Panthers @ Jaguars Preview and Analysis

[UpstatePanther]

Hello everyone! I have posted my game preview and statisticial analysis for this weekend's game. be warned that it is a blog and it is LONG. I go over every position on both sides of the ball for both teams, plus some extras at the end. i appreciate all readers and feedback. reserve 15-30 minutes to read through the article. Thanks everyone, Keep Pounding, and Go Panthers!!!!

EDIT: the images format better if you view the entry on my blog homescreen. just click the link below and under the first entry labeled "Panthers @ Jaguars Preview", click "show more" :)

 

[Jackofalltrades]

Good read, I liked the plug for hour pops but the lack of apostrophes in many of the contractions irked me. I can't help it.

 

As for the analysis I think it's solid but I didn't get the feeling that it was really objective, probably because you had a lot more insight about the Panthers. Familiarity played a big part in that but I didn't think it was really biased either. All things being equal it was a fair comparison/contrast and I agree with most of what you said.

 

I look forward to reading each week...perhaps a slightly condensed version.

 

Great job and thanks for the time and effort you put into it.

[UpstatePanther]

Good read, I liked the plug for hour pops but the lack of apostrophes in many of the contractions irked me. I can't help it.

 

As for the analysis I think it's solid but I didn't get the feeling that it was really objective, probably because you had a lot more insight about the Panthers. Familiarity played a big part in that but I didn't think it was really biased either. All things being equal it was a fair comparison/contrast and I agree with most of what you said.

 

I look forward to reading each week...perhaps a slightly condensed version.

 

Great job and thanks for the time and effort you put into it.

i'll try and see if i can fix the apostrophe issue. honestly that's just laziness on my part, and i don't want it taking away from an otherwise good analysis. 

i'm hoping i can get Dad to provide a quick weather report every week. 

yes it wasn't really objective. i tried to explain that. but you're right it had alot to do with familiarity. 

if i may ask, how can i condense it more? there was just so much information to present. i don't really know how to condense it.

thanks for your feedback Jack :)

[Jackofalltrades]

Given the information you provided I don't know how much you could condense and not lose real substance. You gave fair warning that it was long, though it didn't take but 5 minutes to read.

 

I think most of the true fans will read, the lazy, half ass fans won't which is probably fine given your target demographic. 

[KB_fan]

Nice work.  I'd not ever really heard of the toxic differential stat before, so I had fun looking it up and learning about it.

http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/toxic-differential/2014/

[KB_fan]

Playing around further on the sporting charts site - a site I've only become familiar with this season, and still hadn't explored in too much detail - I discovered you can customize team matchups.   I'd thought you could only show matchups for a team you'd played in a given season, but you can show matchups against any team in the league.  So cool.

So, here is the Carolina vs. Jax matchup using 2014 stats.

http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/teams/matchup/364-carolina-panthers-vs-365-jacksonville-jaguars/

But, of course, as UpstatePanther notes in his analysis, those stats are somewhat misleading given our "tale of two seasons" last year, with our final games being so much stronger than our early games.

Anyway, this was a lot of fun to discover, and I really like the format and information in a lot of their charts and graphics - especially the "sliding scale"  worst / best chart which shows how the teams' stats compare to each other, but also how they compare to the best and worst in the league.  Really clear & nice.

[Guest Barry McCaulkinor]

Nice analysis the only thing I can suggest is changing the color of your signature. Black and Blue do not work like that. Hurts my eyes and I know it has to hurt others. 

[UpstatePanther]

Nice analysis the only thing I can suggest is changing the color of your signature. Black and Blue do not work like that. Hurts my eyes and I know it has to hurt others. 

I might try to use a lighter color blue. Thanks!