Carolina Panthers defensive tackle says the players want Steve Wilks as their next head coach

The Carolina Panthers look like a different team under Steve Wilks. Sam Darnold is playing lights out right now and let’s face it the Panthers are winning.

The Panthers made Steve Wilks their interim head coach and now the players are backing him and want him to be the head coach.

The Panthers still have two weeks, but Wilks has this team looking like a different squad from the 1-4 Matt Rhule Panthers.

Derrick Brown the star defensive tackle told NFL Network that the players want Steve Wilks as their next head coach and specified why.

“I’ll speak for everybody in that locker room and say that we want coach Wilks to be our next head coach,” Brown said. “That’s for sure. I think every single week when we come in, he’s gonna tell you exactly how it is. He doesn’t sugarcoat nothing. He keeps it plain Jane, per se. He lets you know exactly what’s going on. You can be one of the best players, but you walk into that building on Monday and he’ll tell you exactly how he felt about how you played. That level of clarity — that’s exactly what we want.”

I love it when the players are pumped for a coach. David Tepper is going to have a tough decision to make, but if he does not keep Wilks he could have a hard time in the locker room if the players truly want Wilks as their next head coach.