Check OUt These Dolphin Game Stats

[KatsAzz]

Let's take a look at some stats from the Panthers vs Dolphin games and see what we come up with.

Miami- Delhomme throws 42 times, they run 25...D-Will had a 9.4 per carry avg. Panthers LOSE.

Atlanta - Delhomme throws 24 times, they run 34 times J-Stew had a 7.5 per carry avg, and scored 2 td's. Panther WIN.

Arizona - Delhomme throws 14 times, they run 40 times...D-Will has 7 yards per carry avg. J-Stew runs for 2 tds. Panthers WIN.

Buffalo - Delhomme throws 44 times, they run 25 times, D-Will has a 5.5 yards per carry avg. Panthers LOSE.

Here's some more stats for you. The Panthers got the ball after Miami scored with about a minute left in the first half. In the two minute offense, the Panthers threw 5 passes 0 runs - makes perfect sense to me.

With about 7 and a half minutes left Miami kicked a field goal to take the lead 17-6 - a two possession game. A definite passing situation.

Jake threw 7 passes and there were 2 runs on that td drive.

Behind 24-14 with just under 4 minutes left, Jake threw 9 passes and ran the ball twice on the fg drive. With about 40 seconds left, down 24-17 Jake threw 5 passes with 0 runs on that drive - clocking the ball is counted as an imcomplete pass.

So, there's 26 passes and 4 runs in situations where throwing the ball on almost every play is REQUIRED,

Doing the math, if you remove the 5 passes in the last minute of the half, 21 runs and 16 passes had netted a total of 6 points.

You don't lose the game because you throw 40 passes. You throw 40 passes because you are losing the game.

[OneBadassCat]

Thank you. It gets annoying when people bring up how when Jake thows more than we run we lose. But they don't think about the why.

Yea I mean if our line blocked like all pros every play we wouldn't need to throw the ball. But god forbid Jake actually having to make plays.

In other news:

Deangelo Williams is the fuging man.

[Guild]

Oh the game is deeper than the stats I didn't know!

Thanks for telling me.

[CWalker4205]

lets look at the red zone on the first drive, delhomme 3 incomplete passes, 0 runs, we kick field goal and set the tone for the game, if we ran, we would have scored 6 not 3

[pstall]

For God's sake. This has confirmation and recency bias written all over it.

[monstercat]

lets look at the red zone on the first drive, delhomme 3 incomplete passes, 0 runs, we kick field goal and set the tone for the game, if we ran, we would have scored 6 not 3

Bingo. I have no problem with Jake throwing enough between the 20's to keep the defense honest, but for cryin out loud, this is a running team, and running teams score most of their points by running it in the red zone. There is no need for them to try to be something they're not. I don't care if the other team puts 8-9 in the box either, because they have successfully run the ball against 8-9 in the box plenty of times. That's what they do best.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I've got to disagree.

We didn't lose because we passed a lot, necessarily.

We lost because we passed at the wrong times. This was most apparent when we threw three times in the red zone on the first drive and had to settle for a field goal. Another point was when we threw on 3rd and 1.

[hilo558]

You lost because you got beat by the better team.

[Jangler]

You lost because you got beat by the better team.

I like how ESPN now thinks Miami will get in the playoffs cuz they beat the Panthers....

[hilo558]

Laugh, still lost to a better team

[Henne Given Sunday]

Laugh, still lost to a better team

without our starting running back, quarterback, corner back and 3 or 4 injured offensive linemen......

[God]

without our starting running back, quarterback, corner back and 3 or 4 injured offensive linemen......

You are becoming quite the Saint J around here.

[Henne Given Sunday]

You are becoming quite the Saint J around here.

oh please! i havent gloated as much as i have wanted to.....we play every 4 years....im excited we won.....i have been very cival during my time here....dont lump me in with bags of douche like some saint fans

[Davidson Deac II]

without our starting running back, quarterback, corner back and 3 or 4 injured offensive linemen......

Irt injuries, we have lost two defensive tackles, a linebacker having a probowl season, a probowl olineman. And there are many here who think we might be better off if our starting QB went down with an injury.