Cam's 2015 QB rating best-ever for Panthers

[KB_fan]

This news that Cam led the 2015 Panthers to the team's best-ever QB rating probably isn't a surprise to most Huddlers, but still I had fun looking at the history of the Panthers' quarterbacks and their performances as part of my season-in-review series.  

The full article is posted on the Huddle homepage,

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/2016/07/03/carolina-panthers-cam-newton-rating/

Here's an excerpt:

Cam Newton had the best-ever QB rating for the Carolina Panthers in 2015

Can he keep up such success?  Some statistics help us examine that question:

As part of my Carolina Panthers 2015 “Season-in-Review” analysis I’ve been browsing through lots of the team’s statistics using the great charting feature at Sporting Charts which automatically creates graphs for various statistics over the course of the team’s history.

One graph caught my eye this morning.   The Panthers QB rating over the course of the franchise history:

Carolina Panthers Quarterback Rating 1995 – 2015:

Data from Sporting Charts.

If I’d thought about it, it probably should have been obvious that Cam Newton’s 2015 performance would have produced the best-ever season QB rating for the Panthers, but still it was a surprise to see just how huge a jump the team’s QB rating took.   The cliche “he took his game to a whole new level” in this case is very very true.

Carolina is entering new territory as a franchise with Cam.  Basically the Carolina Panthers have never had a good, young, healthy QB in the prime of his career who has already excelled but still has room to improve.   For those who may be somewhat recent Panthers fans like myself, it’s a good exercise to go back and look at Carolina Panthers QB history to add a little bit more context to the data points on that graph above:

Panthers QB History 1995 – 2015  (Data from PFR & Sporting Charts)

Exp = experience; GS = games started, QBR = Quarterback rating

 

There's more in the article....

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/2016/07/03/carolina-panthers-cam-newton-rating/

 

[KillerKat]

I liked Beuerlein. Wish Seifert didn't dump him. 2006 was the starting point of Jake's decline.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Terrific

[KB_fan]

Comparing the Panthers' team QB rankings with teams like Green Bay & the Patriots really does suggest that Cam still has room to grow...  a very scary thought.  We are just beginning to see something like real elite QB play from a Panthers' QB.  Here's hoping Cam will continue to excel and get even better than his MVP season.  Barring injury (God forbid) I have no reason to think it won't happen..

[PhillyB]

amazing

[KB_fan]

Here's a fun tweet I just came across...  Compare's Cam's 1st 5 seasons with Brady's:

 

[tiger7_88]

4 hours ago, KB_fan said:

This news that Cam led the 2015 Panthers to the team's best-ever QB rating probably isn't a surprise to most Huddlers

Oh, TRD, where art thou?