The Carolina Panthers have a slight coaching problem , but they have a serious defensive coordinator problem. Ejiro Evero's defense is night and day from week to week, but they can no longer afford to stomach that.

For years, Evero got the benefit of the doubt because the Panthers had awful defensive personnel. We can't even really complain about that, because the personnel was truly that bad. Coming into this year, the excuses were gone.

Now, injuries have played a role in what Evero has had to work with, but most of the time, it's not the worst issue. Not having Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson is a killer blow, but that wasn't the problem against the Philadelphia Eagles or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Evero doesn't seem to have the right game plan every other week.…