Carolina Panthers #4 Scoring Offense

[TheWiz]

1. New England 34.5

2. Arizona 32.9

3. Cincinnati 28.6

4. Carolina 28.5

As surprised as we are about the success of our Panthers football team, I think what is most surprising is HOW we're doing it.

Our defense is great and we know that. But the story of our success has been that our offense has been outscoring high powered offenses. Cam Newton is running the 4th highest scoring offense with Greg Olsen, Corey Brown, Ted Ginn, & Devin Funchess. Jonathan Stewart has given us good production with about a little over 70 yards a game but averaging only 3.9 yards a carry. But the reason our running game is ranked 1st is because Cam is avg 4.7 yards a carry with 5 rushing TD's. 

This is typically the time of year where Carolina has had to kick it in gear and go on a run to win the division. But we're in the driver's seat right. I love that Ron Rivera didnt give the Panthers the day off after this win. Its a mentality change. We expect to win. We expect to be great. We expect to dominate. I love the fact that we have division games at the end of the season.... the motivation is there.. and the goal is clear: Stay #1. Get Homefield Advantage. Superbowl.   

[IGSaint]

And I think we can get better. Cam can get better or receivers can get better and that's scary. 

[L-TownCat]

And climbing

[Kakarot]

Damn. I was certain it was going to be a tough task for us to avg 20 a game, but 29...sheesh. 

[t96]

Our red zone production is a huge reason for that since our yards aren't really all that great. That has been our biggest weakness under Shula so I'm amazed how well we're doing at scoring TDs there without our best red zone option in KB. Gotta give some credit to Shula for improving there.

[KB_fan]

This is the highest points per game total in Panthers' history.  I had just posted the latest chart from Sporting Charts in the Week 9 Stats & Analysis thread.

 

[csx]

I think our defense has the ability to do anything at any given moment but are not consistent enough to be great. Considering 20th in yards per game and 11 in pts per game on defense I almost think it could be argued that the offense is ahead of the defense or at least you might say it's a balanced team right now.

[KB_fan]

Also, I've been doing a little work on a kind of "mid-season review" looking at the "best & worst stats" so far.

I'm not done yet, but here are some of the categories related to offense & scoring where we are top 5 or bottom 5 in the league.   In many cases I've put the comparison stat from the 2014 season.

The "Best" list is a really amazing list.

Most of these data are taken from the Team Rankings site or Sporting Charts.

 

Offense – best

1^st – Rushing Offense (142.3 yds / g)        /  2014:  130.9 yds / g

1^st – Rushing Att / Game (33.6)                  / 2014:  30.2

1^st – Rushing 1^st downs/game  (8.1)          / 2014:  7.5

1^st – Rushing Play % (50.95%)                  / 2014:  45.22%

1^st – Rushing Big Plays (34)

1^st – Toxic Differential  (28)                          / 2014:  12

1^st – Net Turnover Points (46)                     / 2014:  9

2^nd – Yards per Point (12.6)                          / 2014:  16.4  [lower is better]

2^nd – Passing Yds / Completion ( 13.1)        / 2014:  10.7

3^rd – 4^th Down Conv. % (80%)                      / 2014:  53.85%

3^rd – Give Away Points (15)                          / 2014:  75

4^th – Points per Game (28.5)                        / 2014: 21.3

4^th – Avg Scoring Differential (+7.9)             / 2014: -2.1

4^th – Points per Play:  (.432)                         / 2014:  .318

4^th – Points per Play Diff. (0.149)

4^th – Defensive TDs per game  (.4)              / 2014:  .1

4^th – Turnover Differential (+6)                     / 2014:  +3

5^th – Offensive Points per Game (26.1)        / 2014: 20.1

5^th – Defensive Points per Game (2.6)         / 2014: 0.8

5^th – Take Away Points (61)                          / 2014:   84 

5^th – Yards per Play differential (.6)              / 2014:  -.2

5^th – Penalties (50)

 

Offense - Worst:

28^th – 3^rd down conversion % (33.98%)         / 2014:  42.29%

29^th – Passing yards % (60.36%)                  / 2014:   62.57%

31^st – Passing completions/game (16.5)        / 2014:  20.4

32^nd – Passing completion % (53.66%)         / 2014:  60.03%

32^nd – Passing play % (49.05%)                    / 2014   54.78%  (note this is not necessarily "bad" - it just shows that we're running the fewest passing plays as a % of overall plays)

[TheWiz]

5 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

This is the highest points per game total in Panthers' history.  I had just posted the latest chart from Sporting Charts in the Week 9 Stats & Analysis thread.

 

man thats a cool stat. I really think our defense can get things turned around if we can keep the ball a little longer in the 4th quarter. 

[KSpan]

8 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

This is the highest points per game total in Panthers' history.  I had just posted the latest chart from Sporting Charts in the Week 9 Stats & Analysis thread.

 

Great visual that makes it clear just how dark and terrible 2010 was.

[Peppers90 NC]

the more you score, the more points you give up.

[csx]

But then again the defense has given the offense a lot of short fields and they don't always maximize the opportunity.

[KB_fan]

I would say that one thing the defense is dong best is forcing turnovers and limiting points on our give aways.  That's probably what's making the difference in our point totals. 

We have forced 18 take aways (4th best in the league) and scored 61 points.  We've given up 12 giveaways (right around the middle of the league - tied with other teams), but have ONLY ALLOWED 15 points on those 12 giveaways.  THIS is where the defense is excelling, and the offense is doing a pretty good job of turning take aways into points.

We LEAD THE LEAGUE in Net Turnover Points with 46.

http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/team-takeaway-giveaway-statistics/2015/

http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/team-net-turnover-points-statistics/2015/

[rodeo]

This is the first year I've seen Cam walk up to the line, call audibles, call protections, call routes, audible again, etc. He has really zoned into the chess game that is being a QB, rather than just repeat the playcall that the OC sends down. That is why Cam is now in the MVP discussion. His awakening this year to the mental part of the game has changed the entirety of the Panthers offense.