Ejiro Evero breaks down the Panthers Week 7 matchup | Carolina Panthers

Ejiro Evero breaks down the Panthers Week 7 matchup | Carolina Panthers

Again, another great opportunity for our group uh this week against the uh the Jets. Uh lot of respect for the head coach, Coach Glenn, and uh a couple guys on staff, uh Coach Wilks and Coach Banjo, their special teams coordinator. Um guys that I know well and have a lot of respect for. So, um the one thing we know is that uh you know, they played a a tough game last week against Denver. Um it’s they’re going to fight, they’re going to compete. Um they got enough talented players over there. So, we got to be ready and we got to be on top of our things this week and uh go out there and try to get the best performance of the year. All right, we’ll start off with Cass and followed by David Newton. Hey Jay, how’s it going? Good. How you doing? Good. Um wondering what the the pros and cons would be of using a spy on Justin Fields. Well, uh certainly going to be a priority this week to um you know, keep him in a pocket in those past situations. get back on track. Third down and uh we know that uh you know obviously his uh ability to extend plays with his legs and make things happen with his legs is is a big part of his game. And so uh we got to do a great job uh whether we’re rushing four or five spine whatever we do. We got to do a great job of just having great awareness of the quarterback, rush lane integrity, eyes and vision on the quarterback and uh those are going to be uh the biggest part of this game plan. David Newton. I figured she had another. Hey, I want that. What is your relationship? You mentioned you and Coach Wils. Um, what how did you got to know each other? What maybe influence he’s had on your career at all? Yeah. So, I I met Coach Wilks um shoot this was 2008 maybe. He um or 2009, I think. He interviewed for the secondary job at the Tampa Bay Bucks. Uh I was a QC at the time and um coach John Gruden was running the interview. And so the way coach Gruden used to do his interviews is that uh the entire staff sat in and watched it as he was running the interview. And so um Steve came in and uh did a great job. Uh it was kind of weird actually because he interviewed for the job. They were going to hire him and then coach Grudin ended up getting fired like a day or two later. Um but uh he was I was so impressed by him and uh not just by the football I came in but just a good dude the way he carried himself and uh so ever since then we’ve just uh always stayed in contact every time we see each other before a game there’s always a good conversation. He’s uh always encouraging and uh has great words of wisdom and so uh I just have a lot of respect for him and then uh coach Banjo I actually coached him when he was a player uh at the Packers and so great great guy. Yeah. Very cool. Um and also you’re losing a big part of your of a defense and and Pat Jones. Um just what what’s that loss mean for this group? Yeah, it’s um you know he he was doing a heck of a job. Uh the ability to play inside on pass rush situations to play on the edge. Um just the play style he he has, you know, the physicality, the effort, the intelligence, um the what he means in that room. All of those things are, you know, obviously going to be missed. Uh, but that’s the nature of what we do and, uh, it’s next man up and, uh, so the guys that are coming in now have to assume those responsibilities and, uh, have to be able to produce. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Joe Pson, followed by Mike K. Hey EJ, following up on the Pat question, he’s a guy, as you said, it does really a threeown player for you guys. Is it almost a case where it might take two guys to to replace him with with what his varied skill set? Yeah. No, you’re you’re exactly right. It’s um you know, I don’t want to give too much away in terms of the game plan, but yeah, um there’s a lot of roles that uh Pat filled and that’s part of what made him such a good player for us, special player for us. And so uh yeah, we’re going to have to figure out a way uh in in a variety of ways to fill those roles. And uh I wonder if you could just touch on the improvement of the run defense and I know it’s it’s multiaceted but is there one area that you think is really driving it? Yeah. Um I think I certainly think that first of all um you know we we went back and looked at what we did last year and it’s no really no different than any other year. Um, we’re always looking what we can improve schematically, um, technique-wise, callwise. Um, and then certainly our players play a big part in that as well. Um, you our guys are really bought into, uh, you know, how coach Wash and Coach Carter are teaching the upfront mechanics and they’re doing a hell of a job of executing it. U, we always talk about stopping the run game, not just the Dline, though, it’s all 11. um the way we’re playing at the linebacker level, the way we’re playing at the safety level, the corners crack replace and um we’ve really shown a all 11 commitment to doing it and uh and so um we talk we have a run presentation every Wednesday morning to start off the week and coach Wash kind of goes through the um the details of what it takes to play the run game as 11. Uh coach Ronaldo Hill does the same thing on uh with the back end and talks about the main looks to own uh for the run game. And so, uh, I think all of those things, the players buy in, the practice habits, all of those things have really made a difference. Thanks. Hey, Jay. Good morning. Hey, good morning. You brought up uh like the crack replace responsibilities of the corner. It seems like Mike and and JC are getting a lot more involved up front. Mhm. Um, how beneficial is it to have that length there as much as the, you know, obviously the want to and and the durability? No, you’re it’s such a big part of it. And you’re right. Um, those guys you I thought they did a really good job last year as well um in terms of the crack replace. It’s certainly a big part of our emphasis. Uh, from coach Koulie to coach Ronaldo, all of those guys are are preaching that and those guys are committed to doing it as well. Um and so um most of these offensive schemes are designing their runs to get to the corners and forcing them to tackle. And so that’s such a big premium to have guys that can do that. Obviously the last two weeks you’ve gotten offenses out of sequence. um when you when you’re forcing these third and and you know eights or third and sevens being able to replace your nickel and dime pieces because of the versatility back there. How beneficial is that from like a a play-to-play uh design sort of outlook? Yeah. No, it certainly gives you flexibility. That’s for certain. And um you know each week you got to kind kind of go into it and look at all right what do they do in those special situations? How do we adjust our our our scheme and our pieces to match uh what they’re they’re trying to target. And uh and so that’s always our our thought process. And uh the more guys that you can have that have the ability to play inside or outside or play safety to nickel or vice versa. You know those different things just gives your package a lot more flexibility. We all learn in different ways. I’m just curious with the way you guys have uh changed up the roles for Christian and and Trevan. It seems like Trevan’s benefiting from knowing what everybody’s doing and Christian’s playing more free because he’s not having to worry about is is that you the way you’ve kind of looked at the situation. How do you think they’ve handled that switch? I think they’ve both handled it very well. um you know the uh the thought process was always to graduate uh Trevan to become the green dot and um and so we u but we didn’t want to rush the process you know giving him time to grow as an NFL player and uh he’s really um he’s sped that time clock up to just to uh point out uh just how well he’s done in the classroom and uh grabbing ownership of the scheme and all those different types of things. And we’ve gotten to a point where you know we feel great about his communication. um the way that he’s able to uh not only give the call in the huddle, but if there’s a coaching point I want to give to a corner before that 15 second clock hits or give to a dtackle or whatever, he’s able to communicate those things. And so, um he’s done a great job with it. And so, it felt appropriate to make the change and I think both guys have done a great job of handling it. um there’s still a big premium on Roseboom to uh to uh communicate and help out with some of those things, pre- snap, um setting the fronts, setting the pressures, all those things. And so they’ve both done a great job and uh I agree with your point that Dave, uh I feel like they both shine. So we made that change. Cass, kind of on that note, um what was it that you saw from Trevan that made you comfortable going ahead and making that change? Like you said, the plan was to graduate him to it. Mhm. What made you comfortable doing it now? Well, we’ve been uh we’ve really been training all uh our guys. They all get an opportunity in practice to uh to have the green dot for the day and get the call and run the huddle and all those things. And so, uh we’ve been witnessing it for a while now. And um not just Trevan, but Claude and you know, uh Christian as well. And so, um just kind of through that process and where we were and where we felt like uh we wanted to not limit ourselves in terms of who was on the field. uh we it felt uh like the right time to get uh Trevan with the green dot. On a lighter note on that same subject, Trevan kind of jokingly admitted last year that when he had to do it in Chicago that his accent made it difficult. Is that something you see with younger players and and has he kind of gotten past that point? Yeah, I mean look, he’s he’s done a great job. Uh I think he’s very clear. He’s very commanding. Um he’s always uh he he says the call more than one time, right? So, it’s like he repeats it over and over and over till this ball snapped. And so, I just think though the complete command and uh his growth and maturation as a player uh has allowed him to really excel at that job. I’ll come in with one more if nobody else has one. Um Garrett Wilson will be out this week. How does that change the look of the Jets offense without him out there? Well, he’s he’s a hell of a player and he was certainly uh a primary in a lot of their concepts and so um I know they’re going to make adjustments obviously and uh so I think as we go into the game, we have to see how they’re going to replace those targets and those looks and um so that’s going to be put a big premium on just the uh in-game adjustments and uh seeing how they’re going to play us and making getting ready to make those adjustments. Thank you. All done. All done. All right, you all have a great day. Sorry, I wouldn’t unmute, but yeah. Oh, we got Okay. Oh, you’re good. No, you’re good. I was trying to unmute. Is that okay? Oh, yeah. Yeah, no problem. That’s fine. Really quick, um, coach, uh, JC told us that he made the call to want to cover Pickings on that pivotal third down really late in the game. Um, can you talk us about talk to us about how that went and you know just the communication that you encourage the guys to have with you throughout the game when they see opportunities like that for themselves? Yeah, we I mean that’s the point here like we always make the point that um like this is not like my defense or the coach’s defense. This is the Carolina Panthers defense and we want input from everybody. You know, there’s always feedback from our players. you know, Aan Robinson, Derek Brown, um DJ Wanom Trevan Wallace, you know, Trey Merrick, all of these guys have, you know, at points give uh input and like you’d be foolish as a a coach not to listen to players, especially the guys that are on the field and are executing those jobs. And so, we always value the feedback. Uh we always have those conversations. Um it’s always ongoing. um doesn’t mean that we’ll always do what the players want, but uh there’s always constant dialogue and um as long as there’s a good reason uh and there’s a why for why we do things that what’s important [Music]

Panthers’ defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero looks ahead to the Week 7 matchup against the Jets.

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