When Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera addressed the media following the 2016 season he owned up to the shortcomings on offense. “There’s a lot of things that we’re going to look at,” Rivera said, via Bill Voth of Black and Blue Review. “We understand and we get that there’s some things that have to evolve around [Cam Newton] because he’s evolving as a quarterback, as well. He’s getting older and he’s going to be a different style player. We know that much.”
Once it was obvious that offensive coordinator Mike Shula would be retained the question became how exactly would the Panthers evolve their offense.