Panthers Unexpectedly Choose Their Best Assistant.

With a 2-15 record, which was the worst record in the NFL this season, the Carolina Panthers are still cleaning up the pieces.

They gave up quarterback Bryce Young in exchange for the top pick in the previous round, but as a result of that trade, they will not own the top pick in the current draft.

After firing Frank Reich in the middle of the season, they turned their focus to their coaching staff, hiring former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales as their new head coach and releasing Chris Tabor, who served as both their special teams coordinator and interim head coach, on Friday.

Joe Person mentioned that Carolina had just denied Tabor an opportunity to speak with the New York Giants.

Since they haven’t qualified for the postseason since the 2017 season and their Super Bowl appearance at the end of the 2015 campaign now seems like a distant memory, the squad has become a laughingstock.

Over the past several years, they have seen something of a coaching carousel: after firing Ron Rivera in 2019, they hired Matt Rhule for the upcoming season, only to fire him early the following one.

Helper Before Reich took over as head coach for this season, Steve Wilks, who is currently the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers, served as interim head coach for the remainder of 2022.

The first of the Panthers’ many needs is for Young, who many believed to be the top quarterback prospect in the 2023 selection, to perform better. Young was selected second overall by the Houston Texans, and he seems like chopped liver in comparison to C.J. Stroud.