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The Panthers are the WORST team to ever start 11-0

Jeremy Igo

By Jeremy Igo,
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http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-panthers-are-the-worst-team-to-ever-start-11-0/

 

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In the aftermath of C.J. Anderson’s 48-yard overtime touchdown — which unceremoniously ended the Patriots’ undefeated season — just one NFL team remains perfect: the Carolina Panthers. Unlike New England, Carolina delivered the goods again in Week 12, routing the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day to become just the 12th team of the Super Bowl era1 to start a season 11-0.

Already, this is the best team in franchise history. It’s hard to go 11-0; the other teams to pull it off have been historically great. But despite the unblemished start, there remain statistical reasons to wonder if these Panthers are quite as great as their 11-0 forebears — and, perhaps, reasons to wonder if the stats are missing something about their style of play.

 

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Does anybody else get the idea that they reaaaaaaallllllly wanted the Panthers to lose before the Patriots. This is the season of crow for the media. I dont think I've ever seen an entire organization troll the league the way Carolina has done this year. 

Someone should really collage all the BS coming from the media and document the backtracking. 

And it just so happens that..... historically... December is when we play our best football. 

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We are top 5 in ppg on O and D.

We have a QB who plays the game like literally no one in the history of the sport.....which makes a lot of the "let's talk about X stat" completely pointless.   Yet that is all people want to focus on.  But but his passing yards aren't what I think a great team should have.  Um, no one as even come close to playing the game in a manner like Cam.  He isn't going to grade out like you would a Peyton Manning b/c he isn't playing that game.

Where on a stat sheet does it show since Cam arrived in the NFL only 1 player has more first downs converted on the ground and that one player is considered the greatest RB of the decade.   He likely passes Steve Young's career TD mark this year.  None of that shows in a QB rating. 

Cam is historically unique and that paired with a great defense.....is something the NFL hasn't seen.   Cam is just becoming a better version of something that compares to nothing.  Yet all people want to do is compare him to people that don't compare.  So b/c we don't play offense like prior NE teams doesn't mean we are a lesser threat....and we have a better D than they have had.

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advanced stats memanced stats

 

Do advanced stats take into account about four straight games played in pouring rain? Do they take into account blow outs that only became close within the last five minutes of the game, when the defense was coasting?

The truth is this team is playing way better football now than they were the first few games of this season. I would take this team right now against any Super Bowl winning team of the last 15 years and like my chances.

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11 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

By god it will be so glorious if we go undefeated through the super bowl. There will be no more excuses for naysayers besides them trying to argue the undefeated dolphins team over us.

They would say that we are not as good as the 72 Dolphins.  Such is life.  I think the players can deal with it.

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