Panthers Hire Ben McAdoo as next offensive coordinator

Panthers target Ben McAdoo as next offensive coordinator



CHARLOTTE — The Panthers were looking for a more experienced hand on offense, and they appear to have found one.

They're targeting former Giants head coach Ben McAdoo as their next offensive coordinator, though they still have to reach a contract agreement.

The 44-year-old McAdoo has 15 years of experience in the NFL. He was the Giants' head coach for two seasons. He was previously their offensive coordinator, after a successful stint as the Packers' tight ends and quarterbacks coach. McAdoo spent the 2020 season as the Jaguars' quarterback coach, and was a consultant with the Cowboys last season.

The link to former Giants coach Tom Coughlin is the common thread with Panthers head coach Matt Rhule, who over the past couple of weeks interviewed several assistants with a range of backgrounds before making the decision.

When McAdoo was the Giants' head coach in 2016 (with an aging Eli Manning at quarterback), they were 8-3 in one-score games, and were one of the least-penalized teams in the league.

That's the kind of stability the Panthers are looking for, after replacing Joe Brady in midseason. The Panthers ranked 30th in the league in total offense last season, were 2-6 in one-score games, and ranked 22nd in the league in penalties.

The Panthers interviewed McAdoo for other jobs in previous years. But in 2020, when Rhule assembled his first staff, he turned the offense over to the 30-year-old Brady, after his stint running LSU's high-powered passing game.

McAdoo has a deeper pro background, and his time working with head coach Mike McCarthy and quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay adds some ballast to the Panthers' offensive staff.

Per Ian Rappaport, it's a done deal except for the actual paperwork:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nflvide...d=msedgntp

So it seems.... and the worm turns.

Generally the reports have NOT been favorable.!!!!!

Comments about McAdoo   (When the original interview announcement was made..)

Comments after HIRE announcement..  (From today after the "hire" was announced..)

So he interviews for the QB coach position the last two years… wasn’t hired. Now he is the offensive coordinator!!! Rhule is a complete joke and our Panthers are the new joke of the league.

Anybody excited by this? Obvs not first. I’d say lukewarm.

Give u a lt n two g’s n we can be ok next year. I hope

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Either Christian at lt or g, n a lt n g n c. We can hope. Maybe brown at a g. Still, depending on Brady, we need a swing tackle (maybe Erving) a g, c, n lt. Fix that.

I now see why Luke Kuechly got out while the getting was good.

So he interviews for the QB coach position the last two years… wasn’t hired. Now he is the offensive coordinator!!! Rhule is a complete joke and our Panthers are the new joke of the league.

Well.... I think your comments are pretty much an echo of what most folks are saying. He HAS some experience, but not much recently.  AND... he's been pretty much laughed about as a candidate.  I don't know.....

If I had to say, I would contend that he was NOT the best candidate. There I said it.!!  Tried to be diplomatic though.....

Y'all need to keep the BIG PICTURE in mind.  Matt Rhule is building an EMPIRE      

Y'all need to keep the BIG PICTURE in mind.  Matt Rhule is building an EMPIRE      

SMH