October 16, 2025 • 12 mins
Ejiro Evero speaks with the media before Thursday's practice.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
For the review.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Again, another great opportunity for our group this week against
the Jets. A lot of respect for the head coach,
Coach Glenn and a couple of guys on staff, Coach
Wilkes and coach Banjo, their special teams coordinator, guys that
I know well and have a lot of respect for.
So the one thing we know is that, you know,
they played a tough game last week against Denver. They're
(00:32):
gonna fight, They're going to compete. 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 go out there and try to get the
best performance of the year.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
All right, We'll start off with cass and followed by
David Name.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Hey, Jay, how's it going good?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
How you doing good?
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Wondering what the pros and cons would be of using
a spy on justin Fields?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Well, certainly going to be a priority this week to
you know, keep him in the pocket in those past situations,
get back on track third down, and we know that.
You know, obviously, his ability to extend plays with his
legs and make things happen with his legs is a
big part of his game, and so we got to
do a great job whether we're rushing four or five, spying,
whatever we do, we got to do a great job
(01:20):
of just having great awareness of the quarterback, rush lane, integrity, eyes,
and vision on the quarterback, and those are going to
be the biggest part of this game plan.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
David Newton, I figured she had another Hey what that?
What is your relationship you mentioned coach Wilkes. What how
did you get to know each other or what maybe
influence he's had on your career at all.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, So I met coach Wilkes. This was two thousand
and eight, maybe he or two thousand and nine. I
think he interviewed for the secondary job at the Tampa
Bay Bucks. I was accusy at the time, and coach
John Gruden was running the interview, and so the way
Coach Green used to do his interviews is that the
entire staff sat in and watched it as he was
(02:08):
running the interview, and so Steve came in and did
a great job. It was kind of weird actually, because
he interviewed for the job, they were going to hire him,
and then coach Gruden ended up getting fired like a
day or two later, But he was I was so
impressed by him, and not just by the football I
came in, but just a good dude, the way he
carried himself. And so ever since then, we've just always
(02:30):
stayed in contact. Every time we see each other before
a game, there's always a good conversation. He's always encouraging
and has great words of wisdom, and so I just
have a lot of respect for him. And then coach Banjo,
I actually coached him when he was a player at
the Packers and so great, great guys.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, very cool.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
And also you're losing a big part of your defense.
And Pat Jones just what what's that lost name for
this group?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Yeah, it's you know, he he was doing a heck
of a job. The ability to play inside on past
our situations, to play on the edge, just the play
style he has, you know, the physicality, the effort, the intelligence,
what he means in that room. All of those things
are you know, obviously going to be missed. But that's
the nature of what we do. And uh, it's next
(03:22):
man up, and so the guys that are coming in
now have to assume those responsibilities and uh have to
be able to produce appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Covid Joe person, followed by Mike k.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
Aj following up on the Pat question. He's the guy,
as you said, it does really a three down player
for you guys. Is it almost a case where it
might take two guys to replace him with with what
his varied skill set.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah, No, you're you're exactly right.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It's you know, I don't want to give too much
away in terms of the game plan, but yeah, there's
a lot of roles that Pat phil and that's part
of what made him such a good player for us,
special player for us, and so yeah, we're gonna have
to figure out a way in a variety of ways
to fill those roles.
Speaker 6 (04:10):
And uh, I wonder if you could just touch on
the improvement of the run defense. And I know it's
it's multifaceted, but is there one area that you think
is really driving it?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, I think I certainly think that.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
First of all, you know, we we went back and
looked at what we did last year, and it's not
really no different than any other year. We're always looking
at what we can improve schematically, technique wise, call wise,
and then certainly our players play a big part of.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
That as well. Our guys are really bought into.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Uh, you know, our coach Wash and Coach Carter are
teaching the upfront mechanics and they're doing a hell of
a job of executing it. We always talk about stopping
a run game. It's not just a d line notes
All eleven. The way we're playing at the linebacker level,
the way we're playing at the safety level, the corner's
crack replacing, we've really shown All eleven commitment to doing it,
(05:07):
and so we talk. We have a run presentation every
Wednesday morning to start off the week and Coach Wash
kind of goes through the details of what it takes
to play the run game as eleven. Coach Ronaldo Hill
does the same thing on with the back end and
talks about the main looks to own for the run game.
And so I think all of those things the players
buy in, the practice habits, all of those things have really.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Made a difference. Thanks. Hey Ja, good morning, Hey, good morning.
Speaker 7 (05:36):
You brought up like the Cracker place responsibilities at the corner.
It seems like Mike and JC are getting a lot
more involved up front. How beneficial is it to have
that length there as much as the you know, obviously
the want to and the durability.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
No, you're it's such a big part of it.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
And you're right those guys and I thought they did
a really good job last year as well in terms
of the crack replace. It's certainly a big part of
our emphasis. From coach Cooley to coach Ronaldo, all of
those guys are are preaching that, and those guys are
committed to doing it as well. And so most of
these offensive schemes are designing their runs to get to
the corners and forcing them to tackle. And so that's
(06:20):
such a big premium to have guys that can do that.
Speaker 7 (06:23):
Obviously, the last two weeks you've gotten offenses out of
sequence when you when you're forcing these third and you know,
EIDs 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 play to play design.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Sort of Outlook, yeah, No, it certainly gives you flexibility,
that's for certain. And you know each week you got
to kind of go into it and look at all, right,
what are they doing those special situations? How do we
adjust to our our scheme and our pieces to match
what they're they're trying to target and uh, and so
that's always.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Our our thought process.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
And uh, the more guys that you can have that
have the ability to play inside and or outside, or
play safety to nickel or vice versa. You know, all
those different things just gives your package a lot more flexibility.
Speaker 7 (07:18):
We all learn in different ways. I'm just curious with
the way you guys have changed up the roles for
Christian and and Trevin. It seems like Trevin's benefiting from
knowing what everybody's doing, and Christian's playing more free because
he's not having to worry about it. Is that you're
the way you've kind of looked at the situation. How
do you think they've handled that switch?
Speaker 1 (07:39):
I think they both handled it very well.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You know, the thought process was always to graduate h
Treven to become the green dot and and so we
but we didn't want to rush the process, you know,
giving him time to grow as an NFL player. And
he's really he's spent that time clock up to just
to point out, uh, just how well he's done, and
the classroom and grab an ownership of the scheme and
(08:03):
all of those different types of things. And we've gotten
to a point where you know, we feel great about
his communication, the way that he's able to not only
give the call in the huddle, but if there's a
coaching point I want to give to a corner before
that fifteen second clock hits, or give to a detackle
or whatever. He's able to communicate those things. And so
he's done a great job with it, and so it
(08:23):
felt appropriate to.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Make the change.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
And I think both guys have done a great job
of handling it. There's still a big premium on rose
Boom to communicate and help out with some of those
things pre snap, set in the front, setting the pressures,
all those things. And so they've both done a great job.
And I agree with your point that Deeve, I feel
like they both shine. So we made that change.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Kas kind of on that note, what was it that
you saw from Trevin that made you comfortable going ahead
and making that change, Like you said, the plan was
to graduate him to it. What made you comfortable doing
it now?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Well, we've been, uh, we've really been training all our guys.
They all get an opportunity in practice to uh to
have the green dot for today and get the call
and run the huddle and all those things and so
we've been witnessing it for a while now, and not
just Trevin, but Claude and you know Christian as well,
and so just kind of through that process and where
(09:21):
we were and where we felt like we wanted to
not limit ourselves in terms of who was on the field,
we felt like the right time to get Trevoring with
the green dot.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
On a lighter note on that same subject, Trevin 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 has
he kind of gotten past that point?
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I mean, look, he's he's done a great job. I
think he's very clear, he's very commanding. He's always uh
he says the call more on a 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 his growth and maturation as
a player has allowed him to really excel at that job.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
I'll come in with one more if nobody else has one.
Garrett Wilson will be out this week. Well, how does
that change the look of the Jets offense without him?
Out there.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Well, he's a he's a hell of a player, and
he's certainly a primary and a lot of their concepts
and so I know they're going to make adjustments obviously,
and 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 so that's going to be
a put a big premium on just the in game
adjustments and seeing how they're going to play us and
(10:39):
making getting ready to make those adjustments.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
All done, I'll done. All right, you all have a
great day.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Sorry Winnumut buddy, el Okay, you're good.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
I was trying to unmute.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Is that okay?
Speaker 8 (11:01):
Oh yeah, no problem. 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. 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 and they
see opportunities like that for themselves.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
We I mean that's the point here, Like we always
make the point that 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, Ashawn Robinson, Derek Brown,
U DJ want, Trevor Wallace, you know, Trey Merrick, all
(11:43):
of these guys have you know, at points give input
and like you'd be foolish as 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. We always have those conversations. It's always ongoing.
Doesn't mean that we'll always do what the players want,
but there's always constant dialogue and as long as just
(12:05):
a good reason, uh, and it's just a why for why.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
We do things. So that's what's important.
For the review.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Again, another great opportunity for our group this week against
the Jets. A lot of respect for the head coach,
Coach Glenn and a couple of guys on staff, Coach
Wilkes and coach Banjo, their special teams coordinator, guys that
I know well and have a lot of respect for.
So the one thing we know is that, you know,
they played a tough game last week against Denver. They're
(00:32):
gonna fight, They're going to compete. 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 go out there and try to get the
best performance of the year.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
All right, We'll start off with cass and followed by
David Name.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Hey, Jay, how's it going good?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
How you doing good?
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Wondering what the pros and cons would be of using
a spy on justin Fields?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Well, certainly going to be a priority this week to
you know, keep him in the pocket in those past situations,
get back on track third down, and we know that.
You know, obviously, his ability to extend plays with his
legs and make things happen with his legs is a
big part of his game, and so we got to
do a great job whether we're rushing four or five, spying,
whatever we do, we got to do a great job
(01:20):
of just having great awareness of the quarterback, rush lane, integrity, eyes,
and vision on the quarterback, and those are going to
be the biggest part of this game plan.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
David Newton, I figured she had another Hey what that?
What is your relationship you mentioned coach Wilkes. What how
did you get to know each other or what maybe
influence he's had on your career at all.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, So I met coach Wilkes. This was two thousand
and eight, maybe he or two thousand and nine. I
think he interviewed for the secondary job at the Tampa
Bay Bucks. I was accusy at the time, and coach
John Gruden was running the interview, and so the way
Coach Green used to do his interviews is that the
entire staff sat in and watched it as he was
(02:08):
running the interview, and so Steve came in and did
a great job. It was kind of weird actually, because
he interviewed for the job, they were going to hire him,
and then coach Gruden ended up getting fired like a
day or two later, But he was I was so
impressed by him, and not just by the football I
came in, but just a good dude, the way he
carried himself. And so ever since then, we've just always
(02:30):
stayed in contact. Every time we see each other before
a game, there's always a good conversation. He's always encouraging
and has great words of wisdom, and so I just
have a lot of respect for him. And then coach Banjo,
I actually coached him when he was a player at
the Packers and so great, great guys.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, very cool.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
And also you're losing a big part of your defense.
And Pat Jones just what what's that lost name for
this group?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Yeah, it's you know, he he was doing a heck
of a job. The ability to play inside on past
our situations, to play on the edge, just the play
style he has, you know, the physicality, the effort, the intelligence,
what he means in that room. All of those things
are you know, obviously going to be missed. But that's
the nature of what we do. And uh, it's next
(03:22):
man up, and so the guys that are coming in
now have to assume those responsibilities and uh have to
be able to produce appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Covid Joe person, followed by Mike k.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
Aj following up on the Pat question. He's the guy,
as you said, it does really a three down player
for you guys. Is it almost a case where it
might take two guys to replace him with with what
his varied skill set.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah, No, you're you're exactly right.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It's you know, I don't want to give too much
away in terms of the game plan, but yeah, there's
a lot of roles that Pat phil and that's part
of what made him such a good player for us,
special player for us, and so yeah, we're gonna have
to figure out a way in a variety of ways
to fill those roles.
Speaker 6 (04:10):
And uh, I wonder if you could just touch on
the improvement of the run defense. And I know it's
it's multifaceted, but is there one area that you think
is really driving it?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, I think I certainly think that.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
First of all, you know, we we went back and
looked at what we did last year, and it's not
really no different than any other year. We're always looking
at what we can improve schematically, technique wise, call wise,
and then certainly our players play a big part of.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
That as well. Our guys are really bought into.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Uh, you know, our coach Wash and Coach Carter are
teaching the upfront mechanics and they're doing a hell of
a job of executing it. We always talk about stopping
a run game. It's not just a d line notes
All eleven. The way we're playing at the linebacker level,
the way we're playing at the safety level, the corner's
crack replacing, we've really shown All eleven commitment to doing it,
(05:07):
and so we talk. We have a run presentation every
Wednesday morning to start off the week and Coach Wash
kind of goes through the details of what it takes
to play the run game as eleven. Coach Ronaldo Hill
does the same thing on with the back end and
talks about the main looks to own for the run game.
And so I think all of those things the players
buy in, the practice habits, all of those things have really.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Made a difference. Thanks. Hey Ja, good morning, Hey, good morning.
Speaker 7 (05:36):
You brought up like the Cracker place responsibilities at the corner.
It seems like Mike and JC are getting a lot
more involved up front. How beneficial is it to have
that length there as much as the you know, obviously
the want to and the durability.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
No, you're it's such a big part of it.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
And you're right those guys and I thought they did
a really good job last year as well in terms
of the crack replace. It's certainly a big part of
our emphasis. From coach Cooley to coach Ronaldo, all of
those guys are are preaching that, and those guys are
committed to doing it as well. And so most of
these offensive schemes are designing their runs to get to
the corners and forcing them to tackle. And so that's
(06:20):
such a big premium to have guys that can do that.
Speaker 7 (06:23):
Obviously, the last two weeks you've gotten offenses out of
sequence when you when you're forcing these third and you know,
EIDs 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 play to play design.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Sort of Outlook, yeah, No, it certainly gives you flexibility,
that's for certain. And you know each week you got
to kind of go into it and look at all, right,
what are they doing those special situations? How do we
adjust to our our scheme and our pieces to match
what they're they're trying to target and uh, and so
that's always.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Our our thought process.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
And uh, the more guys that you can have that
have the ability to play inside and or outside, or
play safety to nickel or vice versa. You know, all
those different things just gives your package a lot more flexibility.
Speaker 7 (07:18):
We all learn in different ways. I'm just curious with
the way you guys have changed up the roles for
Christian and and Trevin. It seems like Trevin's benefiting from
knowing what everybody's doing, and Christian's playing more free because
he's not having to worry about it. Is that you're
the way you've kind of looked at the situation. How
do you think they've handled that switch?
Speaker 1 (07:39):
I think they both handled it very well.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You know, the thought process was always to graduate h
Treven to become the green dot and and so we
but we didn't want to rush the process, you know,
giving him time to grow as an NFL player. And
he's really he's spent that time clock up to just
to point out, uh, just how well he's done, and
the classroom and grab an ownership of the scheme and
(08:03):
all of those different types of things. And we've gotten
to a point where you know, we feel great about
his communication, the way that he's able to not only
give the call in the huddle, but if there's a
coaching point I want to give to a corner before
that fifteen second clock hits, or give to a detackle
or whatever. He's able to communicate those things. And so
he's done a great job with it, and so it
(08:23):
felt appropriate to.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Make the change.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
And I think both guys have done a great job
of handling it. There's still a big premium on rose
Boom to communicate and help out with some of those
things pre snap, set in the front, setting the pressures,
all those things. And so they've both done a great job.
And I agree with your point that Deeve, I feel
like they both shine. So we made that change.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Kas kind of on that note, what was it that
you saw from Trevin that made you comfortable going ahead
and making that change, Like you said, the plan was
to graduate him to it. What made you comfortable doing
it now?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Well, we've been, uh, we've really been training all our guys.
They all get an opportunity in practice to uh to
have the green dot for today and get the call
and run the huddle and all those things and so
we've been witnessing it for a while now, and not
just Trevin, but Claude and you know Christian as well,
and so just kind of through that process and where
(09:21):
we were and where we felt like we wanted to
not limit ourselves in terms of who was on the field,
we felt like the right time to get Trevoring with
the green dot.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
On a lighter note on that same subject, Trevin 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 has
he kind of gotten past that point?
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I mean, look, he's he's done a great job. I
think he's very clear, he's very commanding. He's always uh
he says the call more on a 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 his growth and maturation as
a player has allowed him to really excel at that job.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
I'll come in with one more if nobody else has one.
Garrett Wilson will be out this week. Well, how does
that change the look of the Jets offense without him?
Out there.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Well, he's a he's a hell of a player, and
he's certainly a primary and a lot of their concepts
and so I know they're going to make adjustments obviously,
and 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 so that's going to be
a put a big premium on just the in game
adjustments and seeing how they're going to play us and
(10:39):
making getting ready to make those adjustments.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
All done, I'll done. All right, you all have a
great day.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Sorry Winnumut buddy, el Okay, you're good.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
I was trying to unmute.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Is that okay?
Speaker 8 (11:01):
Oh yeah, no problem. 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. 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 and they
see opportunities like that for themselves.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
We I mean that's the point here, Like we always
make the point that 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, Ashawn Robinson, Derek Brown,
U DJ want, Trevor Wallace, you know, Trey Merrick, all
(11:43):
of these guys have you know, at points give input
and like you'd be foolish as 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. We always have those conversations. It's always ongoing.
Doesn't mean that we'll always do what the players want,
but there's always constant dialogue and as long as just
(12:05):
a good reason, uh, and it's just a why for why.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
We do things. So that's what's important.
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