Predicting Panthers Receiving Targets in 2016

[KB_fan]

Over at Panthers Wire, there's an article reviewing Panthers' receiving targets since 2012, and predicting how the targets will shape up with KB back in the mix....

http://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2016/07/02/fantasy-football-how-kelvin-benjamins-return-affects-panthers-targets/

Here are the data for 2012 - 2015

 

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Panthers 2012 targets

Steve Smith: 138
Greg Olsen: 104
Brandon LaFell: 76
Louis Murphy: 60
Mike Tolbert: 39

Panthers 2013 targets

Greg Olsen: 109
Steve Smith: 109
Brandon LaFell: 88
Ted Ginn: 68
DeAngelo Williams: 36

Panthers 2014 targets

Kelvin Benjamin: 146
Greg Olsen: 122
Jerricho Cotchery: 78
Corey Brown: 36
Jason Avant: 40

Panthers 2015 targets

Greg Olsen: 123
Ted Ginn: 96
Devin Funchess: 56
Jerricho Cotchery: 53
Corey Brown: 55

 

 

 

What do you all predict for target breakdown in 2016?

[KB_fan]

Here's my guess:

Greg   110

KB       95

Funchess  80

Ginn         55

Brown   40

Hill          30

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Cam might find himself in a quandary over pass distribution. Great problem to have. 

 

I mo think somewhere around 400 attempts with 100 to Olsen. I can see funchess being number 2 in targets though.  Just got a feeling. I am not saying KB will be bad. I am saying Funch will be rolling and motivated. 

[rayzor]

we'll have three WRs with over 100 targets. going to be a nightmare for opposing Ds.

[The Huddler]

 

                   ...thinking of our 2016 WR corps..

[iamhubby1]

 

2 hours ago, rayzor said:

we'll have three WRs with over 100 targets. going to be a nightmare for opposing Ds.

 

At first sniff, that smells great. That is three big targets that most teams just cannot match up with just their back four. As a result, we should see a lot of zone coverage this year. Big guys that can find the holes in those zones are a nightmare as well. So yeah. opposing Ds are going to throw the book at us this year, hoping to find something that will slow us down. Good luck with that.

 

With that said. I am not sure we plan to throw the ball around enough for just three guys to get around a hundred targets. Although, Olsen, Ginn Jr., and Funchess had 275 last year. So I guess Olsen, KB, and Funchess could threaten to reach the century mark. Even with Ginn Jr., Brown, and any other WR that may get a target here and there. Spread those 400 or so targets around like Cam likes to do, and those three should still see a poo ton of action.

 

I would like to add that if KB, and Funchess reduce their drops, as is expected, teamed with Cams still improving game, Cam just may have an even better year than he had last year numbers wise. Better comp %, and a higher QB rating could maybe help sway more of those haters that complain that Cam is inaccurate. If he was MVP last year...How much better is he going to be this year? It boggles the mind. Or at least it does mine.

[LinvilleGorge]

KB: 120+

Olsen: 100+

Funch: 75

Ginn: 60

Philly: 35

Everyone else: fighting for scraps

[shaqattaq]

6 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

KB: 120+

Olsen: 100+

Funch: 75

Ginn: 60

Philly: 35

Everyone else: fighting for scraps

sounds about right.