Cards vs Panthers deep breakdown.

[pstall]

Football Outsiders is awesome digging deep.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/game-previews/2009/2009-nfc-divisional-preview

[neverlosethefeeling]

headache

[panthers2u]

headache

LOL...Just scroll down to the OUTLOOK section.

There is some interesting stuff in there.

Ultimately though, I think the game is going to come down to who makes the least mistakes.

[Davidson Deac II]

Football Outsiders is awesome digging deep.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/game-previews/2009/2009-nfc-divisional-preview

Good info in that article. There are several things that our fans would never agree with though.

The Panthers defense also excels against short passes in the middle of the field, home of Pro Bowl linebacker Jon Beason. The Panthers allowed just 5.8 yards per pass on short middle passes (fourth in the NFL) with a DVOA of -12.1% (third in the NFL).

Carolina blitzed at a rate pretty close to league average. They use a lot of zone blitzes -- only Baltimore and Philadelphia used the strategy more frequently -- and they use them well, allowing a yard and a half less per play with a zone blitz.

[pstall]

That last one Deac surprised me as well.

[SorthNarolina]

i know if football can be analyzed that deeply stats-wise

[PhillyB]

incredibly stat-heavy, but excellent analysis. the arguements presented aren't based on the stats themselves, but they take what's already very clear and supplement it with stats, which further validates the points.

good read. im bored at work so i needed something with serious depth.