Week 8 WIN against Indianapolis - Stats & Analysis

[KB_fan]

Here are the PFF player grades & rankings for entire roster for week 8, (also showing weeks 6 & 7 for comparison).   Nice improvements for Kurt Coleman, Philly Brown & Roman Harper.

And as for Luke, I didn't know that a player could grade above 100!!!

As always, the colors are my own system - close to PFF's but not exactly matching theirs.

[KB_fan]

hat tip to @Dick the Butcher who posted this great tweet in another thread. 

Apparently there is only one other game in history with three scores in overtime.  Here are some of the comments on the tweet.  (There's more I didn't copy)

NFLXpert.com ‏@NFLXpert 5h5 hours ago

@FO_ScottKacsmar How many OT-games have actually had three scores? HOU-JAX in '12... others?

• Scott Kacsmar ‏@FO_ScottKacsmar 5h5 hours ago

• @NFLXpert Just that one and last night.

   

  Scott Kacsmar ‏@FO_ScottKacsmar 5h5 hours ago

• This means Andre Johnson played in the first 2 games in NFL history with 3 scoring drives in OT (2012 HOU-JAX the other). @NFLXpert

   

  @FO_ScottKacsmar @GerryCallahan so reverse that The Colts are the 1st team in history lose after leading in OT
   

  David Locklear ‏@RevRicoSpeaks 31m31 minutes ago

  @FO_ScottKacsmar @Keep_Pounding and apparently it was our first OT win at home

[KB_fan]

Some more interesting tweets about the game I'm finding today:

 

Conrad Brunner ‏@1070Bruno

Last 2 drives:

Luck 12-15, 143 yds, 2 TD.

Previously: 5-16, 40 yds, 2 INT. Discuss.

[KB_fan]

Scott Kacsmar ‏@FO_ScottKacsmar 6h6 hours ago

Five different Panthers had at least 2 passes defensed vs. Luck.

Kuechly - 3

Coleman - 3

Tillman - 3

Norman - 2

Harper - 2

Scott Kacsmar ‏@FO_ScottKacsmar 6h6 hours ago

Andrew Luck had 14 passes defensed in Carolina. Most passes defensed in Week 8 Steelers-Bengals (15 combined) Lions-Chiefs (15 combined)

[KB_fan]

Ummmm.  Not headed in the right direction:

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 4m4 minutes ago

Devin Funchess snap counts, by week: 26 38 31 26 21 18 10

[KB_fan]

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 1m1 minute ago

Even though R.Rivera said plan was to have Daryl Williams play offense, he only saw 5 ST snaps. 65 for Jared Allen. 85 of 86 for Benwikere.

[SamMills4Life]

Luke is over 100? I didn't even know that was possible.

[KB_fan]

Jonathan Jones ‏@jjones9 10m10 minutes ago

Throwing to receivers covered by Josh Norman, Luck was 3-for-7 for 29 yards. Norman had 2 PBUs by my count.

[Snake]

I really hope next year we draft another WR high.  Give Cam a OBJ type WR to go with KB and we will have a great offense for years. 

[Moorgan]

How did Kalil go up by .6 and not play a snap?

[KB_fan]

7 minutes ago, Moorgan said:

How did Kalil go up by .6 and not play a snap?

I was wondering that too.  Perhaps it is in someway relative to other Centers?  These season grades are weird...

 

[KB_fan]

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 1m1 minute ago

#Colts gained 136 yards on first 12 drives. Piled up 197 on final three drives of regulation.

 

  Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 4m4 minutes ago

• Third down conversions have quietly been a problem. 4-for-16 last night and #Panthers are now 25th in NFL at 34%.

   

  Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 5m5 minutes ago

  Kawann Short wasn’t bad last night, he just went back to having “normal” stats. 2 tackles, 1 pass knock down. Star - 2 tackles, FF.

  Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 6m6 minutes ag

• In three games since return, Luke Kuechly's tackles: 14   11   14

[KB_fan]

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 4m4 minutes ago

#Panthers are 8-for-11 in red zone over past three games. 2-for-3 last night includes fumbled snap.

[KB_fan]

The following has already been posted in a thread by @JakeR6 but it seemed good to include in this thread as well.  Great ammo against those who say we've had the weakest schedule.  NOT.  Here's the current strength of schedule among the teams who would be in the playoffs if the season ended today.

DEN- .434
CAR- .415
NE- .412
CIN- .407
GB- .370
NYJ- .367
ATL- .364
NYG- .345
OAK- .323
ARI- .277
IND- .273
MIN- .231