Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
LSU is expected to meet with Carolina Panthers quarterback coach Jake Peetz for the offensive coordinator position, according to Pete Thamel with Yahoo Sports.

Thamel also reports that a meeting with Panthers offensive assistant DJ Mangas will take place this week as he could be a candidate for LSU's passing game coordinator.


Mangas was on LSU's staff during the 2019 Championship season, working under Steve Ensminger and Joe Brady. He was the offensive coordinator at William & Mary before coming to Baton Rouge in 2019.

Peetz, 37-years old, started working with quarterbacks in 2012 with the Jacksonville Jaguars and has worked with the Washington Redskins (2014) and the Oakland Raiders (2015-2017). He was an offensive analyst with Alabama in 2013 and 2018 before joining the Panthers staff as a running back coach in 2019.

Jake Peetz Career history:
As coach:

Santa Barbara City College (2006)
Special Teams Coordinator / Safeties Coach / Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

UCLA (2007)
Defensive Assistant

Jacksonville Jaguars (2012)
Assistant Quarterbacks Coach

Alabama (2013)
Offensive Analyst - Quarterbacks

Washington Redskins (2014)
Offensive quality control & Wide Receivers Assistant

Oakland Raiders (2015)
Senior Offensive Assistant

Oakland Raiders (2016)
Assistant Quarterbacks Coach

Oakland Raiders (2017)
Quarterbacks Coach

Alabama (2018)
Offensive Analyst

Carolina Panthers (2019)
Running Backs Coach

Carolina Panthers (2020–present)
Quarterbacks Coach

As executive:
Jacksonville Jaguars (2008–2011)
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stupid move
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Do the Saints have another young, bright offensive analyst like Brady that we can hire away?
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Big gamble on a guy who never called plays. Don't chase the next Brady. Get the best guy.
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so why not just go get Brady instead of them. $2.5 million plus head coach in waiting would get him. If Woodward was dumb enough to pay Jimbo, Pelini and others then he is definitely dumb enough to pay Brady.
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College OC is a step down. He’s got a HC gig in sites in the pros.
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Like Giant said, he's about to be an NFL HC... if Bieniemy does not pick Houston, there is a very good possibility Brady is the Texans next HC...
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This is a unique scenario
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I'm not sure one year with Brady makes a man.
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To be fair, Mangas and Brady have been with each other 4 or more years at different stops (W&M, LSU, Panthers).
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Young, innovative, and worked closely with the "assistant coach of the year" in 2019. Combine them with Russ, and I like the chances
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Meh
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Can we just get Brady back?
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Nope
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We hired Brady on... as a PG coordinator. And struck gold at that. Now we are trying to strike gold in even less likely areas!? Sure what it seems like. Saban probably hiring Ex NFL head coaches for the jobs Coach O hires nfl helpers for. Coach O better know what he’s doing.
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Because hiring Scott Linehan worked out so well
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SBC
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The most moronic take I have ever seen. Holy shite.
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Lol. BayouBengal is too stupid to realize O hired an Ex-NFL head coach last year. As the PGC at that. What a dumbass take.
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Guarantee u they called Brady and he said “no but try these guys” lol
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I bet you are right.
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Not sure why this got downvoted but this makes sense
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One-year and he'd be gone. That resume screams "instability".
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I agree. Job hopping every year.
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This is the format we signed up for when we hired O. Any coordinator that's "stable" means 9-3 seasons. Venables is the outlier. If we want seasons like 2019, we have to take chances even if that means a revolving door of young coaches.
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If we have potential to be close to 2019, beat Bama, and get a NC, I am good with that
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I dont know about this
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Because Bridgewater was unstoppable this year.
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Have you looked at his stats this year? He definitely played above his ability, could be coaching and/or play calling... Imagine if he had CMC the whole year
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He had career highs in basically every statistic
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So they're taking the Sean McVay approach to re-capture the glory of 2019. If I were Orgeron, I would be trying to find a sure fire coordinator, not taking chances.
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Took a lot of chances in 2019. High risk high reward. I would rather that than a Les miles 10-2 9-3 season every year
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But his job is in potential danger so the circumstances are different.
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Good. Brady rolled w/ 0 indication or warning. Gut his staff
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Imagine being mad at the man who brought your team the greatest offense of all time because he left for a clearly better opportunity
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Balls deep on how Brady. Seems risky
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hopefully those apples fell from the right tree
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