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Graham Gano on pace for a record year

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I hadn't really been following Graham Gano's stats too closely, but wow, he's racking up the points:

Here's an excerpt from an article today about Graham in the Observer:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article47384065.html

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Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano is usually aware of his statistics, but this year he’s adopted coach Ron Rivera’s one-game-at-a-time mantra and applied it to his kicks.

It’s one play, one kick at a time.

So it wasn’t until Tuesday morning that he learned he’s second in the league in points scored with 110. And it wasn’t until Tuesday afternoon that he found out that he’s on pace for a top-10 season all-time in points scored in one season.

“That’d be really crazy,” Gano said. “I’m not looking ahead. That’d be pretty cool. I’m not going to look ahead at the stats but that’d be a really neat accomplishment.”

With an offense scoring 30.2 points per game – the third-most in the league – and a second-ranked defense that’s getting the team in good field position, Gano has had more opportunities this season to get more points.

With 110 points this season, Gano trails New England kicker Stephen Gostkowski by one point with five games remaining. Gano’s previous season-high is 121, and he’s projected to finish the year with 160.

With Gostkowski on pace for 161, Gano’s 160 would put him in a tie with former St. Louis running back Marshall Faulk for 10th-most points scored in a single season.

 


 
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Where are the fans who have been calling for his job over the past 3 seasons? When this team was a wreck the first half of last year a lot of regulars on this board were wanting him canned immediately upon missing a FG attempt.

C'mon, step up and admit you were not Gano fans (and maybe still aren't) and are just afraid to admit it because they're winning.

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7 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Where are the fans who have been calling for his job over the past 3 seasons? When this team was a wreck the first half of last year a lot of regulars on this board were wanting him canned immediately upon missing a FG attempt.

C'mon, step up and admit you were not Gano fans (and maybe still aren't) and are just afraid to admit it because they're winning.

There was a fire Gano thread earlier this season - after he missed an extra point or FG (I forget which) against Green Bay.

Mind you this was AFTER he scored the game winning two FGs against Indianapolis the previous week.... LOL!

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12 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Where are the fans who have been calling for his job over the past 3 seasons? When this team was a wreck the first half of last year a lot of regulars on this board were wanting him canned immediately upon missing a FG attempt.

C'mon, step up and admit you were not Gano fans (and maybe still aren't) and are just afraid to admit it because they're winning.

Here you go:

This was the thread started by @Sam Mills Fan after the Green Bay game.  (9 November)

"Graham Gano is becoming a problem"

 

And then there was this thread on Nov 24, worrying about Gano's leg strength because he kicked fewer touchbacks

 

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I just checked, we ARE Worst in the NFL currently in numbers of blocked field goals - 3 blocked.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/field-goals-got-blocked-per-game

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?seasonType=REG&d-447263-n=1&d-447263-o=2&d-447263-p=1&d-447263-s=KICKING_FG_BLK&tabSeq=0&season=2015&experience=&Submit=Go&archive=false&conference=null&statisticCategory=FIELD_GOALS&qualified=false

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6 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

I just checked, we ARE Worst in the NFL currently in numbers of blocked field goals - 3 blocked.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/field-goals-got-blocked-per-game

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?seasonType=REG&d-447263-n=1&d-447263-o=2&d-447263-p=1&d-447263-s=KICKING_FG_BLK&tabSeq=0&season=2015&experience=&Submit=Go&archive=false&conference=null&statisticCategory=FIELD_GOALS&qualified=false

But the Panthers are also 2nd in FGs made...... and find me the distances of the FG attempts that were blocked- that is a major contributing factor when you start looking at trajectory.

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34 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

But the Panthers are also 2nd in FGs made...... and find me the distances of the FG attempts that were blocked- that is a major contributing factor when you start looking at trajectory.

Oh, no argument from me.  I'm a fan of Gano, so I'm not criticizing him by pointing out that stat.  Just wanting to give a rounded out picture of his performance this season.  The blocks are not necessarily his fault.

For 2015 so far:

He's made 100% of FGs from < 40.

He's 10 / 13 at 40-49 yards

He's 2 /4 at 50+ yards.

from PFR:  http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GanoGr44.htm

I'll check on the specifics of length for the 3 blocked attempts.  Stay tuned.

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