Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown probably needed more than just 30 seconds to answer the last question of this morning’s chat with team reporters.
Before closing out what may have been his final pre-game presser with the organization, Brown was asked what he thinks went wrong with the offense this season.
“Um, that’s a loaded question. Um . . . maybe a good one for a last question,” he replied with a smile. “But I think just as far as the overall consistency, the communication—and that’s always continuing to find a best way to put our guys in the best spot to be successful. I think any time you have changes—change can obviously be good, but also takes some time to adjust and adapt to. But that’s a pretty in-depth convo we can probably have at a different time.”
Brown was in the middle of quite a few changes during his first year at the position—a tenure that began with former head coach Frank Reich in charge of the offense. But Reich, after an 0-6 start, relinquished play-calling duties to the 37-year-old—a move that helped spark the team’s first win of the campaign.
Then, not even a full month later, Reich reclaimed the responsibilities from Brown. Brown would, of course, eventually get the call sheet back—after Reich was fired just 12 weeks in.
What hadn’t changed over that time, however, was the underwhelming production of the unit. Heading into the final week of play, the Panthers are averaging a league-worst 269.4 total yards per game.
