Panthers run game was first in yards before contact per attempt

[Gladniator1]

2 hours ago, KillerKat said:

Cam Newton

This.  Take Cam's run that are usually hit-free for the first 10 yards and you get these skewed stats.  No way we are in the top with just Stew and CMC.

[Ace_Aladdin]

J-Stew is 2 slow to hit the holes & lanes.

Draft a  younger RB or go FA with somebody like Doug Martin

[Manther]

11 hours ago, panthers55 said:

The disconnect is the difference between averages which are generalizations and situational outcomes on any given play which are just the opposite.

Yeah, the question is, what is the median?

[CPcavedweller]

20 hours ago, top dawg said:

Well what do you make of this?  

http://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2018/02/09/panthers-led-nfl-in-yards-before-contact-per-attempt/

"According to Jeff Ratcliffe at Pro Football Focus, the Panthers led the league last season in yards before contact per attempt, averaging 1.91."

 

What are the takeaways? Tim Weaver at USA Today gives some credit to Stew and CMC,  but I'm thinking that something is amiss.  

Wouldn't it be nice to know more?  Well,  here you go via PFF. 

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/fantasy-football-2017-best-offensive-lines-in-yards-before-contact

 

"An easy way to quantify the amount of space an offensive line creates in the run game is with yards before contact. Likewise, yards after contact gives us an indication of a running back’s performance independent of his blocking."

 

And here is my issue with those thinking that CMC is magically going to be the solution as a bell-cow back. 

 

"The Panthers paced the league this year with 1.91 yards before contact per attempt. This likely comes as a surprise, considering the fact that Christian McCaffrey and Jonathan Stewartboth averaged under 4.0 yards per carry. Of course, neither player was effective after contact. Stewart averaged 2.23 yards after contact per attempt, which ranked 45th out of 53 qualifiers with at least 25 percent of team carries. McCaffrey was even worse, finishing 50th with 2.11 yards after contact per attempt."

 

So, I don't really know what to make of all this stuff,  except that (like Weaver said) Norwell is a beast.  I think that we really do need to look at a back seriously.  We just have so many holes that need filling that who knows what the hell we should do in the first?

Perhaps taking some of those eight-man fronts away by having another one or two legitimate receivers will help. 

Thew answer could be this: there were too many hats on defenders at the line of scrimmage and no one got up field on the offensive line. The next statistic needed, after the yards before contact, is the average number of tacklers hitting our guys. 

[raleigh-panther]

Take out Cam’s numbers, otherwise very misleading