Panthers hire Harold Goodwin as assistant HC/run game coordinator

The Panthers have hired Columbia, S.C. native Harold Goodwin.

Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales is bringing in a local product to help lead his team.

As announced on Tuesday evening, the Panthers have hired Harold Goodwin as their new assistant head coach and run game coordinator. The Columbia, S.C. native has nearly two decades’ worth of experience on the NFL sidelines.

That experience started in 2004, as an assistant offensive line coach for the Chicago Bears. He’d then serve as the offensive line coach and quality control coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2007 to 2011 and the offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts in 2012.

Goodwin then made the jump to the role of offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals in 2013. He spent five seasons under head coach Bruce Arians in that role, a run that included a pair of playoff appearances.

Arians then brought Goodwin over with him to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as his assistant head coach and run game coordinator in 2019. He worked in those positions through the 2023 campaign.

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Peyton and Eli Manning got a kick out of Bruce Arians accidentally swearing on the ManningCast

Potty word!

During the final ManningCast of the 2023 NFL season, former coach Bruce Arians dropped a bad word to the great delight of Peyton and Eli Manning.

The Mannings welcomed Arians, who won a Super Bowl in 2021 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as his old team took on the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC wild-card round.

While he talked with the Mannings about his early coaching days at Temple, Arians said that, when he was 30, he thought that he knew everything about the sport.

Well, it turns out that he now thinks he didn’t know … [expletive].

Both Manning brothers had the best reaction to Arians dropping a swear word on Monday Night Football, which is not usually a place where you hear anything but G-rated dialogue.

Some NSFW language to follow. 

Peyton Manning particularly enjoyed Arians’ on-air flub, which probably didn’t make the broadcast censors all that thrilled.

While dropping that particular swear word on television isn’t quite as taboo as it once was, this was still a delightful moment to help us send the ManningCast‘s third season off in style.

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Former Bucs HC Bruce Arians to appear on ManningCast Monday night

Bucs fans who like the ManningCast will see a member of the team’s Ring of Honor on as a guest Monday night.

Anyone watching the ManningCast on Monday Night Football for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the Philadelphia Eagles will get to see a familiar face from (recent) franchise history.

Omaha Productions announced on Monday their guest list for the ManningCast, an alternate viewing experience for Monday Night Football that showcases Peyton and Eli Manning talking to guests while watching the game. Anyone who tunes in for the first half will get to see a member of the Bucs Ring of Honor, as former head coach Bruce Arians will be the first guest on the show.

It’s likely Arians will be in the building Monday, as he currently serves as a senior adviser to general manager Jason Licht in Tampa Bay. He’s most known by Bucs fans for his role in bringing the franchise a second Super Bowl as head coach — he served as head coach in Tampa Bay from 2019-21, and he won a championship with quarterback Tom Brady in 2020.

Arians is also no stranger to commentary, as he briefly served as a commentator on CBS in 2018 before coming out of retirement to coach the Bucs. In his stint with Tampa Bay, Arians put up a 31-18 record with five playoff wins and a Super Bowl trophy.

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Former Bucs HC Bruce Arians: Baker Mayfield was a better prospect than QBs in 2023 draft

Buccaneers senior consultant Bruce Arians believes Baker Mayfield, his team’s current QB, was a better prospect than any of the 2023 draft’s top passers.

If Bruce Arians is to be believed, then someone might want to break some pretty catastrophic news to the Carolina Panthers.

During his Arians Family Foundation gala this past Monday, the former Super Bowl-winning head coach and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers senior football consultant put forth a pretty interesting take. Known as a quarterback whisperer of sorts, Arians claimed that Baker Mayfield was a better prospect in his eyes than any of the top passers from the 2023 draft.

“I can honestly say out of these four, I had Baker rated higher,” per Scott Reynolds of Pewter Report. “That’s an honest opinion – coming out [of Oklahoma].”

Those four also include Houston’s C.J. Stroud, Indianapolis’ Anthony Richardson and, of course, the No. 1 pick in Carolina’s Bryce Young.

Mayfield was a first overall selection in his own right, going atop the board to the Cleveland Browns in 2018. And although things haven’t exactly worked out as planned for Baker in the NFL, Arians may think his best ball is ahead of him.

“That’s not chopped liver,” he added. “He had a tough time playing hurt and things didn’t work in Cleveland. That happens to a lot of guys. Timmy Couch was no bust. Timmy Couch got broken the hell up in Cleveland. I coached him. Helluva player.”

Unfortunately for Mayfield, he wasn’t much of a player for the Panthers in 2022—as he was waived after just seven (largely painstaking) games. He then landed with the Los Angeles Rams to close out a rough campaign and has since signed with Arians’ Bucs in free agency.

So, is Bruce really not a fan of Bryce in this case or is he just towing the company line? Well, that may depend on how you view chopped liver.

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WATCH: Bruce Arians talks Kyle Trask, Tom Brady and more

Hear what Bruce Arians had to say about Tom Brady, Kyle Trask has the GOAT’s potential replacement, and much more

He may not be the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers anymore, but Bruce Arians is still a strong presence at One Buc Place, and will continue to have an impact on the franchise as they move into a new era.

Arians recently appeared on “The Rich Eisen Show” to discuss Tom Brady’s 2022 season and subsequent retirement, Kyle Trask’s future as Brady’s potential replacement and much more.

Watch the video above to see everything Arians had to say.

Bruce Arians says Bucs are ‘in good hands’ with Kyle Trask at QB

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians has high hopes for Kyle Trask after Tom Brady’s retirement

After three years of Tom Brady, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heading into the 2023 season with a massive question mark at quarterback.

Kyle Trask, a second-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft, is the only signal-caller currently under contract in Tampa Bay for the 2023 season after the GOAT’s retirement. Veteran Blaine Gabbert is a free agent, and isn’t expected back after the overhaul of the offensive coaching staff.

Former Bucs head coach Bruce Arians recently appeared on “The Rich Eisen Show,” sharing his thoughts on what Trask brings to the table, and whether or not he can be counted on to replace Brady:

It’s still likely the Bucs will bring in a cheap veteran to compete with Trask for the starting job, but after being a healthy scratch for nearly every game of his two-year NFL career so far, it looks like he’ll finally have a legitimate chance to be Tampa Bay’s QB1.

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Bruce Arians breaks down why Rondé Barber is a Hall of Famer

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians breaks down why Rondé Barber should already have a gold jacket

For the third year in a row, Tampa Bay Buccaneers legend Rondé Barber is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but another team legend thinks he should have been inducted a long time ago.

Former Bucs head coach Bruce Arians, who recently joined Barber as a member of the team’s Ring of Honor, has a long history with No. 20 that goes all the way back to Barber’s childhood. Arians would babysit Rondé and his twin brother Tiki, and has remained a longtime friend of the family.

Arians recently broke down some of the reasons why Barber should already have a bronze bust in Canton and a gold jacket in his closet:

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WATCH: Bucs induct Bruce Arians into Ring of Honor

Watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers induct former head coach Bruce Arians into the team’s Ring of Honor

Bruce Arians was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for only three seasons, but that was all he needed to make an indelible mark in franchise history.

Arians holds the highest winning percentage of any Bucs head coach, and helped lead the team to its second Super Bowl victory, the first for any NFL team in their home stadium.

For all his efforts, Arians was inducted into the Bucs’ Ring of Honor during halftime of Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, making him the 14th member to receive the team’s highest accolade.

Here’s the tribute video and ceremony from Sunday:

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Could Tom Brady return for another year with the Bucs?

If Tom Brady does return for another NFL season in 2023, it’s hard to imagine it’ll be anywhere other than Tampa Bay

Throughout this past offseason, there were multiple rumors about Tom Brady leaving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to finish his NFL career elsewhere.

Instead, Brady ended up returning from his brief retirement for a third season with the Bucs. While many outside of One Buc Place had wild theories about the GOAT playing for another club, those closest to the Bucs (and common sense) knew that if Brady was going to play this season, it would be in Tampa Bay.

Brady was still under contract for the 2022 season, so any other interested party would have had to trade for his rights, something the Bucs were obviously never going to do.

Now, the intriguing question becomes, what will Brady do next season?

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He’s no longer under contract with the Bucs beyond this year, so he can become a free agent in 2023 if he decides he still wants to keep playing.

Former Bucs head coach Bruce Arians spoke with longtime beat writer Ira Kaufman recently, and seemed to show optimism that Brady could return for another season in Tampa Bay.

“He loves it here,” Arians told Kaufman. “He loves his teammates, his coaches and the organization. If he decides to play next season, I think it will be with the Buccaneers.”

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Dan Pompei at The Athletic recently wrote a feature on Arians, and the Bucs’ special assistant to the general manager spoke about Brady’s insatiable commitment to excellence.

“In practice, even in quarterback drills, he’s over there competing to win the damn drills every day,” Arians told Pompei. “I still spend a lot of time with him, but not as much probably as I used to. In a week, we maybe spend an hour talking about football and another hour talking about life.”

It still feels most likely that 2022 will be Brady’s last NFL season, but if he does decide to keep playing, it’s hard to imagine that he’d want to start over again with a new team. Most of Tampa Bay’s key players on offense are under contract for 2023, and though the team obviously has some salary cap issues they’ll have to sort out, they would obviously do whatever was necessary to keep a winning team around Brady for another season.

Despite the Bucs’ offensive struggles throughout the first half of the 2022 season, Brady is still playing at a high level, so it wouldn’t be a total shock if he decides to return for a 24th NFL season.

If he does, it’s hard to believe it’ll be anywhere but Tampa Bay.

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Former Bucs HC Bruce Arians was hospitalized in October due to heart issue

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was hospitalized with pericarditis back in October

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was hospitalized back in October after dealing with a heart issue, per Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.

The 70-year-old Arians, who is now Tampa Bay’s special assistant to the general manager, ended up in the hospital with pericarditis, he told Stroud.

More details from Stroud:

Pericarditis is swelling and irritation of the thin, saclike tissue surrounding the heart known as the pericardium. It causes sharp chest pain that can mimic a heart attack. It typically goes away without treatment.

Arians said he was put through a battery of tests that showed no blockage or damage to the heart and treated with anti-inflammatories.

Since the scare, he has not traveled with the team but continues to attend practices and home games.

Arians told Stroud he feels “great” now, so we’re glad to hear all is well with Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl-winning head coach from two seasons ago.

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