How I would fix the Carolina Panthers

Step 1:

I would fire Scott Fitterer immediately, his attempts to trade for Higgins, Davante and Sweat were the final desperation moves of a failed GM tenure plagued with wasted draft capital. I am not sure how he survived Rhule’s tenure, I thought we should have completely cleaned house and started fresh. Tepper is learning how to be an owner on the fly, so I expect a full house clean in January.

Step 2:

Depending how Sunday vs the Cowboys goes, I would potentially fire Frank Reich and promote Ejiro Evero as the interim. I think we can already tell Frank is not the right fit to lead this team. He is soft spoken, does not inspire confidence and our team comes out flat every week. He was a bad play caller, has mismanaged clock and late game decisions, our QB is not progressing as he should and the overall scheme has not adapted to correct the failures. You can say personnel all you want, but this same o-line was top 5 in rushing yards down the stretch with Wilks. Maybe Miles Sanders is bad, but I think changing your run blocking scheme when it was already successful is to blame. I also understand our pass blocking has regressed, but at the same time we are almost at a 3:1 pass to run ratio. The point is, through 9 weeks of Reich’s tenure, we are one of the most penalized offenses, have not established an identity and are dead last in explosive plays. If you want to know why the offense doesn’t put up points, it’s because our scheme requires TD drives to be 15-20 plays. In the Bears game we had a 15 play, 50 yard drive that took off around 5 minutes. You have no room for error when you play such short passing football.

Step 3:

Allow Evero and staff to adjust for the remainder of the season and prove they have what it takes as a staff. Evero was interviewed as a HC and he is highly sought after. Our defense has been solid despite missing 7 week 1 starters. Imagine if the unit was 100% healthy. Thomas Brown may not be a seasoned play caller, but he’s cooking with spoiled goods (Reich Dinosaur Scheme).

Step 4:

Off season moves- Yikes, 9 weeks into the Reich Era and I am writing about the moves we will make in the off season.

Current Draft Picks: 33, 65, 101, 143, 163, 179

Current Cap Space: 40M

Pending Free Agents: Brian Burns, Frankie Luvu, Jeremy Chinn, CJ Henderson, Lavishka Shenault, Chark, Justin Houston, YGM and some more depth pieces

Signings:

Resign Burns 5 years 140M

Extend Derrick Brown 4 years 65M

Extend and Restructure Taylor Moton, current cap hit is 29M in 2024 and 27M in 2025.

Resign Luvu 3 years 28M

Let CJ, Chinn, Chark, YGM, Houston Walk

Resign Lavishka for cheap, (I like his potential as a deebo type player and he would be very cheap)

Go after Higgins, Ridley, Evans, Pittman. You have to sign one of these guys

Draft:

  1. BPA, ideally some help inside at guard or a speedy wideout. A trade down to accumulate more picks is the ideal scenario.

  2. A true NT

  3. BPA, hopefully CB or more IOL help

  4. BPA

  5. BPA

  6. BPA

Coaching Search:

If Evero has the goods retain him, if not throw a massive bag at Ben Johnson. Everyone keeps saying he refused to come here last year, He refused to interview everywhere because he did not feel like he finished his business in Detroit. I understand we may look like a worse situation now, but we have Bryce Young to build around. Our roster right now is depleted with talent, injuries, draft bust, and a massive dead cap hit from CMC and DJM. Next year we have cap space and still have 3 picks in the top 100. Our 2nd is going to be a late first.

Other openings (Raiders, Falcons) will most likely not have a QB in place yet. And say what you want about Bryce Young, he was a number 1 pick and it was not a shocker unlike the revisionists like to say on this reddit. Ben Johnson will get his chance to work with a young talent in Bryce Young and build something special in his home state.

Cornerstones: Bryce Young, Brian Burns, Derrick Brown, Jaycee Horn, Taylor Moton and Ikem Ekwonu

Also, there is no evidence that Tepper forced the pick of Bryce Young or made Fitt sign any of our free agency signings. Media, GMs, Players and Coaches all loved and continue to support Bryce Young. He has not been perfect, but I think it’s pretty obvious he is a part of a much bigger problem on this team.

  • Daddy_T_26BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Print this off and mail it to Mint Street attn: David Tepper lol

  • michelangelo52BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m honestly not mad at this plan at all. u/GreenvilleLocal for G.M. Stat!

  • TheLittleDuddasBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I think it’s very unlikely changing out the offensive coaching staff will instantly fix the problems. The staff Reich put together was considered by EVERYONE to be a top staff. I guess everyone could be wrong, but I find it unlikely. You could keep Bryant and hopefully retain the rest of the assistants, but the scheme was already 60/40 between Frank and Bryant and now Bryant calls the plays and the offense certainly hasn’t improved. So idk how you can conclude that the lack of offensive production isn’t at least 50% on Bryant right now. I highly doubt firing Frank and keeping the rest of the staff while moving Evero to HC would change anything with the offense.

    Deciding you don’t want Frank’s scheme would be fine, but then you get rid of the entire coaching staff and will still have growing pains while also hampering BY’s time.

    The off-season by Fitt on the offensive end was abysmal. He needs canned and they need an off-season getting some talent. Then figure out if you believe in Frank and BY after another season. If not, cut ties with Frank, bring in a new offensive coach so the GM can start getting players for the scheme, and plan to draft another QB at the end of the following year.

    One misconception I see is people saying coaches should adjust schemes to match personnel. This simply doesn’t happen. You hire a coach because you want the scheme and then the GM gets players for that scheme (Bill Walsh - one of the greatest coaches ever - wrote a whole book about this and went 2-14 his first year).

    They hired Frank/Bryant and drafted Bryce to implement a new scheme. They should give the scheme (and BY) a legit chance with legit talent. It’s simply the worst offensive roster in the league.

  • FadeNXCBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This sub has had (rightfully so) a hatred for CJ. And up until this year, I’ve been one of them. But I’d like to keep him. Evero has worked miracles making this 3rd string defense come together for some sort of competence, and he’s also gotten the most out of CJ that we’ve seen. As much as I love Horn, having at least a solid, consistent CB is a must. CJ doesn’t have to be a first ballot HOFer, just has to be good enough and actually on the field. Other than a few other specifics in FA, I mostly agree with what you’re saying. I’m not sure Evero will leave after a year, but I don’t expect him to stay much longer after next if he does stay.

    I keep seeing stuff about Ben Johnson to the chargers, and I just don’t get it. They hired Kellen Moore as the OC from Dallas this past year after Moore interviewed for HC jobs. It’s fairly obvious he’s the next in line for that job, and if the chargers offense keeps going the way it is, no one will have a shot, including Ben Johnson. That puts us in a bidding war with LV and likely CHI, at the very least.

    I truly, truly believe that the players (for the most part) aren’t the issue. It’s the scheme. Frank is a great guy and has a history with the Panthers, and that’s great. But this is a business. Tepper needs to sell tickets. You don’t sell tickets if your team is boring and bad. We can be boring but winning, and we can be bad but exciting. We can not be bad and boring. Frank has been bad and boring for the last two years.

  • przhelpBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    lol @ thinking you’re getting DB for 16/year.

    Also all reports are that Arthur Smith is unlikely to be fired.