Soul Rebel

Brilliant offensive mind with a Shanny influence - check Helped improve/mold young QB - check NFL HC experience - check I can't see Miami doing this, but if it is done, he has to be the top candidate for us. Let's all be Jets fans this weekend, so the Phins will finish 8-9....and add some more fuel to this fire.

I don't know what kind of plan a HC/DC game plans for having your CB3 and CB4 starting against Evans & Godwin, with the GOAT at the helm of a home game to decide the division against a heated rival. JNo was there, but if he got torched, then fans would clown the HC for playing a "barista off the streets" against Evans and Godwin. I do think there should've been adjustments made to help the overwhelmed secondary, I just don't know what that would've been given who we're going against. Sh*tting the bed against PIT was a blemish on Wilks. Blowing a 14 point lead in the 2Q with the season on the line is tough. The second of the two 4th and 1 punts might be the nail in the coffin for me. This game reeked of the previous Fox/Rivera conservative call style. Playing not to lose vs. going for the jugular and seizing the W early on is foreshadowing to what the next 2-3 years of Wilks could look like. Winning at SEA in December and bouncing back to dominate DET also speak to what a Wilks coached team would look like. If Horn is healthy, we beat TB....no doubt. You swap the ATL loss to a W if not for the helmet penalty and Wilks as the HC from week one, and we're probably a 9-8/10-7 playoff team.

Steichen + Brian Johnson makes me happy. I don't know who Johnson would bring from Motown, but I'm confident that Brian Johnson will be a HC very, very soon as well. Draft Darnold someone like Johnston or Mayer in that offensive scheme and I think we are playoff ready year 1 of the new regime. Johnston-DJ-TMJ-Shenault is a nasty foursome.

Chicago will name their price for Carolina to jump Indy....and maybe even Vegas.

Can't hurt. 6'1" 200-lb, 25 year old CB that played his entire rookie season. Injuries ruined the past two years for him. If his style fits, can't be a bad depth option.

Wilkes is earning his HC position if he gets it. Much needed win before the bye week @ home Signature win @ SEA after the bye week Signature L @ home vs PIT Bounceback W @ home vs DET @ TB - Wilkes will need to show his defensive prowess and get the troops rallied after being down CB1 and CB2 against the GOAT with the division on the line. @ NO - road game against a hated rival to potentially enter the playoffs or go home. Mannnnnnn, that ATL/DJ helmet game is looming large right now. Pretty confident Eddy drills the PAT from normal distance.

Don't know Tepper's thinking, but I think if Wilks gets us into the postseason, he's our HC. If we miss the playoffs, he will look to hire one of the young OCs and/or take one more hail mary at an uninterested (supposedly) Sean Payton. If Wilks was the HC from game one, we're a playoff team, IMO. I also don't think the potential candidates that will be available for HC are head and shoulders above Wilks. As long as McAdoo isn't his OC, I think we will be a very good team in two years.

CJ - Taylor - Carrie will get torched. If they are serious about the playoffs, I wonder if there's any FA with familiarity in Wilks's system with a guy like Cockrell or maybe a vet from the area like Breeland.

Isn't Blackshear a returner? That has to be the last time Shi is in that role....Tabor is too smart for this.

I think Payton's ego puts him in a potential team like LAC or DAL if they collapse. Both have QBs that Payton can hang his hat on like he did with Brees. Only way he comes to Carolina is if Tepper gives him crazy money and have a QB in the crosshairs to come here. Tack on the rumor that Glazer said earlier that Payton wouldn't want to come to CLT. I'm okay with it too....do not want to give up a first round selection for him.

I love our three-headed monster right now. All bring a different dimension and keeps them each fresh for 4 quarters. Also very young overall. I'd love to re-sign Foreman to a team-friendly 2 or 3 yr deal. I also believe that we can find a gem in rounds 2 or 3 of the draft and/or free agency. TLDR; Foreman is ideal, don't want to overpay another RB though.

Much like RR, I like Wilks the man. I think he would be a great DC, but too reminiscent of Rivera/Fox as a HC. That style of play is a lot harder to equate to success in the current NFL. I too had hopes for Wilks if he went on a run and showed that he learned from his AZ days. One game does not make/break him, but losing to PIT was not a good look. If he can run the tables and get us into the post-season, I think he gets the job. If not, on to the next shiny toy. Johnson, Steichen, Reich make the most sense.

Thoughts on who you would want that checks all of these boxes?

I am not a pro-tanker, but after watching yesterday, I just want the season to end. Even if we get in, we will get smoked at home by a competent Team. Struggling against Trubisky at home with what was on the line is all I need to see. The Ravens and Bengals are a better litmus test for us and we did not fare well. Defenses are now stacking the box, and are daring Darnold to beat us. Being in the top-5 and getting a shot at Young, Stroud, Carter, Anderson or Murphy is huge.

Agree with the poster that says that yesterday's game was way too much of a flashback to a Fox/Rivera copy and paste game. If Wilks doesn't get the job, I think a finger can be pointed to yesterday's L. He said all the right things after the 'Hawks game, got the fans energized and hope for a playoff spot, coined a phenomenal phrase for home games and had us pointed in the right direction. He follows that up with a W yesterday and I think he moves much closer to the permanent position. I'm really pulling for him, but today feels way too much like the past five years' Mondays.

Run the ball Stop the run Win in the trenches on both sides Get off the field on 3rd down Time of possession We accomplished zero of these which is a pretty solid formula to win in the NFL. We were outcoached and both our offensive and defensive gameplans were JV-level of coaching. It felt like a Ron Rivera kinda L for sure.

Watching a WR duo like Metcalf/Lockett makes me want QJ from TCU. I also thought Mayer was nicknamed Baby Gronk. Wouldn’t be mad with either he or Johnston in our offense. Johnston-DJ-TMJ-Shenault

What happened yesterday was something that I don’t think Rhule ever had…..a signature win. Going into Seattle in December with their playoff/Division hopes in front of them, and leaving with a confident W was huge for Wilks and Co.

I really, really want to fall in love with Richardson as "our guy". I haven't watched a ton of him, but do feel that his game vs. FSU is who you're getting. Flashes of eye-popping ability, but mostly inconsistent play that makes you wanting more of the flashes. Odds are he blows away the combine and pro day, has solid interviews and goes top-12.

Are we talking about OC's when it comes to coaching? If it's HC, I'm confused....isn't every team trying to find the next McVay? Is the intent meant to be Campbell > McVay?

Huuuuge for Stroud if he can step up. Doesn't have to win, but has to show that he can handle an NFL-calibre defense. Make reads......go off-script....handle the stress/pressure. I don't foresee an OSU win, but if Stroud can have a Fields-esque Clemson performance, he could overtake Young for QB1.

Dude is somewhere between Manziel and Baker. Transfer portal.....to join Rhule at Nebraska?! He'll be drafted at 23 years old and then turn 24 in September of 2023.

The upside to missing out on the "Top-4" is snagging a guy like Mayer or Johnston to help the offense. Our OL looks set up for success as long as we bring back Bozeman. Looking at the 'Hawks with Geno and the Niners with Jimmy G makes me think that if we miss out on Stroud/Young, that we are a good HC/OC and decent QB away from a playoff push.

True....I meant more that we could bring TD in as a consultant or in a way similar to Luke and Smitty stopping by practices. Lend his own personal thoughts on the ins and outs of NFL life and what he did to maintain health while facing adversity.