Evero?!?! Should he be on the Hot Seat

[TylerDurden]

It’s funny, bc it seemed like the entire board believed he was a genius after that first season, but ever since, the tide has dramatically turned.  I too was drinking the kool-aid after that first season, but idk wtf has happened…  it’s not just injuries.  Every year coaches make more with less, injuries included.  There is something wrong schematically and strategically.  And tbh, our defense just doesn’t look well-coached, which isn’t just on Evero but the position coaches.  Poor technique, poor angles, poor gap/assignment discipline, knocking each other out of plays constantly.  Idk what it is exactly, but it’s not encouraging to say the least.

[DaveThePanther2008]

7 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

knocking each other out of plays constantly.

THIS^^^^

I saw this the other night and thought how can this be happening again.  That seemed to be our biggest issue last year.  Bunching up and getting knocked out of the play.  Tackling a RB we hit at the line of scrimmage and finally made the tackle 10 yards later. 

Edited August 10, 2025 by DaveThePanther2008

[Manna]

I don't know if it's scheme or personnel but there was no pass rush whatsoever until he started blitzing DBs the other night. That's been the status quo with his scheme. I feel we should let him go and return to using a 4-3 defense. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

That leads to the next question.  How many games do we give him?  2, 3, 5, 8?

[CRA]

The Tepper era has loved the scapegoat model to date.   Always a guy lined up and ready if things go south to take the heat.  

Fanbase was way too happy at the end of the year and allowed Tepper to roll Evero into this year. 

[KillerKat]

Another bad year and he should be gone.

[TD alt]

I never believed he was some genius. I know that that was a media narrative, but I was never convinced. 

I think Ejiro is way past the hot seat, and I just can't say that he even knows what he's doing.

[CRA]

38 minutes ago, Manna said:

I don't know if it's scheme or personnel but there was no pass rush whatsoever until he started blitzing DBs the other night. That's been the status quo with his scheme. I feel we should let him go and return to using a 4-3 defense. 

The whole need to be 3-4ish is David Tepper.  

[csx]

1 hour ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

3-4 sucks. Has always sucked. But it doesn’t help he is a terrible defensive coordinator. 
He should have been fired last year but thankfully this is the last year on his contract. 
We will lose games because of his defense. 

The majority of the top defenses over last several seasons are 3-4

[Beast_3000]

40 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

That leads to the next question.  How many games do we give him?  2, 3, 5, 8?

If our offense is lighting it up (Top 10 minimum) I think you consider making a change if the defense is not in the top 18 statistically.

 

Realistically you don’t go from worst ever to top 10 unit but as you stated in your initial post “Show us something sheesh” 

Since we have a lot of young players I say the sweet spot is around game 7 or 8. I’m not opposed to letting him finish the year though because our roster is still void of high end talent.  I don’t think we have a playoff roster. 

 

I absolutely would like a change after this season unless we are a top 15ish defense. I just haven’t seen enough.  I disagree with many on the forum though. I would like to continue to run the 3-4. 

[csx]

4 minutes ago, csx said:

The majority of the top defenses over last several seasons are 3-4

But I've lost confidence in Evero. It hasn't worked at all so far

[Shotgun]

I doubt he makes until the end of the season.

[Gapanthersfan]

1 hour ago, jb2288 said:

I think we either fire him mid season and promote Todd to DC or he does a good job relevant to what we have and we all see last year was due to having no talent on the roster. 

I was about to say this same thing. His seat should be hotter than the surface of the sun. 

[Icege]

Evero's seat is uncomfortably warm, for sure, but I appreciate the team not scapegoating him after last season. They sunk everything into the offense and left the defense being held together by spit and duct tape.

Then lose the two leaders in DB + Shaq to start? Ugh...

I'm hoping to see more of a return to scheme now that he's got the talent to execute. Going to need a lot of luck though to get through the season healthy. DBs might not be as bad as originally feared (though a starting-caliber safety would be the cherry on top) and the DL is deep after all of the resources thrown at it... but the LB room is rough.

I don't expect to start seeing strides until midway through the season. The Bills game I think will be a big tone setter for the rest of the season for the defense.