Thomas Brown Describes Offensive Identity, What He Wants in a QB + More

New Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown met with the local media for the first time on Thursday.

The offense ranking 29th last year

"What happened last year is last year. And I'm not going to sit here and bash anybody as far as what they did offensively."

Offensive identity

"It's about creating chaos for the defense by utilizing shifts and motions, using tempo as well. Everything again, starting up front by imposing your will. Everybody talks about being balanced offensively and to me, I don't think balance always means 50/50 from a run/pass standpoint. It means win the football game. Like stats are awesome but the number one goal is to win football games. So if we got to run it 40 times to win or throw it 40 times to win, it's all based on our collaborative effort when it comes to the offense, defense, and special teams playing team ball."

Evolving as a coach

"I'm always trying to run away from comfort. It's sort of easy to sit in my comfort zone and do what I've always done, but I seek to growth. Unfortunately, comfort and growth don't exist in the same place, but I enjoy the challenge. I enjoy being stressed and strained, but also getting results. Excuses don't matter. Nobody cares."

What kind of quarterback he wants

"A really good one. There's all different kind of guys that come in all shapes and sizes. But to me, it's an ongoing conversation we've had over the last couple days. It's about who fits into this system, being selfless from a mentality standpoint, but also having a point guard mentality. Being able to distribute the ball to your playmakers. And on third down, red zone, two-minute, go play Superman."

Analysis of D'Onta Foreman

"After we played you guys, I watched almost every single week just evaluating and the direction the team was going in. I just love the mentality. I'm about being a tone-setter."

Fixing red zone struggles

"Run the football in the red zone. Being able to have specific gameplan, concepts, but also find matchups. I kinda call it find the blowfish on defense and go attack the blowfish. We got to figure out how we're built, who's the best guys be it in the run game or pass game. It's about being able to have an identity and being consistent."

Having a rotation of RBs that can do different things or having a guy that can do it all

"I think it depends on how you're built. I think also, it's hard to operate with just one guy. That spot as I know is tough to stay healthy because of the contact you take on, it's a very violent position. I think being able to keep guys fresh is important. Attacking guys the entire game and when it becomes the fourth quarter, you still have two, maybe even three fresh backs ready to roll and attack a defense."

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