Former Giants Coach Ben McAdoo Interviews For Panthers Job

Can a failure in New York save others? Panthers want to know the answer.

Carolina will interview Ben McAdoo for the offensive coordinator position on Tuesday, The Athletic reported, so it’s likely that the former Giants head coach will be appointed to make amends for former Jets quarterback Sam Darnold.

McAdoo, who was fired at the end of 2017 after a 2-10 start and given a lot of hate by Eli Manning to Geno Smith, has served as a consultant for the Cowboys this season after spending a year as a coach. Jacksonville’s quarterback.

The Panthers are looking for an offensive mind who will prove to be better than Joe Brady, whom Matt Rhule hired and then fired in early December while Darnold and blatant offense.

Darnold has just finished his fourth season and is leaving the Jets for the first time. He showed a lot of promise as a capable game manager in the Panthers’ 3-0 start of the season, but his play faltered before breaking a bone. shoulder blades forced him out of action for 6 weeks. Carolina failed to score with Darnold then failed to score without him, as Cam Newton contributed to a disappointing 5-12 finish.

The Panthers are paying Darnold’s $18.9 million 2022 salary, which makes it difficult for the team to give up the former third overall pick. General Manager Scott Fitterer admitted last week that 24-year-old “will be back” in Carolina, and so it’s up to the Panthers to surround him with talent and an offensive coordinator that can maximize Darnold.

“When we protected him and he got the ball out quickly,” Fitterer told reporters, “he looked like a good NFL quarterback.”

McAdoo was considered Aaron Rodgers’ quarterback coach from 2012-13, leading to a position as offensive coordinator with Tom Coughlin’s Giants. McAdoo is credited for breathing life into Eli Manning, who threw the most yards in a single season of his career in the two campaigns McAdoo served as his coordinator.

He graduated to become the Giants head coach for the 2016 season and saw a 11-5 team fall to the Packers in the knockout stages. The Giants disbanded the following season, and McAdoo replaced Manning and ended his 210-match regular streak that began for Smith, which proved to be a hit he was unlikely to return to. .

Now maybe the Panthers give him the latest chance to tackle a quarterback the Jets can’t.