me lol. I do think if it's Johnson I would prefer he get a former HC as his DC. Someone like Vance Joseph (coached with him in Miami). Nugget here, but in 2021, Dom Capers was a Senior Defensive Assistant/Consultant for the Lions, that could be a good potential DC/AHC hire that has a connection to Johnson. Otherwise, there are former HCs that could be available for DC roles (Vic Fangio, Gus Bradley, potentially Raheem Morris if McVay leaves the Rams).

I do think Mayo could break the mold and would be an intriguing HC candidate. I don't think he's a serious contender for the Panthers job, but anecdotally it seems like recent ex-LBs have made for some pretty good coaching candidates (Vrabel, Ryans).

Does Wilks have any connection to Dan Mullen? Johnson coached QBs at both of Mullen's stops (MSU and UF) and was also OC at Florida before Mullen was fired.

Agreed. I think if Wilks is the guy, I would not at all be surprised if one of Caldwell or Reich ends up being the OC in Carolina.

Yeah I think in the case of Brian Johnson specifically, he's probably thinking 1) does Steichen get a HC job? If yes, I'm in line to get become OC with a great QB in place OR I could follow him depending on the situation (e.g. if Steichen lands in Houston or Indy, I can help mold a top 5 rookie QB); 2) does Gannon get a HC job? If so, I could potentially follow him similarly to Houston or Indy (reports are that Gannon is the early front runner in Houston) and probably have a bunch of autonomy to coordinate the offensive side of the ball with a #2 overall pick at QB. I think Wilks would be my fallback where if Steichen doesn't leave AND Gannon gets a HC gig but has a different person in mind at OC, THEN I would look into a situation where I take the promotion to OC under a guy like Wilks that I don't have much (any?) experience with.