Inside The Numbers: Panthers at Bills in Preseason Week 3

[Carolina Panthers]

A look at some of the key stats from the game, as well as the snap counts for the guys who suited up Saturday afternoon on the road against Buffalo.

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[frankw]

"Young averaged 8.75 yards per pass, a number he reached only once last season, in Week 16 versus Green Bay."

"Plummer's 278 yards were the most by a Panthers QB in the preseason since at least 2018."

"The Panthers finished with 340 net passing yards, the most in a game since Week 3 of the 2020 season, when it was reached by Teddy Bridgewater."

"The offense had 22 first downs, a number that was surpassed only three times in 2023: Week 3 versus Seattle (23), Week 5 versus Detroit (26) and Week 16 versus Green Bay (26)."

"The Panthers converted 8-13 on third down, a 62 percent conversion rate. It's the best conversion rate since Week 7 of the 2020 season versus the Saints (67 percent)."

Very encouraging all around. Credit to both quarterbacks and the offense as a whole.

Hopefully a sign of good things to come from the Canales effect.

No matter what happens this season as long as we are displaying an increase in offensive output and competency people will be satisfied with something to build on.

Edited August 25 by frankw

[Khyber53]

We looked competent and prepared. I'm not expecting us to be world beaters this year, but if we can be consistently competitive it will be a huuuuuge step forward.

Just having Bryce look calm and collected, demure and mindful so to say, was a big step.

Good on the coach.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

27 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

We looked competent and prepared. I'm not expecting us to be world beaters this year, but if we can be consistently competitive it will be a huuuuuge step forward.

Just having Bryce look calm and collected, demure and mindful so to say, was a big step.

Good on the coach.

Well said.  They did look like a team that was well coached yesterday.  Not anointing  Canales as the second coming at this point but I will take it as an early positive sign. Haven’t had much good news over the past few years so it is refreshing. 

[musicman]

All we should want this year is a very competitive team that's in every game. 6 wins to 8 wins would be nice, but with a legit chance towards the end of every game to win. That will win over the fans and put more people in the seats at home games. That GB loss last year is an example of how we came back, the fans were loud and we almost beat a superior team. BofA had some juice in it that day.