Evero's defense will be fast and aggressive.

[CPcavedweller]

22 hours ago, panthers55 said:

I haven't heard many folks that think the transition will be difficult. We brought in folks up front who have played in a 3-4 and guys like Shaq have played in one under Rivera.  We do have the personnel to run it. The bigger issue is how comfortable the players are running it and can they play without overthinking things.

There will be a transition. Make no mistake about that. We have 1's who can go, but we lack depth. 

[Gerry Green]

1 hour ago, CPcavedweller said:

There will be a transition. Make no mistake about that. We have 1's who can go, but we lack depth. 

 

Not sure why you feel there will be a transition? He was at Denver for only 1 year, and I've heard they did quite well.

 

As for depth? Too early to tell. The only real worry is at the starting CB position. Other than that, there are players all over that D that are capable.

 

We have 2 very good Safeties. Good LBs, and talent on the line. No need to worry about all that other stuff the first week in July.

[poundaway]

On 7/6/2023 at 12:49 AM, DaveThePanther2008 said:

I believe the entire key to our defense will be how the backend performs.  If Horn and Jackson stay healthy, I think this defense could be very special.  We have many good players up front. 

The keys are Jackson and Horn and that is my worry.  Neither seem to be able to stay healthy.  Our only other hope is that others on the roster step up in a big way.

However, if they do stay healthy Evero will be able to do many exciting things with our defense.  He's a proved DC that can lead a top 10 defense.  No reason we shouldn't be inside the top 10. 

Let's go.

Assuming Jackson's achilles doesn't slow him down.  The D looked downright putrid at times last year.  I'm not sure we invested enough in it in this off season.

[BEASTfromdaEAST]

 

One thing I can confidently say is if our CBs on the outside won't be able to handle the deep ball 1 on 1  Evero will put a FREAKN SAFETY OVER TOP!!!!

So that in itself will be a major upgrade over Snowmans weak ass play calling.

I'm personally pumped to see what he can get out of this defense

[panthers55]

4 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

There will be a transition. Make no mistake about that. We have 1's who can go, but we lack depth. 

Reports were that multiple players had career years for Denver in Evero's first year in his new system. Apparently he makes the transition easy and knows how to maximize each players talent.  If he does the same thing here this will be a top 5 defense. Apparently he is good at developing depth guys into decent starters as well. 

[Gerry Green]

1 hour ago, panthers55 said:

Reports were that multiple players had career years for Denver in Evero's first year in his new system. Apparently he makes the transition easy and knows how to maximize each players talent.  If he does the same thing here this will be a top 5 defense. Apparently he is good at developing depth guys into decent starters as well. 

 

Fingers crossed.

[CPcavedweller]

1 hour ago, panthers55 said:

Reports were that multiple players had career years for Denver in Evero's first year in his new system. Apparently he makes the transition easy and knows how to maximize each players talent.  If he does the same thing here this will be a top 5 defense. Apparently he is good at developing depth guys into decent starters as well. 

If that happens I really hope we have another guy lined up for a DC job. If he has another year like Denver had on defense, he will be gone in one or two cycles. 

[PootieNunu]

30 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

If that happens I really hope we have another guy lined up for a DC job. If he has another year like Denver had on defense, he will be gone in one or two cycles. 

Hoping for 2 for our OC and DC so we can get those extra draft picks. 

Of course if they are both doing well and want to stick around then that is cool too. 

Edited July 8, 2023 by PootieNunu

[CPantherKing]

As long as it doesn't resemble anything he did for the Broncos in losing all those leads and 4Q game leading drives from Wilson. His defense gave up 5 4Q leads and failed to stop teams in all 3 OT games. He struggled against the Bucs, Raiders, and Panthers - Mayfield, Carr, and Darnold.

Inexperienced DC. Inexperienced QB. Average play caller in Frank Reich.

[KSpan]

14 hours ago, Gerry Green said:

 

Not sure why you feel there will be a transition? He was at Denver for only 1 year, and I've heard they did quite well.

 

As for depth? Too early to tell. The only real worry is at the starting CB position. Other than that, there are players all over that D that are capable.

 

We have 2 very good Safeties. Good LBs, and talent on the line. No need to worry about all that other stuff the first week in July.

 

11 hours ago, panthers55 said:

Reports were that multiple players had career years for Denver in Evero's first year in his new system. Apparently he makes the transition easy and knows how to maximize each players talent.  If he does the same thing here this will be a top 5 defense. Apparently he is good at developing depth guys into decent starters as well. 

Denver had been running a base 3-4 for years under Fangio, who is no defensive slouch himself and whose defenses finished 10, 25, and 3 in pts allowed since 2019. This is an entirely different situation schematically, let alone the personnel aspect, with Evero having retained a lot of the prior defense when he took over.

"We’ll be 3-4 in our base defense,” Evero confirmed during his introductory press conference on Tuesday. “We’ll play a variety of sub packages. There will be a lot of carryover from what these guys did last year …. I think the players will be familiar with a lot of what we’re going to present to them. We’re going to always start players first and then move into the scheme.”

https://broncoswire.usatoday.com/2022/02/24/denver-broncos-ejiro-evero-will-keep-vic-fangio-3-4-defense/

There will absolutely be growing pains this year.

[BrianS]

19 hours ago, Gerry Green said:

 

Not sure why you feel there will be a transition? He was at Denver for only 1 year, and I've heard they did quite well.

 

As for depth? Too early to tell. The only real worry is at the starting CB position. Other than that, there are players all over that D that are capable.

 

We have 2 very good Safeties. Good LBs, and talent on the line. No need to worry about all that other stuff the first week in July.

Because Denver was already running a 3-4 when Evero arrived.  We were a 4-3.

[panthers55]

19 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

If that happens I really hope we have another guy lined up for a DC job. If he has another year like Denver had on defense, he will be gone in one or two cycles. 

No doubt. He will be a candidate for HC and we better have someone in the wings learning the system.

[ladypanther]

29 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

No doubt. He will be a candidate for HC and we better have someone in the wings learning the system.

Our only hope to delay it is 1) There are no good looking HC openings next year and 2) Tepper throws money like Detroit did with Ben Johnson.

[panthers55]

3 hours ago, ladypanther said:

Our only hope to delay it is 1) There are no good looking HC openings next year and 2) Tepper throws money like Detroit did with Ben Johnson.

Evero is already making a lot. Money won't be why he jumps, it will be to be a HC. Then again being DC on this staff might be better than HC of some teams.

Edited July 8, 2023 by panthers55