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Carolina Panthers coach Frank Reich is retaking control of the team’s offensive playcalling less than a month after handing over the reins to offensive coordinator Thomas Brown.
Reich initially gave up playcalling duties on Oct. 16 before Carolina’s bye week. The Panthers have gone 1-2 since with Brown calling plays, but the team scored only two offensive touchdowns during that span.
Reich had called plays for the first six games of the season, all Carolina losses.
However, the Panthers offense suffered a drop-off in the past three games.
The Panthers went from averaging 294.7 yards, 20.7 first downs and 16.3 points per game in six games with Reich calling plays to 237.3 yards, 16.3 first downs and 11.3 points per game in three games with Brown calling the shots.
All of that has left the Panthers 30th in the league in offense and 29th in scoring entering Sunday’s home game against the Dallas Cowboys (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports App) with No. 1 draft pick Bryce Young at quarterback.
“This is not about Thomas. This is about me and the team,” Reich said Wednesday. “I’m in this position I’m in because of my years of being a successful offensive coordinator and playcaller. We have eight games left, and I want to give my full attention and do everything I can do to help the offense take the next step.”
Reich said Brown, who had been one of three Black playcallers in the league, will still run the offensive install meetings and have input on play calls.
“I understand how this may appear to some and there is nothing I can do about that,” Reich said. “As I have said from the beginning, the whole process is pretty collaborative anyway.”
Reich said the decision has nothing to do with concern over his own job security.
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“I have not been given any ultimatum like that,” Reich said. “Do we want to be in control of our own destiny, of…
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Publish date : 2023-11-15 22:38:02
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