The Panthers managed just three points in Sunday’s loss to the Giants, dropping them to 3-4 on the year. Clearly, something has to change, but head coach Matt Rhule says that he has no plans to take play-calling duties away from offensive coordinator Joe Brady (Twitter link via Joe Person of The Athletic). 
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Brady’s offense looked promising early on, thanks in part to the play of Sam Darnold. Unfortunately, the former Jets quarterback has sputtered in recent weeks He was benched in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss, though Rhule told reporters that Darnold will “be our quarterback next week.” There’s no guarantee that Darnold will be the QB after the trade deadline, however. The Panthers are said to be in pursuit of Deshaun Watson and they could potentially outbid the Dolphins.
Brady’s offense would be in better shape with Christian McCaffrey, but he’s still on IR with a hamstring injury. Meanwhile, despite all the hiccups, Brady remains a rumored candidate for the LSU vacancy.
“I didn’t really have any thoughts on it,” Brady said recently (via Sports Illustrated). “I had a great experience in my time there but I was way more concerned with our performance this past Sunday and trying to find ways to improve this Sunday. All of those things, from a coaching perspective, are things that I don’t really pay a lot of attention to…I’ve got to do a better job of being the offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers and that’s all I’m really concerned about right now.”
Everyone keeps telling me he is an offensive genius!
Is there really such a thing as a genius? Einstein apparently wasn’t even smart enough to buy himself a comb.
They said the same thing about Matt Nagy. How has that worked out for the Bears?!
Nagy paces the sidelines with those ridiculous colored charts in his hands. A real genius would have relevant information stored in his brain and not have to rely on props.
Shannahan is worse. Most over rated offensive “genius” there is. Plus he’s traded away excellentt defensive players, benched his best talent with no explanation,and the team’s future,to chase his newest toys. Ironically Nagy has been more of a winner despite much worse talent.
I totally agree that trading Buckner was a Homer Simpson move…but that is on Lynch.
What the “ White wonder boy” in trouble. Wasn’t it last month he was the next heir apparent to any coaching job in the NFL? I heard they were even thinking of. Hanging the Lombardi trophy to the Brady Trophy. Wow 1 year at LSU. Surprising how these rich owners have no clue and do along with the spin.
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I think these past 2 seasons have made it clear; it’s the players, not the coaches that make it hum.
This guy won a national title; with Joe B & Chase. Undefeated season. Talk of him becoming a HC quickly. Now he doesn’t have good talent and on thin ice? Same for the LSU coach who is resigning, no talent, get a new job.
Same for the Begals HC. Awful w/o talent for 2 years, now leading the entire AFC.
Bill B is sub 500 after Tom left. Bill barely beat the Texans 2 weeks ago. Saints aren’t great and same for the Seahawks.
Old coaching axiom: it’s not the x’s and o’s, it’s the Jim’s and the Joe’s…very true in most cases…
Coaching has undergone a dramatic change during the decades I have been a fan. Back in the 60s, coaches were obsessed with the fundamentals of blocking and tackling and constantly drilled players on that. They didn’t particularly care if a player had a cerebral understanding of advanced offensive and defensive schemes and how their role was integrated with the roles of other players. Today we see an almost complete reversal of that approach. Players today have a much better grasp of strategic concepts but they’re often terrible at the fundamentals of blocking and tackling.
I think you’re making it too black and white. Success is a byproduct of both good team play and good coaching. One can hardly exist without the other. Brady probably got this job too early, but crevices of the offense from LSU shows pretty good scheming coupled with exceptional execution from the players. Would Burrow have been good without Brady? Yes, he actually was, despite people treating him like one year wonder. But with Brady’s gameplan on offense, he had a transformative year. The two don’t exist separately.