Wilks to be promoted to DC pending McDermott hire

[Agent856]

Full Text: I'm told that #Panthers assistant head coach/secondary Steve Wilks is expected to be promoted as the team's defensive coordinator pending Sean McDermott's departure to Buffalo to become the Bills' head coach. Wilks has always been known to be Ron Rivera's defensive coordinator in waiting.

[electro's horse]

Losing both him and McDermott at the same time was never realistic. 

[panthersphan]

Makes sense


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[Soul Rebel]

Sweet!!! Sucks to lose McD, but Wilks should slide in nicely.  Did some wonderful things with JNo, Bradberry, Coleman, etc.  Give him Adams/Hooker or Barnett/Thomas on the edge and watch this defense return to prominence. 

Next questions now - Will Washington follow McDermott to Buffalo? That would be a huge blow if he does.  

Who takes over for Wilks.... saw some people saying Tillman or Harris. 

[Lemory]

Good. Hopefully we dont lose Eric Washington. 

[nctarheel0619]

 

[FuFuLamePoo]

The obvious choice.  Maybe he'll do something to keep us from blowing so many huge leads in the second half.  Actually kinda happy with this.  Would have much rather seen it on offense, but the team needed some type of change.  Wilks has clearly earned this opportunity 

[Mojo]

I've been anticipating Wilks as DC.  He's earned it.  Hopefully we can get good position coach replacements.

[outlaw4]

This I could live with for the immediate future. Now, if we could start giving receivers less cushion at the line....

[CatMan72]

Glad to see coach Wilks get his shot with us! 

[Daddy_Uncle]

Hes better than McDermott to be honest

[Ricky Spanish]

I'm perfectly alright with this. 

[Ship]

Very excited to see how he does. He is one of the best coaches in the NFL (I think) and I hope he doesn't move up to being a HC too  quickly, because he has the chops for that too.

I'll be interested to see if he brings in some new faces even beyond replacing guys that McD takes with him.

I'm excited to see his take on Rivera's base defense. 

[hepcat]

1 hour ago, Soul Rebel said:

 

Who takes over for Wilks.... saw some people saying Tillman or Harris. 

Probably assistant defensive backs coach Curtis Fuller. Would be great to see Tillman get on the coaching staff officially as an assistant.