Graham Gano led NFL field goals during preseason (and some other stats re: TDs and total scoring)

[KB_fan]

Discovered a little tidbit in the Panthers.com announcement re: the 53 man roster today to the effect that Graham Gano has led the NFL in field goals this preseason.  So I went to NFL.com stats to find the details.  Very cool.  Keep it up Graham!

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?archive=false&conference=null&statisticPositionCategory=FIELD_GOAL_KICKER&season=2015&seasonType=PRE&experience=&tabSeq=1&qualified=true&Submit=Go

Rk	Player	Team	FGM	FG Att	Pct	Blk	Lng	XPM	XP Att	Pct
1	Graham Gano	CAR	10	10	100	0	52	7	7	100
2	Robbie Gould	CHI	9	10	90	0	50	7	7	100
3	Steven Hauschka	SEA	8	9	89	0	60	8	8	100
3	Brandon McManus	DEN	8	10	80	0	52	3	3	100
3	Justin Tucker	BAL	8	9	89	0	51	7	7	100
6	Josh Brown	NYG	7	8	88	0	53	3	3	100
6	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	7	8	88	0	56	4	4	100
6	Adam Vinatieri	IND	7	7	100	0	55	2	2	100
9	Matt Bryant	ATL	6	7	86	0	50	8	8	100
9	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	6	6	100	0	49	0	0

[KB_fan]

20 Kickers made 100% of their field goal attempt, but most had many fewer attempts than Gano. 

It's really interesting when you look at the list sorted by field goal attempts. 

Yikes,  I wonder if that Minnesota kicker made their roster?  Only 5 of 11

Player	Team	FGM	FG Att	Pct	Blk	Lng
Blair Walsh	MIN	5	11	46	0	46
Graham Gano	CAR	10	10	100	0	52
Robbie Gould	CHI	9	10	90	0	50
Brandon McManus	DEN	8	10	80	0	52
Steven Hauschka	SEA	8	9	89	0	60
Justin Tucker	BAL	8	9	89	0	51
Josh Brown	NYG	7	8	88	0	53
Chandler Catanzaro	ARI	5	8	62	1	53
Stephen Gostkowski	NE	7	8	88	0	56
Matt Bryant	ATL	6	7	86	0	50
Jason Myers	JAC	5	7	71	0	55
Tom Obarski	CIN	5	7	71	0	46
Cody Parkey	PHI	5	7	71	0	48
Adam Vinatieri	IND	7	7	100	0	55

[mc52beast]

Does this mean we still suck at scoring td's?

[rodeo]

Glad we have a good kicker but it's not exactly a good thing that we kept settling for field goals even when it didn't matter

[LinvilleGorge]

I'd rather be scoring TDs.

[KB_fan]

I'd rather be scoring TDs.

Well, if Gano made 10 FGs that's 30 points. 

We scored 95 points in preseason, so that's 65 points on TDs (9 TDs plus extra points).

2.25 TDs per game & 2.5 FGs per game.  23 - 24 points per game.  Not too shabby, especially with our D.  But of course, it's preseason.  Doesn't mean much.  It wasn't all or even mostly our 1st team O scoring points...

Still, I'm pretty happy with the momentum we've got going into the season.

 

[SZ James (banned)]

Does this mean we still suck at scoring td's?

that's how i interpret this 

[KB_fan]

Graham's field goals are the difference in points between us and our preseason opponents:

                       Panthers  Opponents

FIELD GOALS	10/10	5/6
TOUCHDOWNS	9	9

[LinvilleGorge]

If Gano makes 2.5 FGs per game this season, he'll make 40 FGs and that'll put him tied for #2 on the list for most FGs in an NFL season.  Given that we run a slow paced offense, that would mean that we likely were terrible in the redzone.  I hope that isn't the case.

[KB_fan]

Well, we're tied for 10th in total touchdowns

Rk	Team	G	Pts/G	TotPts	Total	Rsh	Rec	Ret	Def
1	Philadelphia Eagles	4	33.2	133	16	5	8	2	1
2	Green Bay Packers	4	26.2	105	14	4	10	0	0
3	Kansas City Chiefs	4	26.5	106	13	2	11	0	0
3	Minnesota Vikings	5	21	105	13	5	7	1	0
5	Arizona Cardinals	4	22.5	90	11	4	6	0	1
5	Buffalo Bills	4	22	88	11	5	5	0	1
5	Washington Redskins	4	22	88	11	5	6	0	0
8	New York Jets	4	21.2	85	10	2	5	1	2
8	Tennessee Titans	4	21.2	85	10	3	6	0	1
10	Atlanta Falcons	4	20.5	82	9	5	3	0	1
10	Carolina Panthers	4	23.8	95	9	3	6	0	0
10	Detroit Lions	4	19.8	79	9	2	7	0	0

Data here: http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?archive=false&conference=null&role=TM&offensiveStatisticCategory=TOUCHDOWNS&defensiveStatisticCategory=null&season=2015&seasonType=PRE&tabSeq=2&qualified=false&Submit=Go

[ecu88]

@KB_fan

Thank you for all the research and time to enlighten the board!  I enjoy all your threads!

[KB_fan]

And good heavens, a surprise, we're 5th in TOTAL SCORING.  I had no idea we were so high.

Full stats are here.  I've deleted a lot of columns to fit the table below.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?archive=false&conference=null&role=TM&offensiveStatisticCategory=SCORING&defensiveStatisticCategory=null&season=2015&seasonType=PRE&tabSeq=2&qualified=false&Submit=Go

Rk	Team	G	Pts/G	TotPts	Pts	Pts/G	Rsh	Rec	XPM	FGM	2-PT
1	Philadelphia Eagles	4	33.2	133	133	33.2	5	8	10	9	0
2	Kansas City Chiefs	4	26.5	106	106	26.5	2	11	11	5	1
3	Green Bay Packers	4	26.2	105	105	26.2	4	10	8	3	2
3	Minnesota Vikings	5	21	105	105	21	5	7	10	5	1
5	Carolina Panthers	4	23.8	95	95	23.8	3	6	7	10	2
6	Arizona Cardinals	4	22.5	90	90	22.5	4	6	7	5	0
7	Buffalo Bills	4	22	88	88	22	5	5	8	4	1
7	Washington	4	22	88	88	22	5	6	10	4	0
9	New York Jets	4	21.2	85	85	21.2	2	5	7	4	2
9	Tennessee Titans	4	21.2	85	85	21.2	3	6	8	5	1
11	Chicago Bears	4	21	84	84	21	3	3	7	9	1
12	Atlanta Falcons	4	20.5	82	82	20.5	5	3	8	6	1

[KB_fan]

@KB_fan

Thank you for all the research and time to enlighten the board!  I enjoy all your threads!

You're welcome.  It's been fun.  Unfortunately I don't expect to post as much in the coming weeks.  My slow season at work has come to a close, and the coming weeks look to be very busy.  Most of my posting will probably now be on game days.  But hopefully I can find some evenings to do some Panthers stat crunching...!  It's a nice change of pace for me.

[KB_fan]

So.... among NFC South teams

 

We're 5th in total scoring / tied for 10th in TDs  (9 TDs)

Atlanta is 12th in total scoring / tied with us at 10th in TDs (9 TDs)

Saints are 17th in total scoring and  13th in TDs (8 TDs)

Tampa is 21st in total scoring / tied for 13th in TDs (8 TDs)

 

Total Points:

Panthers  95

Atlanta  82

New Orleans 74

Tampa 70