I was wrong when I said special teams were ranked 28th. It's actually 32nd.

[Sam Mills Fan]

Football Outsiders has newly updated taking into account this past week's games and it's not pretty:

 

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamst

 

To recap how we've done every year since the last time we won a playoff game:

2014: 32nd

2013: 13th

2012: 29th

2011: 32nd

2010: 22nd

2009: 29th

2008: 10th

2007: 30th

2006: 24th

 

Impressive job by Ron Rivera. Dead last in special teams rankings in 2 of the 4 seasons he's been here despite having two different special teams coordinators.

 

Please keep in mind what this clown said about Richard Rodgers as well.

[Sam Mills Fan]

2014 Panthers rankings:

Scoring Offense: 27th

Scoring Defense: 29th

Special Teams: 32nd

 

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[dos poptarts]

Wasn't Dave Toub available as a special teams coach. And we got Rodgers. Yippee.

[Anybodyhome]

2014 Panthers rankings:

Scoring Offense: 27th

Scoring Defense: 29th

Special Teams: 32nd

 

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This post is the most concise and accurate reason I believe Cam Newton will explore options other than Carolina come contract time. There are simply too many issues to address to even come close to making the Panthers a viable contender in the next 2-3 years.

[Lemory]

I'm just ready for a new staff. Something to get the fan base energized again. I sort of like the process of picking new coaches in the offseason. Gives me a kind of false hope.

[Chaos]

2014 Panthers rankings:

Scoring Offense: 27th

Scoring Defense: 29th

Special Teams: 32nd

 

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But, but, but, the cap

[TheRed]

2014 Panthers rankings:

Scoring Offense: 27th

Scoring Defense: 29th

Special Teams: 32nd

 

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Can't really do much but laugh at this point.

 

I know Gettleman didn't do Ron a whole lot of favors in the offseason, but you just can't keep this staff in place in 2015. They all need to go.

[Francis J. Underwood]

One difference Ted Ginn Jr.

[Khaki Lackey]

One difference Ted Ginn Jr.

Give me a break.

[Ricky Spanish]

Wasn't Dave Toub available as a special teams coach. And we got Rodgers. Yippee.

 

 

I actually heard something about this from the inside:

 

Toub was expensive so JR wouldn't pay him. Rodgers wasn't even originally considered to even be an assistant but he was dirt cheap. That's why we have Rodgers. 

[beastson]

All phases suck ass. Sad.

[WUnderhill]

This is clearly all on the players, not the coaches.

[Firefox]

Our QB is ranked 29th out of 32 teams.

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/passing/sort/quarterbackRating

[the butch]

What did you all really expect our Team Rankings to be with a 3-win season so far?  Top of 5 in all three categories?