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Week 6 WIN Against Seattle - Stats & Analysis

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At BBR:  10 reasons the Panthers finally beat Seattle:

http://blackandbluereview.com/10-reasons-why-the-panthers-finally-beat-the-seahawks/

Some excerpts

Seahawks' Struggles

For the fourth time this season, Seattle blew a fourth-quarter lead. The Seahawks have allowed 64 points in the first through third quarters this year and 61 in the fourth quarter and overtime. Something is wrong with the Seahawks. Or, some things.

"There’s a lot that goes into it. I know you guys really want to figure out what it is and pinpoint it. It’s not like that. There’s a lot going on," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. "There’s just some plays in there. It’s not just one style; it’s not just the tight end. It’s not any of that stuff. I’m sorry it’s not like that for you. We still have to find our way; we need one more play. We need one more first down. It’s across the board.”

 

Red-Zone Offense

In their past three regular-season losses to the Seahawks, the Panthers were 1-of-6 in the red zone. Sunday, they scored touchdowns on all three of their trips inside the 20 and each of their four scoring drives went 80 yards.

"On one of those drives I know we didn’t even throw the ball, and if we did, it wasn’t anything significant," Newton said.

Run Defense

Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch scored against the Panthers for the first time since 2010, but he continues to be less-than-a-beast when facing Carolina. Lynch, who was limited to 54 yards on 17 carries, is averaging just 3.65 a carry in his past five meetings with the Panthers.

"You've got to get guys around him," Kuechly said when asked what the Panthers do to contain Lynch. "He's going to break tackles; that's what he does. He's a monster; he runs really hard, but if you can get a ton of guys around him, it kind of limits what he's going to do a little bit."

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Peter King has a pretty nice write up re: the final 8 minutes of the game at MMQB.

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/10/19/nfl-week-6-cam-newton-panthers-colts-fake-punt

Here's an excerpt, including the table which shows Cam's rating in the first 52 minutes of the game vs. the last 8.

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“Calm,” said tight end Greg Olsen. “No conversation, really. Just business. We know what we had to do. Cam knew. He just called the plays and we played.”

Drawing a line of demarcation at the 52-minute mark of the game shows what happened with Newton’s play at Seattle.

SituationComp-AttYardsTD-INTRatingLed Panthers to...
First 52 minutes9-231120-218.814 points
Last 8 minutes11-131571-0142.613 points

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“It would have been shame on me if I would have felt sorry for myself,” Newton said.

Down 23-14 midway through the fourth quarter, Newton looked at his receiver group. Six pass-catchers would rotate in and out of the lineup on the last two drives, including three who had a total of 14 catches all seasons—Jerricho Cotchery, Ed Dickson and rookie Devin Funchess. Since Newton lost No. 1 wideout Kelvin Benjamin in training camp with a torn ACL, the receivers had been a crazy-quilt of new and vet. Catches by Dickson and Funchess on the first drive put the ball at the Seattle 33, and then Newton hit Olsen, his favorite target, with a seam rout about 20 yards downfield, and it took two Seahawks to drag him down at the 1. Jonathan Stewart bulled in from a yard out, and Carolina was a touchdown away.

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