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Would love to get Evero

I think there's a reason he's interviewing/being mentioned for OC jobs in places like Washington under a defensive HC - he wants to show his playcalling chops to try to leverage that into a true HC gig. I don't think he's gonna move from one offensive HC to another.

I only did the first 3 rounds, but this would be nice:

You get to ~$18m in cap space by doing base salary restructures of Moore and Moton (pushing their 2023 salary to the vet minimum and turning the rest into a signing bonus that is spread over the remaining years on the contract), and cutting Elflein, Wilson, and Gonzalez. After that, I think doing a short-term extension to bring Shaq's cap number down and extending Burns will probably get the Panthers to north of $30-35m in cap space this year. In FA, I'd re-sign Bozeman and Pinero, go after a TE (Schultz/Engram/Gesicki), a vet RB on a cheap deal (either resign Foreman or maybe bring in Jamaal Williams since Staley worked with him), a bridge QB for a rookie (Brissett makes sense to me), and maybe see if we can get a good edge rusher to complement Burns (I'd love Javon Hargrave but he may be too rich for the Panthers). Draft a rookie QB and slot/burner WR and some defensive pieces (LB, S).

edit: whoops wrong thread

Wow that’s first time HC $ edit: I think McDaniel's contract was for 4 years and an estimated $3.5-4.5m per, so he's essentially on the same contract as his DC now.

Re: Fangio

I swear I saw somewhere that Wilks wasn’t under contract but I can’t find it now so maybe we would get a comp pick ?

Actually I don’t believe we would because I think Wilks is no longer under contract with the Panthers and thus free to leave/not a loss for Carolina

While I think Richard would make a great DC, I’m starting to think the Richard and Manuel interviews were to satisfy the Rooney Rule so they could pounce on Fangio. Now that he’s likely headed elsewhere, I think they’ll bring in other candidates and do a more thorough search.

He is a UFA and his last deal was a very reasonable 2 years, $6m. Would def take him in Carolina on a short-term deal.

I think it may be the same role/title, he may just prefer to work with Reich again (they were on staff together in Philly)

Wonder if it's as OC given position coaches who have the AHC title must be promoted otherwise they can be blocked from making a lateral move IIRC edit: nvm, I think I'm wrong

The two teams in the SB took swings, even if one of those swings is no longer on the team. Chiefs: traded up from 27 to 10 to grab Mahomes by trading a 3rd and next year's first in 2017 Eagles: traded up from 13 to 2 for Wentz in 2016 (first trading up from 13 to 8 by trading Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso, then sending 8, a 3rd, a 4th, the following year's first, and a 2nd two years down the line) Since those respective trades, the Chiefs have been to 5 straight AFC title games and 3 of the last 5 SBs and the Eagles made the playoffs 5 out of the last 6 years, won a SB and just made another.

Don't forget Kyler is likely to miss a good chunk of next season after tearing his ACL in late December. I'd probably rank Goff in the top 5 of NFC QBs next year. Tier 1: Hurts Tier 2: Cousins / Dak / Stafford (if healthy) Tier 3: Goff / Geno / Jones / Kyler

If we make the trade, I think I would do 2023 1st, 2023 3rd, 2024 1st. See if you can keep the 2nds to add some talent around the QB. Honestly I think that deal should get the deal done to go from 9 to 3. Let the top 2 picks play out and if Young or Stroud is still there at 3, make that deal. For context, the 49ers went from 12 to 3 in 2021 by giving up 2021 1st, 2022 1st, 2022 3rd, 2023 1st. By going from 9 to 3 I think we can match that deal without the extra first.

Jalen Hurts (Alabama/Oklahoma), Joe Burrow (OSU/LSU), healthy Tua (Alabama), Trevor Lawrence (Clemson), Deshaun Watson (Clemson) would seem to argue against that. BTW, everyone seems to be sold on Caleb Williams and Drake Maye as the top 2 QBs/franchise-altering talents in the 2024 draft (and as a UNC fan/alum, I'm sold on Maye), but when's the last time USC or UNC produced franchise QBs? Cuts both ways.

They really don't. To jump from 29 all the way to the top 5 is going to take a ton of capital. The 49ers traded 3 1sts and a 3rd to go from 12 to 3 to get Lance. To go from 29 into the top 5 is going to take way more than that.

Think he means next year as in starting with the 2024 draft

Now that's not to say the outcome would be the same if the Panthers made a similar move - they had an elite defense, a good OL, and quality skill position players. They felt all they needed was a dynamic QB to take that last step, which given their playoff performance with Garoppolo, made sense. I do think if the Panthers hit on the right QB, whether in FA or the draft, this is a playoff team though.

It's an interesting question. I think the route to the playoffs is a lot harder in the AFC than it is in the NFC: Chiefs / Bengals / Bills seem to be the upper echelon Chargers / Dolphins / Ravens / Jaguars seem to be solid playoff contenders (pending Tua and Lamar situations) You can't ever count the Pats and Steelers out. The Jets with a vet like Carr / Garoppolo / Rodgers could absolutely be right there with that defense. And that's not including teams like the Browns (if Watson plays to his potential), the Raiders (what if they land Brady?), and the Titans (Vrabel always seems to have his teams in playoff contention). It's a brutal conference.