The Chicago Bears have hired former Panthers OC Thomas Brown to be their new passing game coordinator according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune.

Brown spent the 2023 season as the Panthers’ offensive coordinator with rookie Bryce Young at quarterback. The Panthers were arguably the league’s worst offense, though it was the 37-year-old’s one and only season as an offensive coordinator working with sparse talent. He previously worked with new Bears OC Shane Waldron when both were with the Rams.

Brown will likely not know who he is working with until the NFL draft-either incumbent QB Justin Fields or a new QB chosen with the No,1 pick.