# Panthers fire Evero

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The Carolina Panthers fired defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero and passing game coordinator Jonathan Cooley on October 30, 2026, the day after a 27-19 loss to Green Bay dropped them to 3-4. Evero had been with the team for almost 60 games and had interviewed for head coaching jobs. The defense ranks 30th against the run and 23rd in total defense, and has allowed 80 points over its last two games. Discussion has moved to Evero's tenure: he kept his job through the Panthers' transition from Frank Reich to Dave Canales. No reporting yet on replacements or the staff going forward.

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## Segments

- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-30, 10:19 to 15:00: **Reports Carolina firing Evero and Cooley**. Covers Carolina's decision to fire Evero and Cooley the morning after the Green Bay loss, weighing the defensive rankings and the 80 points allowed in two weeks against a Denver matchup that looks worse. New angle: Carolina fired defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero and passing game coordinator Jonathan Cooley the day after the Green Bay loss.
- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-30, 6:13 to 8:25: **Reacts to the firing as hard but necessary**. Reacts to the coordinator firing through Sean McDermott, who calls such decisions hard but necessary and says Carolina's staff found no philosophical match. Stays inside the firing already on the record, adding only a note on the second-half play-action adjustment.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-30, 14:49 to 19:40: **Recaps the Evero firing between jokes**. Reports the Panthers' defensive coordinator firing between jokes about Carolina teams borrowing Florida names, then wanders into franchise-relocation history and an early-voting read. The firing itself is a one-line recap of what the day's coverage already had.
- [The Rich Eisen Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thericheisenshow), 2026-10-30, 2:49 to 4:50: **Explains the run defense reasoning behind the firing**. Fowler gives the reasoning behind the Evero firing: Canales wanted to shake up a run defense that had leaked 150 to 200 yards for years, and Evero kept his job through the Reich-to-Canales transition. Adds a landing-spot read, a senior assistant role before the coordinator cycle. New angle: Evero kept his job through the Panthers' transition from Frank Reich to Dave Canales.
- [First Things First](https://boilpoints.com/u/firstthingsfirst), 2026-10-30, 10:48 to 12:30: **Reacts to the Carolina firings**. Reacts to the Carolina firings, arguing the coordinator was not the problem and pointing to missing corners. The rest is a debate over whether Green Bay's league-worst run game is a fatal flaw.