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week 1 - week 10: All Panthers Drives at a Glance

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I've not been doing a good job of posting my weekly "game at a glance" summary tables since about week 4.  But, I'm now pretty well caught up on all my data entry.  I just finished updating my "All Panthers Drives At a Glance" table for weeks 1 - 10.  It gives a nice way to quickly visualize how our offense played in each game.  Note: no defensive touchdowns are shown.  This table only shows scores that resulted from offensive drives.

For now I'll just post the table here.  I may add some more commentary / analysis and summary tables below as time and energy permit this evening.

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Typically drive charts don't provide information on the number of 3rd downs per drive, but that is something I added following the Seattle game, when it became apparent how few 3rd down conversions we've been facing on many of our touchdown drives this season.

It's really quite astonishing how efficiently our offense can move the ball downfield at times.

So far on our 27 Touchdown Drives, comprising 192 plays, for 1755 yards, we've only faced a total of 21 3rd downs attempts!!!

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2 minutes ago, Razeyfingers said:

What is your agenda here KB? What would you like to accomplish so that we can better understand?

No agenda.  I just enjoy digging into statistics and looking for patterns, since I do that a lot for my work.  I remember things better when I see data in charts & tables, so that's what motivates my doing these tables.

For instance, I will not forget watching the Seattle game any time soon and the amazing comeback and the 2 TD drives at the end of the 4th quarter.  But to see via this chart how unique that game was:  (FOUR 80 yard drives.) It's stunning.  In so many other of our games we've been getting short field position due to turnovers.  Seeing once again that in Seattle we had no "gimmes" but had to drive all the way from our 20 4 times... that makes the win even more special in my mind.

So, not trying to prove anything, just providing perspective on the season via numbers & tables.

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There cant be patterns when so many variables are changing. Its not just the other team, weather, stadium, injuries. The number of probabilities is infinite when you think about perspectives, whether so and so is fighting with his wife, so and so's father just died, this guy's kid wants the GI JOE doll with the Kung FU grip, which I cant blame the kid. KB, I m just scratcching the surface with variables here. 

What youre doing cant be done, there is no pattern that will accurately predict anything for you. Instead why not explorer How Cam runs the most difficult offense  in the league and why.

AIr Coryell with a QB that can tuck and run middle will not be duplicated anywhere in the league, it cant. Furthermore, because we run Corywell and take deep shots, our offense takes less risks with bigger payouts. The problem is that you see 15 for 30 on attempts. . . but it was for 300 yards.

Its not the receivers, the blocking, or any other nonsense experts say that keeps Cam's numbers the way they are. Its the system, the most difficult one to run in the NFL and therefor the most unpredictable and deadly. . therefor the most difficult to defend.

 

STATS BE DAMNED, they dont matter.

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6 minutes ago, Razeyfingers said:

There cant be patterns when so many variables are changing.

What youre doing cant be done, there is no pattern that will accurately predict anything for you. Instead why not explorer How Cam runs the most difficult offense  in the league and why.

 

STATS BE DAMNED, they dont matter.

Just to be clear, I'm not trying to PREDICT anything with these stats.

My statistical analysis is meant to be DESCRIPTIVE - helping show what helped contribute to the outcome in any given week... looking backwards.

These tables above don't provide a lot of meat.  Some of the other tables I've posted in other threads give much more detail on our passing game or our running game, or special teams in a given week, or the turnover ratio, etc.

Please feel free to ignore any statistics thread I post.  I tag them all with "statistics" so that those who don't care about numbers can ignore them.  You won't offend me if you do.

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http://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionary/nfl/air-coryell-offense.aspx

 

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What is Air Coryell Offense?

An offensive scheme in professional football developed by San Diego Chargers coach “Don Coryell.” The “Air Coryell,” or vertical offense, concentrated on mid-to-deep range passing and a power running game, with special attention given to pass protection.

Sporting Charts explains Air Coryell Offense

The Coryell offense evolved from the more traditional “pro set” formation after rules regarding how defenders could contact receivers at the line of scrimmage changed. In the Coryell offense there is no typical set formation, as receivers could line up depending on the play called. The offense relies on sending wide receivers, tight ends and backs into motion, forcing the defense to react possibly tip its defensive strategy to the offense. Receivers are sent to the line with multiple route options that they can adjust depending on defensive coverage on any given play.

The Coryell offense is mainly predicated on passing, but also employs a strong running game. With so many receivers running so many possible patterns, the idea is to stretch the field, which also stretches the defense. Coryell also helped foster tight ends as receivers more than blockers, with more and more tight ends running wide receiver routes. Passes in this offense rely on timing, with the quarterback throwing passes to their intended location ahead of the receiver, allowing them to catch the ball and turn up field for larger gains. The principal option of every pass play was typically the deep pass with other mid-range options.

The Air Coryell is the original “West Coast Offense,” only losing the label after articles were written in the 1980s about Bill Walsh’s system. Many notable coaches, including Cam Cameron, Norv Turner and Mike Martz are students of the Air Coryell offense and many of the key attributes of this scheme exist throughout professional football.   

 

Here's something much more important to know. Coryell offenses are made to stretch defenses vertically instead of horizontally like West Coast offenses. Rivera by way of ol Norv is a Coryell guy.

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