NFL Sees First In-Season Coordinator Firing as Panthers Abruptly Part Ways With DC Ejiro Evero

The Carolina Panthers have pulled this lever before. The Panthers fired defensive coordinator Phil Snow after a Week 5 loss to the San Francisco 49ers and let Al Holcomb finish the season. That was the Matt Rhule era. However, this time there is a different coach and different coordinator, but the same franchise and the same emergency exit, with the target being Ejiro Evero, and the Panthers have once again made the move during the season rather than in the offseason. “Sources: Panthers are letting go of defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero,” ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported on X .