I honestly don't like Morgan's character at all. And just like Daryl's actions recently proved when he allowed Wayne to live during their first encounter. Time and time again. Rick shows that you simply cannot afford to take anymore chances too much in their current World. He's the only one that seems to kill anyone off now without feeling any remorse. Morgan cost the team. Daryl cost the team.

 

Negan dying in the show early on wouldn't really surprise me. It would just mean they're escalating the Whisperer's and Alpha's story now and instead of bridging Negan into Rick's group and using him at some point he'll just be out of the picture completely. But I think he'll be jailed and caught like he was in the comics. They pretty much foreshadowed it a bit when they showed Morgan building a small Jail cell.

 

And ultimately, Rick ends up finding enough huamnity within himself to NOT kill Negan for his actions. So I don't think you'll see Morgan "take the lead" but I could see Rick being influenced and brought back to humanity a bit more as time progresses with Morgan in his ear. Kind of like the King Arthur / Merlin vibe. Which to me also signifies the end of Daryl....

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