Cam Newton Average Length Of Pass Way Down This Year

[KB_fan]

Ok, i hardly EVER read anything by David Newton, let alone quote him here, but I do have to credit him for bringing up an interesting stat today.

It turns out Cam's excellent completion rate this season is not merely because he's taking layups and doing well on the shorter passes.

http://www.espn.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/27577/cam-newton-is-going-deep-at-a-career-best-rate-too

 

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton doesn't hesitate to credit rookie running back Christian McCaffrey for having him on pace for a career-best completion percentage.

Neither does coach Ron Rivera.

When your leading receiver with 27 catches has a 75 percent success rate it's hard to deny.

But Newton's 68.3 percent completion rate, well above his career rate of 58.9, isn't just the product of successfully throwing screens and check-down throws to the eighth pick of the draft.

Newton's also at a career-rate on deep throws.

He completed 6 of 7 attempts with a touchdown on passes of 15-plus yards in Sunday's 27-24 victory over Detroit, averaging 29.7 yards per attempt on those throws.

Newton is completing 63 percent of his passes on throws of 15-plus yards this season after completing only 39 percent on such throws last season.

That's well above the 40.7 percent on such throws Newton completed during his MVP season of 2015, according to ESPN Stats & Information. It's well above his career best 44.4 percent on such throws in 2012.

 

 

Here's Cam's passing chart for Week 5:

[KB_fan]

Oh and by the way, it appears Cam currently has the 4th best completion rate in the league.  Wow.

 

In the last 2 weeks, he's 2nd in the league:

 

[rayzor]

crazy to see josh mccown so high.

[KB_fan]

IMPORTANT NOTE/Correction:  Yards per pass thrown INCLUDES YAC, so this does NOT indicate Cam is throwing the longest passes.  Please forgive my incompetence today.  I'm going to sign off for awhile.  Too tired...

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And more interesting stats.

In weeks 4 & 5, while achieving that 77.4% completion rate, Cam led the league in yards per pass thrown:

 

For the entire season, Cam ranks 3rd, with 8.5 average yards per pass attempt:

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/player-stat/gross-yards-per-passing-attempt?split=

[KB_fan]

Never mind....

I'm really sleep deprived and it's showing.  I've made tons of mistakes in stuff today.

Duh.  Yards per attempt includes YAC.  Sorry ignore what I just posted above.  (now edited / corrected)

Still cool to see Cam among league leaders in both completion & yards per attempt.