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Evero HC requests!


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16 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Yes, I provided it. You didn't.

He was the DC of the worst run defense in NFL history.

Why?

A.  He's not very good and could in fact be horrible if the facts are worst defense = worst DC.  

or

B.  He did not have the personal to run a proper NFL defense.

The context is the cupboard was pretty bare when he got here and we focused on the offense and basically put the defense on the back burner.

If A is correct, then explain why last year and this year so many other teams are trying to poach him for a DC or head coach position.  Square that circle for me.

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8 minutes ago, Loyalty4Life said:

He was the DC of the worst run defense in NFL history.

Why?

A.  He's not very good and could in fact be horrible if the facts are worst defense = worst DC.  

or

B.  He did not have the personal to run a proper NFL defense.

The context is the cupboard was pretty bare when he got here and we focused on the offense and basically put the defense on the back burner.

If A is correct, then explain why last year and this year so many other teams are trying to poach him for a DC or head coach position.  Square that circle for me.

I have yet to see his mastery of building a shut down the run defensive scheme.
But I can’t condemn anyone off of what could never be because they were forced to take a butter knife to a gunfight as he was in 2024.  

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20 minutes ago, Loyalty4Life said:

He was the DC of the worst run defense in NFL history.

Why?

A.  He's not very good and could in fact be horrible if the facts are worst defense = worst DC.  

or

B.  He did not have the personal to run a proper NFL defense.

The context is the cupboard was pretty bare when he got here and we focused on the offense and basically put the defense on the back burner.

If A is correct, then explain why last year and this year so many other teams are trying to poach him for a DC or head coach position.  Square that circle for me.

Are you now equating best/worst rush defense with best/worst defense? Those are separate things entirely.

For rush defense, depending on how you quantify it, he has been largely in the bottom third of the league his entire career as a defensive coordinator. 

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As you can see, aside from his one year in Denver, he has never been above 20th in yardage. Now, there is context to consider which is most coordinators choose to run on him(24th-32nd ranked in his three year in Carolina). So, if you just simply look at Y/A, it has been a relatively mixed bag. Twice a top 15 defense but twice a bottom 15 defense. 

The thing the should make all this good/bad run defense a lot clearer is the right most columns. Evero's defense has always prioritized pass defense and confusing QB's. That's the core of his defensive philosophy, as has been reported relatively widely.

As much as there are ample personnel issues on that side of the ball(many of which he contributes to with his below average talent evaluations) his defenses may never be truly elite in rush and pass defense unless they are stocked with defensive talent. Like....his Denver defense that he inherited was.

To that point, if you look at all those rankings from the three years Fangio(of whom Evero is a noted disciple) it shows a progression of getting steadily better into the far more elite defense it is now under Vance Joseph.

As far as his HC interest, recall that he was a hot commodity after Denver and that cooled significantly after his first two years here. I suppose if you count getting interviews for HC positions as a benchmark for being a good coach(most would not) then he is middle of the packish.

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10 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Are you now equating best/worst rush defense with best/worst defense? Those are separate things entirely.

For rush defense, depending on how you quantify it, he has been largely in the bottom third of the league his entire career as a defensive coordinator. 

Screenshot_20260116_162035.thumb.jpg.1fa2afd169ec828318b45d661f72daef.jpg

As you can see, aside from his one year in Denver, he has never been above 20th in yardage. Now, there is context to consider which is most coordinators choose to run on him(24th-32nd ranked in his three year in Carolina). So, if you just simply look at Y/A, it has been a relatively mixed bag. Twice a top 15 defense but twice a bottom 15 defense. 

The thing the should make all this good/bad run defense a lot clearer is the right most columns. Evero's defense has always prioritized pass defense and confusing QB's. That's the core of his defensive philosophy, as has been reported relatively widely.

As much as there are ample personnel issues on that side of the ball(many of which he contributes to with his below average talent evaluations) his defenses may never be truly elite in rush and pass defense unless they are stocked with defensive talent. Like....his Denver defense that he inherited was.

To that point, if you look at all those rankings from the three years Fangio(of whom Evero is a noted disciple) it shows a progression of getting steadily better into the far more elite defense it is now under Vance Joseph.

As far as his HC interest, recall that he was a hot commodity after Denver and that cooled significantly after his first two years here. I suppose if you count getting interviews for HC positions as a benchmark for being a good coach(most would not) then he is middle of the packish.

No, both instances of references to the defense were specific to the run defense.  I should have said "run defense" the 2nd time.  You admit there has been ample personal issue but then use those stats to support your argument.

I'm not arguing on the effectiveness of his specific scheme overall.  I'm saying he is only now getting the proper personal to run his scheme.  The stats are the stats and while I don't disagree with any of what you're saying, 3 years of those stats are based on the Panthers front office not giving him the tools to run a competitive NFL defense until this year with D. Brown getting healthy and the additional of Tre'von Moehrig.

I want to see his defense when we don't have multiple key starter positions manned with players who would IMHO are not starting level players.  With some talent  I say all this while not being a big fan of his scheme.  I would prefer a 4-3 but that's neither here or there.

And yes, I would call getting requests and interviews from other teams who want to hire him good evidence that he may be a pretty good DC and has a lot of potential as a HC.

In 2022 he had HC requests from the Broncos, Colts, and Texans.  He also had requests for DC from the Vikings, Falcons and the Panthers.  We hired him to be our DC.

In 2023 it was the Falcons, Raiders and Seahawks for a HC position.

In 2024 the Falcons, Seahawks and the Panthers interviewd him for HC.  We blocked the Jags from a DC interview.

In 2025 (which is this years hiring cycle) so far its the Falcons, Raiders and just today the Steelers, all for the HC position.


 

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