A "stat" I want to ignore / continuing to break trends

[KB_fan]

UGH.  Saw this posted at ESPN by David Newton..  A "stat" I want to ignore.

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Stat of the day: Newton is the fourth quarterback in Super Bowl history to enter the game with 50 combined passing and rushing touchdowns in a season, along with Peyton Manning (SB XLVIII), Tom Brady (SB XLII) and Dan Marino (SB XIX). The three previous quarterbacks to have at least 50 combined passing and rushing touchdowns entering their Super Bowl start all lost the game, by a combined 60 points. -- David Newton

But of course, it's not a meaningful "stat" - just a trend.  It's past history.  Other teams.  So, I'm choosing to believe this means nothing.

Perhaps, if there is any truth to it, it could be about teams / QBs coasting, over confident, not treating the game seriously enough.   I don't THINK Cam and the Panthers are doing this.  I don't hear over-confidence or boasting in their voices.  They seem pretty businesslike.

In any case, the Panthers have made NEW history all season.   Getting off to a fast start.  Winning after bye weeks.  Beating Seattle twice (including IN Seattle, and in the playoffs).  Beating Dallas.  Winning in prime time.   Coming back in the 4th quarter  Winning close games.  Leading the league in scoring...

There's no reason to let old trends / patterns hold us back, but every reason to believe the Panthers will break NEW GROUND and WIN.

Go Panthers.  Keep Pounding!

[Sapper]

Manning is 0-1 in SBs for the  Broncos.  It's  an easy game to play :)

[Toker Smurf]

Yeah,  another one I saw was that teams who scored 40 pts or more in a playoff game are 5-23 in their next game.  I wonder if it has to do with being over confident. 

[rayzor]

History is meaningless in deciding or predicting present events.   none of that poo has any bearing on what happened this season or in this game.

[toldozer]

17-1 teams are 2-0 in the super bowl, Ron Rivera is undefeated as a man entering a super bowl with 1 loss.  Cam is undefeated as a starting qb with a major championship on the line.

[wud35]

43 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

 

Just remember. Stats are pretty and fun to play with but they have never won a game. 

[KSpan]

Those guys were/are also one-dimensional players. Cam has already bucked the trend via his method of scoring 50 TDs.

[TheRumGone]

Team game

[panthers55]

I suspect those teams were loaded on the offensive side of the ball but didn't have great defenses. How many of those teams had top five offenses and defenses. I doubt any

[Cyberjag]

All of the other QBs scored all their TDs in the air.  Shut that down, shut them down.  Let Denver drop a ton in coverage to take away Cam's air attack and see what happens.

[Gregg S]

20 minutes ago, KSpan said:

Those guys were/are also one-dimensional players. Cam has already bucked the trend via his method of scoring 50 TDs.

^This.  The QBs listed in the OP ran only when necessary and/or the situation presented itself.  None of them were an integral part of their offenses run philosophy. None of them accounted for anywhere near 10 or more of their 50 TDs on the ground.

[MHS831]

Only one stat matters, and it isn't available yet.

I think it will look eerily similar to this:

Panthers 31    Broncos 13

[Squirrel]

No defense though. 

[Shotgun]

The last time we played against Aqib Talib, he needed to "ice up" after the game!