Detailed Analysis of Panthers Penalties in 2016

[KB_fan]

MUST READING at C-S-R.  

Jaxon has taken the time to do a very thorough analysis / break down of all the Panthers penalties in 2016 weeks 1 - 3.

Not only the easy stats of numbers of penalties and penalty yards; but also declined penalties and NULLIFIED YARDS (i.e. things like the lost Fozzy 53 yard Touchdown).

There's also a detailed table with penalty stats per player.

OUCH.  It's painful, but very illuminating and helpful reading to dig deeper into the issues surrounding the penalties so far this season.

Here's the link:

http://tinyurl.com/hefa6b2

Here's an excerpt:

For me its seems we have had a ton of penalties, some that were very costly. In the game book post I pointed out the Panthers are 5th in most penalties in the NFL and 6th in yards lost (215). The most recent example was the nullified 56 yard catch and run by Fozzy Whitaker against the Vikings.

Stats courtesy of NFL GSIS:

Panthers vs Opponents Penalty Yard Differential

Date	Opp	Result	CAR Penalties	Yards	Nullified Yards	1st Downs	OPP Penalties	Yards	Nullified Yards	1st Downs	Game	Season
9/8	DEN	L	8	85	22	1	4	22	0	1	-63	-63
9/18	SF	W	8	65	41	0	6	50	41	3	-15	-78
9/25	MIN	L	10	65	68	0	6	42	68	2	-23	-101
Total	--	1-2	36	215	130	1	16	114	109	6	--	-101

The total of 36 doesn't include another 7 that were declined. So that's 8.7 accepted penalties per game or 11 per game called. This is compared to 7.1 accepted penalties in 2015 (7.9 including declined). When you include the declined penalties it paints a starker picture. That's 3 additional penalties per game which may not sound like much but it's almost 4 per quarter penalties called. Result is 10 stalled drives over 3 games all because of typically stupid penalties.

It's also not just about the penalty yards which is 215 yards lost in 3 games. It also cost another 130 yards lost in the plays nullified. In addition to the 56 yard TD nullified last week we also lost a 28 yard gain versus the 49ers and a 22 yard gain versus the Broncos due to penalties.

 

So who are the culprits? Some surprises for sure:  (At the article you'll find the full table.... here are the top 6 players only)

Player	Count	Declined	Declined Yds	Nullified Yds	1st Down	Stalled Drive
Ryan Kalil	4	1	30	24	0	1
Kelvin Benjamin	3	0	30	46	0	2
Cam Newton	3	1	10	0	0	1
Trai Turner	2	0	25	28	0	1
Devin Funchess	2	0	20	0	0	1
Andrew Norwell	2	0	20	0	0	1

 

So that is the leader of the OL with the most penalties though I will say we have 9 players with at least two. The overall total is pretty spread out which is even more discouraging because so many players are making mistakes. Seems this is just the kind of thing Rivera was warning the team about during training camp.

So what was the most common penalty? It's not even close in this regard:  (At the article you'll find the full table with all the called penalties)

Penalty	Count	Declined	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drive
Offensive Holding	10 (30)	2	64 (28)	60	0	3 (20)

[uncfan888]

Thanks for the info.  I knew it would be bad before I clicked. Wonder how much is actually bad penalties and how much is the refs hating us. That probably affects what is not called on the other team more though 

[arbnranger]

Insightful stats. Going over it now but looks like he had 36 total penalties but prob should have been 26. Still more than our opponents, epecially the yardage. 

[KB_fan]

4 minutes ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

so in 3 games, we have over 100 more penalty yards than our opponents.

also, 130 potential yards gained were nullified b/c of those penalties. 

yeah, that's bad. 

also, thanks for the analysis. always appreciate our huddle statistician! 

I didn't do any of the work, just happened to click on the article and discovered a really informative piece...!

[Hotsauce]

Hey look, we suck again!

[KB_fan]

4 minutes ago, arbnranger said:

Insightful stats. Going over it now but looks like he had 36 total penalties but prob should have been 26. Still more than our opponents, epecially the yardage. 

Yes, you're correct.  Total should be 26 penalties, not 36, but other than that typo, the info looks pretty solid. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Great stuff

[mc52beast]

Don't really think this can be blamed on coaching, because they have had games with zero or very few penalties... seems to me that the SB loss is still lingering 

[ecu88]

Thank you KB. Lol someone read my thread and answered my question. Thanks for posting the link! We have lost more than just first downs but also touchdowns..........highly uncharacteristic of RR's teams

[KB_fan]

8 hours ago, ecu88 said:

Thank you KB. Lol someone read my thread and answered my question. Thanks for posting the link! We have lost more than just first downs but also touchdowns..........highly uncharacteristic of RR's teams

Yeah, it's dramatic how much more the penalties are on the offense than it was the D.  Early last season we had a lot of penalties too,, but predominantly on defense, giving up a lot of free 1st downs to our opponents.  This year that's virtually not an issue.

Glad someone else did such a nice analysis.  I had done a bit of work to dig up some stats, but I never would have had time this week to do something as thorough as Jaxon did. 

[KB_fan]

By the way,  I am just starting to learn my way around the NFL GSIS webpage with more stats than any one person can possibly digest.  I hadn't yet discovered their team by team penalty analysis stats.  For those interested in tracking Panthers penalties, here's the link

http://nflgsis.com/GameStatsLive/LegacyReports

Go to the TEAM tab

Then look for the Penalties option, then select the team...

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