Interviews: Round Two

[Steelo]

1 minute ago, App Panther said:

I don't think we need to draft another rookie QB to push Bryce. We need a vet for that and there's no shortage of them set to be FAs. Minshew, Dobbs, and Lock all had moments in which they looked serviceable and better than whatever the hell Bryce did. 

Rookie would be more prudent depending on the draft position. Unless you can get one of these guys on super cheap deals it’d be a better investment to use the cap improving the OL/WR room 

[Mage]

Dumb to draft a QB this year.  This team needs immediate help.  Besides, if Bryce is bad again, we'll have a high 1st in 2025 and will be in a better position to pick a QB who is an actual 1st round prospect.  This team can't afford to spend 3 draft picks on 3 QBs in 3 years.

Just wait until 2025.  Sign a quality, one year stopgap vet if you want competition.  

[csx]

Joe Milton next to Bryce Young  

[Steelo]

13 minutes ago, Mage said:

Dumb to draft a QB this year.  This team needs immediate help.  Besides, if Bryce is bad again, we'll have a high 1st in 2025 and will be in a better position to pick a QB who is an actual 1st round prospect.  This team can't afford to spend 3 draft picks on 3 QBs in 3 years.

Just wait until 2025.  Sign a quality, one year stopgap vet if you want competition.  

If we were in position to realistically push for the division, immediate help is nice. Next year is going to be a down year, no point in a 1 year stop gap. A later round QB doesn’t stop you from drafting one high in 25 if the need arises. Use the cap and draft capital to build the core of the team. No 1 year rentals unless we have prospect of keeping them longer term later. 

[Moonstone]

2 hours ago, Mage said:

Sign a quality, one year stopgap vet if you want competition

I would say we have one already in Andy Dalton

[Ricky Prickles]

1 hour ago, Moonstone said:

I would say we have one already in Andy Dalton

This right here

[Mr. Scot]

Couple of notes from Joe Person in The Athletic (link)

Dan Morgan's status

As the Carolina Panthers’ simultaneous searches for a head coach and general manager move into the next phases, it’s looking more and more likely that assistant general manager Dan Morgan has a good chance of sticking with the organization in a high-ranking role.

Who's doing the interviews 

In addition, the 45-year-old Morgan and two other members of the personnel department have been a part of the Panthers’ head coach interviews, league sources told The Athletic. The fact owner David Tepper has included Morgan in the process — along with vice president of player personnel Adrian Wilson and director of player personnel Cole Spencer — would seem to suggest Tepper is considering keeping at least some members of the front office during the transition.

Morgan's connections

Morgan has close ties to two of the Panthers’ head coach candidates. He was in Seattle when Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales were on Pete Carroll’s coaching staff.

Brian Johnson out

The Panthers appear to have quietly moved on from Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson, whom they had previously requested to interview. The Panthers have announced their completed interviews on their website or social media platforms, which they had done with 11 of the 12 known candidates — everybody but Johnson.

And with the Panthers now starting second interviews, Johnson apparently won’t get a first one. (A league source confirmed Johnson is no longer expected to interview with Carolina.)

Edited January 22 by Mr. Scot

[Martin]

34 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Couple of notes from Joe Person in The Athletic (link)

Dan Morgan's status

As the Carolina Panthers’ simultaneous searches for a head coach and general manager move into the next phases, it’s looking more and more likely that assistant general manager Dan Morgan has a good chance of sticking with the organization in a high-ranking role.

Who's doing the interviews 

In addition, the 45-year-old Morgan and two other members of the personnel department have been a part of the Panthers’ head coach interviews, league sources told The Athletic. The fact owner David Tepper has included Morgan in the process — along with vice president of player personnel Adrian Wilson and director of player personnel Cole Spencer — would seem to suggest Tepper is considering keeping at least some members of the front office during the transition.

Morgan's connections

Morgan has close ties to two of the Panthers’ head coach candidates. He was in Seattle when Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales were on Pete Carroll’s coaching staff.

Brian Johnson out

The Panthers appear to have quietly moved on from Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson, whom they had previously requested to interview. The Panthers have announced their completed interviews on their website or social media platforms, which they had done with 11 of the 12 known candidates — everybody but Johnson.

And with the Panthers now starting second interviews, Johnson apparently won’t get a first one. (A league source confirmed Johnson is no longer expected to interview with Carolina.)

I do like that two former players in Morgan and Wilson are part of the group interviewing the HC group. They will certainly look for some things from a players perspective including leadership qualities,

[Mr. Scot]

19 minutes ago, Martin said:

I do like that two former players in Morgan and Wilson are part of the group interviewing the HC group. They will certainly look for some things from a players perspective including leadership qualities,

I've never understood why Cole Spencer keeps getting promoted when people say our draft evaluations are a problem.

You never know what goes on behind the scenes but...

[rayzor]

7 hours ago, Mage said:

Dumb to draft a QB this year.  This team needs immediate help.  Besides, if Bryce is bad again, we'll have a high 1st in 2025 and will be in a better position to pick a QB who is an actual 1st round prospect.  This team can't afford to spend 3 draft picks on 3 QBs in 3 years.

Just wait until 2025.  Sign a quality, one year stopgap vet if you want competition.  

agreed with all this. keep dalton. add another vet FA QB. whatever you do, you don't trade for one or draft one aside from maybe a late round flyer guy. 

[GarthMcGrath]

Not only did we spend the picks on Corral and Young, we traded 4 other picks for Darnold and Mayfield. Those picks were almost identical to the four picks we received for CMC. And now that I’ve said that out loud, I am angry at this team yet again. So we basically traded CMC, DJ Moore, the 1 overall pick in 2024, another first and a second for Bryce Young, Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield.

[Steelo]

48 minutes ago, rayzor said:

agreed with all this. keep dalton. add another vet FA QB. whatever you do, you don't trade for one or draft one aside from maybe a late round flyer guy. 

Keep Dalton if he wants to stick around forsure. These veteran dudes might not want to stick around for a rebuild that’s my only reasoning for saying take a late round flyer. But you never know.. hire dependent I suppose. 

[The Lobo]

So Morgan hasn’t been officially named GM, but is helping with HC interviews, is that common? I thought Tepper wanted the HC to pick the GM? 

[TLGPanthersFan]

7 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

So Morgan hasn’t been officially named GM, but is helping with HC interviews, is that common? I thought Tepper wanted the HC to pick the GM? 

Well he wasn’t fired and is still the assistant GM. So I would say it is normal when the Panthers have no GM.