If you were only watching the box scores, you might be tempted to think that the Carolina Panthers’ defense needed a coaching change last season. While it’s technically true that they allowed more points than any team in NFL history, it had a whole lot more to do with a lack of talent on the field than anything they were doing schematically. The season-ending injury for Derrick Brown after just one game was a cataclysmic event for this unit, and the devastation filtered down to all three levels of the defense. Despite the ugly 2024 numbers, folks in the know still see a potential future head coach in Evero.