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2023 Stats (Rank)
Points per game: 13.9 (31st)
Total yards per game: 265.3 (32nd)
Plays per game: 64.5 (9th)
Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 38.3 (10th)
Dropback EPA per play: -0.16 (30th)
Rush attempts per game: 26.2 (19th)
Rush EPA per play: -0.16 (24th)
Coaching Staff
The Panthers shoved all their chips in on Bryce Young last year and paired him with veteran head coach Frank Reich. Young was a high-floor prospect and Reich had led plenty of competent offenses in Indianapolis. What could go wrong? As it turns out: everything. The offense was predictable, the concepts were bland, and the quarterback was atrocious. Reich was fired after 11 games, only one of which was a victory.
Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales was tabbed as the Panthers’ next head head coach. Canales gained notoriety in coaching circles for his part in the tremendous turnarounds of Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield. As the Bucs OC, Canales guided Mayfield to a 4,044-yard, 28-touchdown season in his first campaign in Tampa Bay. Both marks were career highs for the No. 1 overall pick turned journeyman. Canales brought in Bucs receivers coach Brad Idzik as his offensive coordinator. The two have worked together for five seasons, most of which came in Seattle. Defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero was retained despite the turnover elsewhere in the staff.
Canales’s job is to make Young’s life easier. Mayfield threw to his first read at a top-10 rate last year and received a top-10 PFF passing grade when doing so. The Bucs also ranked inside the top 10 teams in passing plays that utilized play action and passing plays with a pre-snap motion. These are all simplifications of what makes an offense good, but nothing was simple for Young as a rookie. He needed more layups called and Reich never gave them to him. Canales will have no issues engineering easy wins for the second-year passer.
Passing Game
QB: Bryce Young, Andy Dalton
WR: Diontae Johnson, Jonathan Mingo
WR: Adam Thielen, Terrace Marshall
WR: Xavier…
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Publish date : 2024-06-21 15:01:06
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