All things considered, I think it’s safe to say that The Walking Dead has plenty of action and intensity in store in the rest of Season 8, and we shouldn’t rule out more big deaths.
Daryl has been a pretty loose cannon in Season 8 so far, but it looks like the loss of Carl might have Daryl behaving himself and sticking with Rick a little bit more.
Given that Rick will be in a very bad place, he could probably use the support of Daryl rather than have to deal with Daryl taking risks for the sake of revenge.
We also still need to find out what exactly is up with Rick’s flashforward — which we can safely say now that Carl has been bitten wasn’t actually a real flashforward — and there are plenty of questions to be answered.