Last season, the Carolina Panthers ranked 32nd in the league in total yards and scoring. The San Diego Chargers, on the other side of the spectrum, led the league in total offense. As new head coach of the Panthers and old defensive coordinator of the Chargers, Ron Rivera hopes to bring some of San Diego’s offensive successes to Charlotte. Rivera has brought along former Chargers tight ends coach Rob Chudzinski to help transform the Carolina offense this year, and neither coach has anything to hide when talking about what changes they’ll bring from the Chargers to the Panthers.
GM Marty Hurney is jumping aboard this plan, speaking to the Gaston Gazette about implementing a new offense. Talking about how the Panthers offense will resemble the Chargers offense next year, Hurney said, “That will be the system. You can take the same system and different teams can run it and have different identities and different personalities with it. But yes, that will be the system we bring offensively.”
Of course, the Chargers offense revolves around a solid quarterback in Philip Rivers, and that’s one piece of the Panthers offense that desperately needs an upgrade. Names like Jimmy Clausen, Matt Moore and Tony Pike are still in the running for starting quarterback next season, but the team’s revamped offense might just require a new ball tosser to get the Panthers up to speed.
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