Chase Blackburn has been the special teams coordinator for the Carolina Panthers for the last two seasons. Everything could be changing with Matt Rhule coming in and building up a new coaching staff, though. Over the weekend, we learned Blackburn interviewed for his own job, according to Sirius XM.
According to Joe Person at the Athletic, Blackburn has actually interviewed with Rhule multiple times for the role and all signs point to him being retained.
This wasn’t a great year for the Panthers’ special teams. They had issues in coverage, punting and kicking at different times of the season. Football Outsiders wound up ranking Carolina No. 31 in special teams DVOA.
Blackburn may be able to turn the unit around, but he might need a serious infusion of talent to get it done.
