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Now bring me Harbaugh

2024 franchise tag for DE/OLB is $22-23m. I'd rather just tag him and work off that number. If he's still asking for $30m+, just keep him tagged and let him hold out.

As some others have already said, I'll be "in" next season simply because I've been "in" since 2001 and can't imagine not following the team in some capacity. Moves I would like to see: Fire Fitt and hire a real GM Get either Ben Johnson or Jim Harbaugh to be the next HC Figure out what to do with Burns (my preference is a tag and trade, but need to either poo or get off the pot this offseason) Make a real run at Tee Higgins in FA

Sadly given what we’ve endured since Tepper’s ownership, the 2015 season seems like it’s going to be the high water mark for this franchise.

Alright Harbs, now win it all so you don't have anything left to prove and take Tepper's $

Had a 3 TD game at DET. Garbage time but he had it.

Feels like people missed the tidbit at the end of the article about Tepper being one of two owners (along with Josh Harris) being the most active and engaged at the Front Office and GM Accelerator program roundtable. Hopefully this solidifies that Fitt is out at season’s end.

One other thing to keep in mind is that Harbuagh is the one who gave Ejiro Evero his coaching shot and Evero spent 4 seasons on Harbaugh's staff in SF. I would think he'd be at least ok or maybe even excited to keep Evero as DC which could bring some continuity on the defensive side of the ball. And Tepper would be able to save some $$$ as well. https://www.si.com/nfl/broncos/news/broncos-ejiro-evero-jim-harbaugh-coach

Are we the only team that is looking seriously at bringing in guys that have been out of the league for years? Cohen, Martinez, now Fluker. Might as well go after Norwell, he'd probably be no worse of a G option than Jensen or McCray

Isn't it widely known/reported that Tepper drove the decision to dump Bridgewater after one season?

I don't say this lightly, but if Bryce finishes this season on his current pace (2,900 yards, 5.4 YPA, 13 TDs, 13 INTs) and we finish 1-16, I would throw in the towel and use pick 33 to take someone like Jayden Daniels if he's there. Folks talk about Tua looking like poo during his first two seasons but he still averaged 6.6 YPA and had a 27 to 15 TD/INT ratio.

I’ve been trying to hold out hope on Bryce but man it’s the same exact thing game after game. 53% completion and 4.4 YPA that half while the run game is averaging 4.4 YPC

Horn active and will start. DJ Johnson back to inactives as YGM is active and will start as well.

Behind paywall at Athletic, but: Despite the team trading up to draft Young No. 1 overall in April, a team source said that by Week 5 multiple Carolina coaches wanted to bench the rookie for veteran quarterback Andy Dalton. Some believed the team needed a change and that Young required more coaching. The team decided this wasn’t about trying to get wins in the short term but to stay on task with teaching and developing Young in the offense. From all my conversations this past week, the Panthers still believe Bryce Young can be an incredible quarterback. Another team source texted, “He needs better protections and weapons. He has ‘it.’ We do not protect the middle of the pocket. He needs it most in this area because he’s 5-10.” Also says some Panthers insiders have texted Ben Johnson saying how “complicated” it has been to work here: Some in the Panthers organization, per a league source, have been texting Johnson about how complicated it has been to work in Carolina this season. Johnson is expected to be the top coaching candidate in 2024.

Harbaugh isn’t a long-term match with anyone. That said, I’ll take him here even if it’s only for 2-3 years because he’s a proven winner wherever he goes, and lord knows I’d like to see another playoff win in Carolina before we hit a decade without one.

I am okay with getting a culture setter in here even if it means looking for a new coach in 2027. If the likes of Ben Johnson or Frank Smith aren't interested in this gig, I honestly think my top choice would be Harbaugh. He was who I wanted after Johnson pulled out of consideration last year anyway. If he ends up winning a CFP title this year, he has nothing left to accomplish in college football and I think he's itching to prove he can win the big one in the NFL too.

Per this link the only coach estimated to be making $20m or more is Belichick who has 6 rings and 9 SB apperances: https://www.sportico.com/personalities/people/2023/highest-paid-coaches-2023-belichick-payton-popovich-1234747782/ Every other NFL coach above $10m/year has either won or made a Super Bowl appearance (Reid, Harbaugh, Tomlin, Shanahan, McVay, Carroll, Payton). As much as Tepper may want Ben Johnson, he's not going to give him a deal with an AAV greater than $10m as a first time HC.

Think he'll have to offer something like a 6-year, $60m fully guaranteed deal with no offsets. $30m/year is ridiculous lmao. The highest paid coaches make something like $12-15m/year and that includes multi-time SB winning HCs.

I hope Tepper isn't fooled into this: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/bill-belichick-record-without-tom-brady-patriots-coach/f1cd460945da9e1716173598#:~:text=Bill Belichick record without Tom,with his long-time quarterback.

I don't know if we win but I did throw a few bucks on a Carolina +5.5/u37.5 parlay. Interim coaches usually get a dead cat bounce and tend to cover against the spread in their first game at a high rate (although sample size is small). And I don't think either Carolina or Tampa's offense is going to do much of anything.

I can 100% see why simple game management issues would drive Tepper up a wall. Hell, it drove us fans up a wall seeing Reich waste a timeout then trot Pinero out for a 59 yard FG in Chicago and call those stupid ass timeouts deep in his own territory vs. the Titans. It seemed clear as day that Reich was not the right man to lead this team from a schematic and game management perspective. He was going to be fired at year-end anyway, and while I understand folks being up in arms about him only getting 11 games, it really did feel like he was actively destroying our rookie #1 overall pick QB's confidence by shoehorning him into a scheme to which he clearly isn't suited. That combined with the horrendous gameday management issues I think fully justified pulling the rip cord on the Reich regime early. Now as he said in his presser, the buck stops with him and he made the decision in the first place to hire Reich. So at the end of the day, whether it's Ben Johnson, Jim Harbaugh, Ejiro Evero, or someone else, it doesn't matter whether it's Tepper, a consultant, or a search firm that comes up with the ultimate name, it's GOT to be the right hire.

He ran the ball very well the Buffalo game (15 car, 71 yards and a TD), but his passing stat line might as well have been ripped out of this season (47.4% completion rate, 156 yards, 4.1 YPA, 1 TD, 1 INT, 17.7 QBR). Washington was his best game in that second stint and agreed, that game was way better than anything Young has put on tape so far.