Week 14 SHUTOUT WIN over the Falcons!!!! Stats & Analysis

[KB_fan]

Posted by @JakeR6 in another thread:

QB all-time through 5th season;

Total Touchdowns

1) Marino, 168
2) Newton, 150
3) Manning, 147

Total Yards

1) Manning, 21,174
2) Newton, 20,572
3) Marino, 19,428

[KB_fan]

BBR has posted Stats & Superlatives:

http://blackandbluereview.com/stats-and-superlatives-panthers-take-over-nfl-scoring-lead/

IT"S AN AWESOME LIST.  Love that Bill Voth compiles all these.

Here's an excerpt with the Panthers team stats.  But there's a whole nother section with player stats:

 

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THE PANTHERS

• Have won 13 regular-season games for the first time in team history.

• Have won 17 straight regular-season games, the longest streak in NFC history.

• Have won a league-best 10 straight games at home.

• Clinched a 1st-round bye.

• Became the eighth team in the Super Bowl era to start 13-0. Of the previous seven, five advanced to the Super Bowl and three won it all.

• Lead the NFC South by seven games.

• Beat the Falcons for the fifth time in their past six meetings. The combined score of the past two meetings is 72-3.

• Posted their first shutout since an identical 38-0 score against the Giants on 9/22/13.

• Turned their four turnovers into 10 points. They’ve now outscored opponents 117-22 off turnovers this season.

• Have scored 411 points this year. The most they’ve scored in a season was 421 in 1999.

• Are now leading the NFL in scoring at 31.6 points per game.

• Have scored at least 20 points in each of their 13 games. The franchise’s longest such streak before this season was nine games with 20 or more at the start of 2009.

• Have scored on eight of their 13 opening drives.

• Gained 260 yards in the first quarter, they most they’ve ever gained in any quarter.

• Tied a team record for most points in the first quarter. The only other time they scored 21 points in the first was on 12/16/12 against the Chargers.

• Have scored a league-best 129 points in the second quarter. They’ve also allowed the fewest points (44) in the second quarter.

• Are 28-for-39 (71.8%) in the red zone over their past nine games.

• Went 6-of-12 on third down, the fourth time in the past five games they’ve converted at least 50 percent of their third downs.

• Have rushed for at least 100 yards in 24 straight games, tied with Seattle for the longest such streak in the NFL. The last team to hit the century mark in as many games was the ’76-’78 Chicago Bears.

• Have allowed just 304 rushing yards over their past six games.

• Are 17-3 in December since 2011, matching Seattle for the best record in the month during that timeframe.

 

 

[KB_fan]

Also part of BBR's game coverage package:

Quotes to Note:  http://blackandbluereview.com/quotes-to-note-falcons-at-panthers/

Injury report: http://blackandbluereview.com/panthers-suffer-long-list-of-injuries-against-falcons/

 

The Snap Count totals will probably be posted later today.

[KB_fan]

And just for pleasure, here again are the NFC standings  and the NFCS standings:

NFC Standings, Through Sun., Dec. 13

December 14, 2015Bill Voth

NFC	W	L	Pct	Conf
Panthers	13	0	1.000	9-0
Cardinals	11	2	.846	8-1
Packers	9	4	.692	7-3
Redskins	6	7	.462	6-4
Seahawks	8	5	.615	6-4
Vikings	8	5	.615	5-4
Buccaneers	6	7	.462	5-4
Falcons	6	7	.462	4-6
Eagles	6	7	.462	3-6
Giants	5	7	.   417	4-5
Rams	5	8	.385	4-5
Saints	5	8	.385	4-6
Bears	5	8	.385	2-7
Lions	4	9	.308	3-6
49ers	4	9	.308	3-7
Cowboys	4	9	.308	3-8

 

 

NFC South	W	L	Pct	Div
Panthers	13	0	1.000	4-0
Bucs	6	7	.462	3-2
Falcons	6	7	.462	0-4
Saints	5	8	.385	2-3

 

[KB_fan]

The top 5 PFF grades are posted.  They are SPOT ON this week and give a lot of love to some of our best players.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/12/14/atl-car-grades-panthers-shut-out-falcons-to-remain-perfect/

 

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Carolina Panthers

– Is there a player performing as well as Cam Newton right now? A fifth consecutive positively graded game and as flawless as any he has played. Newton is a man at the peak of his powers and he didn’t even show off his tremendous mobility in this one with the Falcons diverting extra resource to slowing him down. The most impressive thing is how Newton is always looking downfield and always capable of changing field position in a hurry. He completed eight of 11 passes aimed more 10 yards in the air with precision ball placement.

– After a fantastic start to the year Kawann Short has remained impressive (albeit not as destructive) in recent weeks. That changed against Atlanta where he ended the day with two sacks, a hit and a hurry. He turned those two sacks into forced fumbles and was disruptive against the run, with his ability to penetrate stretching out runs and preventing cutbacks. No denying he’s one of the very best in the league right now.

– While Luke Kuechly is the star of the defense, and Josh Norman and Kawann Short the emerging stars, it’s the veteran Thomas Davis who deserves special praise after this one. He lost outside contain on an early run but game back to show off his game. He picked up a sack on a running back, a hit on a first-round left tackle, forced a fumble on an All-Pro receiver and was all over the short passing game of the Falcons. Davis has been in the league 11 years, and while he’s missed some time to injury (making his achievements all the more remarkable) he’s had the kind of career that really doesn’t get the love it should.

 

 

Top performers:

DT Kawann Short (+6.7)
QB Cam Newton (+5.7)
LB Thomas Davis (+4.7)
LB Luke Kuechly (+3.3)
S Kurt Coleman (+3.2)

[KB_fan]

I'm finally watching some of yesterday's game after only being able to listen to the internet radio broadcast yesterday.  I'm only into the 1st Q, but one thing really strikes me.  The announcers were speaking with so much more respect about the Panthers- especially our offense.  No mention of KB being out, or Steve Smith's release or even Ted Ginn's drops.  Also, on D, no mention of how much we miss Greg Hardy.  What a difference.  There's much more appreciation for the players we have on the field and what they're doing rather than trying to focus on all our weaknesses.  It's incredibly refreshing to listen to.

[KB_fan]

I haven't checked to see if the stats are still current, but just heard the broadcast announcers in yesterday's game say Cam has more rushing TDs than 12 NFL teams.  I'd been tracking that stat earlier in the season, but when I last checked, Cam only had more Rushing TDs than about 6 teams.  Now it's 12?!?!?  Just freakin' AMAZING.   I'll update the stat after tonights MNF game.

[bababoey]

One little stat I noticed about why the Falcons defense sucks

 

Carolina's backup defensive line:

Ealy, Addison, Edwards, Love, Delaire = 15.5 sacks

 

Atlanta entire defense = 15 sacks

That coaching change made a huge difference for them.  Just for reference 2014 sack total for the Falcons was 22.

 

 

[KB_fan]

Great comment by the Fox broadcast team on the Carolina defense:

"They're like an avalanche this defense."

YES!

[5158Poundin]

Awesome thread KB!

[R0CKnR0LLA]

19 hours ago, KB_fan said:

Joe Person ‏@josephperson 16m16 minutes ago

Panthers became 8th team to start 13-0 in Super Bowl era. Among other 7:

--All made playoffs.

Glad we have Person to point out that teams who start 13-0 make the playoffs.

Hard hitting in depth reporting here.

[L-TownCat]

19 hours ago, w280sax said:

Good question.  I immediately thought of a shutout against tb but that was in 96 before we were in the same division.

So i did the research and found that this was our 7th shutout (in 346 games total counting playoffs for 2% of our games).  New orleans in 1997 was the only other one in a division game.

 

2015 - vs atl 38 -0

2013 - vs nyg 38-0

2008 - vs kc 34-0

2006 - vs stl 15-0

2005 - @nyg (playoffs) 23-0

1997 - @no 13-0

1996 - tb 13-0

The KC game was special, Larry Johnson had just torched someone the week before with 199 yards rushing.  After our game he had a 2 game total of exactly 200 yards.

Now, maths are very hard for me but I'm pretty sure my calculations are correct in asserting that he only gained 1 yard against our D that day.

[KB_fan]

Panthers rank in the NFL top 5 teams in at least 18 different statistical categories.  BBR has the whole list!

http://blackandbluereview.com/where-perfect-panthers-rank-in-nfls-top-5/

Here's an excerpt - there's more at BBR:

The purpose of this post is to check in on the latest league stats through Week 14's Sunday games.

This list isn't comprehensive, but here are nearly 20 categories in which the Panthers currently rank in the top 5:

 

1st

• Points per game (31.6)
• Interceptions, team (21)
• Takeaways (33)
• Turnover margin (+18)
• Opposing passer rating (69.6)
• First-down plays by opponents (3.87 yards/play)
• Fourth-quarter passing (Cam Newton - 115.0 rating)

 

2nd

• Rushing yards, team (141.9/game)
• Interceptions, player (Kurt Coleman - 7)
• Leading scorers (Graham Gano - 123 points)

 

3rd

• Total yards allowed (307.8/game)
• Sacks (40)
• Rushing yards, player (Jonathan Stewart - 989)

[Zithers]

Thomas Davis has 3 INT, 4 FF, and 5.5 sacks this season. A player attaining those numbers has only happened 8 times in the SB era.

1986 LB Wilber Marshall (5 INT, 5.5 sacks, 4 FF - All-Pro)
1991 LB Wilber Marshall (5 INT, 5.5 sacks, 4 FF - bizarre that its identical)
1991 LB Seth Joyner (3 INT, 6.5 sacks, 6 FF - Pro Bowl)
1992 CB Rod Woodson (4 INT, 6 sacks, 4 FF - All-Pro)
1992 LB James Francis (3 INT, 6 sacks, 4 FF)
1993 LB Pat Swilling (3 INT, 6.5 sacks, 5 FF - Pro Bowl)
1995 LB Greg Lloyd (3 INT, 6.5 sacks, 6 FF - All-Pro)
2015 LB Thomas Davis (3 INT, 5.5 sacks, 4 FF)