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Last Updated: January 26, 2024, 00:00 IST
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The Carolina Panthers have agreed to rent Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales as their new head coach, based on two individuals conversant in the state of affairs.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.: The Carolina Panthers have agreed to rent Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales as their new head coach, based on two individuals conversant in the state of affairs.
Canales has knowledgeable the Buccaneers that he’s taking the job, though there are nonetheless particulars that must be finalized earlier than the transfer is introduced, based on the individuals who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on situation of anonymity.
Canales would be the seventh head coach since proprietor David Tepper took over as proprietor in 2018. He inherits a Panthers group that went 2-15 final season and doesn’t have a primary-spherical draft decide in 2024.
The 42-12 months-outdated Canales helped the Bucs attain the NFC divisional playoffs with Baker Mayfield at quarterback in his first 12 months as an NFL offensive coordinator.
He spent 13 seasons in Seattle the place he labored with Dan Morgan, who was lately employed because the Panthers basic supervisor and president of soccer operations. Morgan changed basic supervisor Scott Fitterer, who was fired after the season.
The large query could be how a lot endurance Tepper could have with Canales.
The Panthers fired Frank Reich simply 11 video games into his first season as head coach this season after giving him a 4-12 months contract. Tepper, who’s 31-68 since taking on, hasn’t proven a lot endurance with head coaches, additionally having fired Ron Rivera and Matt Rhule in the course of the center of earlier seasons.
Canales will likely be entrusted with the event of quarterback Bryce Young, the No. 1 decide within the 2023 draft who struggled as a rookie. Young went 2-14 as a starter and averaged fewer than 180 yards passing per recreation and had simply 11 landing passes and 10 interceptions.
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