Kuechly, Panthers agree to 5-year, $62M extension

[SuperLego5]

I'd guess that Luke's tackle to play ratio is historically higher than any other player to have played in the NFL.

[BettyBangzer]

Yes, lock it down!

[PantherPhann89]

Great great news, I'm liking this Gettleman fellow, because now we're not "Out of Luke"...

[Shermdog]

Luke is the man.

[panthers55]

I'd guess that Luke's tackle to play ratio is historically higher than any other player to have played in the NFL.

This is a good point. I would like to see what his tackle to play ratio would be. I suspect it would be pretty high for linebackers.

[Mr. Scot]

Do you count tackles past the line of scrimmage?

[ColumbusCounty]

This is a good point. I would like to see what his tackle to play ratio would be. I suspect it would be pretty high for linebackers.

I'd like to see that also ...**cough** Kb_fan **cough** See if you can put some numbers together for a few us here.

[Plewis]

SMH.

Darin Gantt ‏@daringantt 45m45 minutes ago

If the guy with 200 tackles played on a better defense, they'd have gotten off the field sooner and he wouldn't have that many. #peeve

 

I don't know much about Darin Gantt.  Why the Luke hate?  Did he perhaps rag on us for drafting him and hates to have been proven wrong?  Pure speculation on my part.  It's just hard to fathom...

And for those who are saying that Luke gets so many tackles because our offense stinks and can't stay on the field, how is that true given that we typically play ball control and go for long time of possession?

2014:  we were 2nd in the league in time of possession

2013: we were 4th

2012 we *were* below average at 19th.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/average-time-of-possession-net-of-ot

 

 

Darin Gantt is the absolute worst. He is a whiny little SOB and I hope he gets buttraped by ISIS. Is that too much?

[TheNewStandard]

We just locked-up the real world waterboy..."there's so much shame and pain in those eyes...rrrreeeerrrree!!!"

[Jackofalltrades]

Darin Gantt is the absolute worst. He is a whiny little SOB and I hope he gets buttraped by ISIS. Is that too much?

He's been an ass since he got canned by the local rag. 

[tondi]

Darin Gantt is the absolute worst. He is a whiny little SOB and I hope he gets buttraped by ISIS. Is that too much?

Have we not been a top 10 defense the last three seasons?  How does that equate to not being able to get off the field.  Maybe thats why his sorry ass got canned.

[L-TownCat]

Have we not been a top 10 defense the last three seasons?  How does that equate to not being able to get off the field.  Maybe thats why his sorry ass got canned.

He just found out the hard way that when you bite the hand that feeds you, it tends to bite you in the end.

the Panthers flexed, the paper tucked tail and embarrassed him by making him cover women's collegiate volleyball.

[Mr. Scot]

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 2m2 minutes ago

#Panthers have called a press conference for 7 tonight. Wonder what that could be about ……

[KB_fan]

I'd like to see that also ...**cough** Kb_fan **cough** See if you can put some numbers together for a few us here.

Sorry, I'll let someone else have the pleasure.   I've entered a pretty busy work stretch now - big proposals and reports due in both October and November.  Also, I will have my hands full with plans to keep the weekly side-by-side gamebook stats posted, and to follow up further on a few ongoing Panthers stats analyses I'd begun:

• roster comparisons year by year  (age, experience, performance, continuity...)
• % rookies / % veterans and winning - what formula has historically worked for the Panthers & other teams?
• and now today's fun data on low sacks allowed = key ingredient in a winning season most of the time

Also, I really don't follow the financial side of football too closely re: salary cap and contracts, etc.  I've begun to learn a bit about it because it obviously influences the composition of the roster, and how players are chosen, which is something that really interests me, but I don't really understand NFL salary structure much.