Came up just short

[D34Williams]

BUT A CHANCE AT HISTORY IS DENIED by Smith's injury, because he sits just 18 yards short of 1,000 for the season. The Panthers could have become the first team in NFL history to feature two 1,000-yard rushers and a 1,000-yard receiver; as it stands, Smith's 982 yards are the most ever by a receiver on a team with multiple 1,000-yard runners.

Smith would have almost certainly broken 1,000 yards were it not for the injury; he averaged 4.8 catches and 94.5 yards per game in December after averaging 4.2 receptions and 54.9 yards per game in the season's first 11 games.

http://www.panthers.com/news/article-1/Minutes-Smith-scores-but-pays-heavy-price/24008bc6-453e-40d1-84f9-1a3600374eda

This sucks. I wish he could have got it, for his sake. Still is a record none the less, just not at the 1,000 yard mark.

Jake

[SCP]

Yea, that sucks. Would have been cool for them to get that.

[Strong Arm]

Damn. Maybe next year...

[panthers55]

Yards and stat records are useless if you don't win games. Our offense still ranks 18th in yards per game and 21st in points scored per game. We may have good stars who get yards, but overall we are in the bottom half of the league in offense.

[Delhommey]

Yards and stat records are useless if you don't win games. Our offense still ranks 18th in yards per game and 21st in points scored per game. We may have good stars who get yards, but overall we are in the bottom half of the league in offense.

[panthers55]

Agreed. The turnovers doomed us in the first half of the year and the defense took some time to develop. The fact that we have gone from a -14 to a plus 3 in turnovers and have put up points when we got the turnovers. That has gone a long way to getting us back to .500 in the win column by beating some good teams. Without a doubt the Giants game was our most complete and dominating performance this year.