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NFL execs on the Panthers offseason

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1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'd wanna know who those heads belong to.

For example, if they spend this offseason improving the defense only to have it still look mediocre or worse in the coming season, then Id say bye bye to Evero.

(half expected to do that after last year)

 

I would very much expect a bad to mediocre defense. It is largely bad to mediocre players, so that is to be expected, IMO.

Now, all that being said, on paper it has improved. So we should expect that it improves. If that does not happen.....we should be expecting a new DC.

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The problem with bringing Evero back is that decision falls on DC or at least that was the public stance. If he fails then DC is responsible. They are building around him big this year and are projected to draft heavey on the D side. DC doesn't have to be hands on that side but willingly brining back a coordinator that went 32/32 while putting up historic numbers would still fall at his feet hard. What quality DC would he get for year 3 while probably being on the hot seat in thst situation? I do not get why Evero is still here from any angle.

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33 minutes ago, Waldo said:

The problem with bringing Evero back is that decision falls on DC or at least that was the public stance. If he fails then DC is responsible. They are building around him big this year and are projected to draft heavey on the D side. DC doesn't have to be hands on that side but willingly brining back a coordinator that went 32/32 while putting up historic numbers would still fall at his feet hard. What quality DC would he get for year 3 while probably being on the hot seat in thst situation? I do not get why Evero is still here from any angle.

All roads lead back to David Tepper.

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1 hour ago, Waldo said:

The problem with bringing Evero back is that decision falls on DC or at least that was the public stance. If he fails then DC is responsible. They are building around him big this year and are projected to draft heavey on the D side. DC doesn't have to be hands on that side but willingly brining back a coordinator that went 32/32 while putting up historic numbers would still fall at his feet hard. What quality DC would he get for year 3 while probably being on the hot seat in thst situation? I do not get why Evero is still here from any angle.

I am not sure if it was or wasn't his decision to bring him back, but I am willing to bet that he fires him next offseason.

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1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

I am not sure if it was or wasn't his decision to bring him back, but I am willing to bet that he fires him next offseason.

He was saying so but who knows. I agree. Dude has been nothing but empty hype. The opposite of a McDermott here.

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59 minutes ago, Waldo said:

He was saying so but who knows. I agree. Dude has been nothing but empty hype. The opposite of a McDermott here.

He has no real allegiance to Evero and if things don't turn around quickly enough for Tepper, I could see that move being made.

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On 4/4/2025 at 11:55 PM, kungfoodude said:

Dan I am generally disappointed in overall. I think he is an averagish NFL pro personnel guy but leans heavily Fitterer in terms of college prospects.

But, even IF he fails here, I am gonna always love him as a player. I hope our fanbase can be big enough to separate him the GM vs. him the Panthers great. 

That's tough for the Huddle as the place that shamefully bullied him as a player when he was here.

Crazy how we throw around Panthers great for guy that never played a full season. 

The Jaycee Horn of LBs, dude played 59 out of 112 possible games in his career.

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1 hour ago, PootieNunu said:

Crazy how we throw around Panthers great for guy that never played a full season. 

The Jaycee Horn of LBs, dude played 59 out of 112 possible games in his career.

He had 25 tackles in the fuging Super Bowl and played like a kamikaze pilot. Dan Morgan was fun as hell to watch as a player.

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On 4/4/2025 at 9:11 AM, kungfoodude said:

This is something I have been repeatedly trying to warn Panther fans of. This is gonna be a pretty bad team next season.

The W's and L's are going to matter less(to a point) than if we start to look like the bones of a functional roster emerge. 

There is no quick fix coming. This is going to take time and a healthy dose of competent roster building to turn around.

100%!! Last year we focused completely on offense, and it made leaps, especially when Bryce settled in for the 2nd half of the season. We kept all those players and improved our RB stable this free agency! This year we focused almost entirely on D, specifically our run D. I expect it to jump to at least average, which would be awesome considering they are starting at dead frikin last.

Our draft class from last year, however, doesn't exactly make me tingle. I know, I know..."traded away our first round pick, give them time to develop", but still. The 1 gem was Coker, a UDFA who I really like, but he ain't exactly Randy Moss. We have to do better! We can't afford to only build via Free agency.

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On 4/7/2025 at 8:39 PM, kungfoodude said:

He has no real allegiance to Evero and if things don't turn around quickly enough for Tepper, I could see that move being made.

Allegiance? No.

One of my initial worries about Canales was that he might be too nice a guy to fire people who oughtta be dumped, but he did dump some defensive staffers this offseason so there's that.

Question now is where does it go from here...

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20 hours ago, shaqattaq said:

100%!! Last year we focused completely on offense, and it made leaps, especially when Bryce settled in for the 2nd half of the season. We kept all those players and improved our RB stable this free agency! This year we focused almost entirely on D, specifically our run D. I expect it to jump to at least average, which would be awesome considering they are starting at dead frikin last.

Our draft class from last year, however, doesn't exactly make me tingle. I know, I know..."traded away our first round pick, give them time to develop", but still. The 1 gem was Coker, a UDFA who I really like, but he ain't exactly Randy Moss. We have to do better! We can't afford to only build via Free agency.

I wouldn't say completely. 4 of 7 picks were defense. 9 of 17 free agents defense 

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1 hour ago, csx said:

I wouldn't say completely. 4 of 7 picks were defense. 9 of 17 free agents defense 

Fair enough. I was referring to our "splash" moves: trading up for XL and Brooks, signing not 1 but 2 big time FA guards, even signing a "QB whisperer" as a head coach. Everything was done to make Bryce better.

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