Quest 4 The 3rd Division Crown w/ No One 2 Pass 2 On 3rd Down: 2015 Carolina Panthers Season Thread

[Henry Orbit]

heard that newton was out in the strip club with ross on Friday before game....doesn't look like he did much though.



Cam Newton and Rick Ross Party at The Strip Club (Videos)

He was at Cameo

 

[Axum Ezana]

obj joker cleats are supposed to be a shot at norman cause he's apparently batman. also talks about Harrison

 

[Axum Ezana]

After the afternoon games Sunday, Carolina had taken over the NFL lead in total number of points scored (411) and average points per game (31.6). The Panthers have scored at least 33 points in five of their past six games. The fact that a Carolina team that was offensively challenged for much of last year (even with Kelvin Benjamin) can lead the entire NFL in scoring – that’s almost as remarkable as 13-0 to me.

▪ The Panthers are going to need to do whatever it takes to keep defensive tackle Kawann Short around – and that means a very big contract extension, likely this offseason. Not since Kris Jenkins in his prime has Carolina had such a disruptive pass rushing force straight up the middle. With two sacks Sunday, Short has nine for the year. That’s the most in any Panthers season for a defensive tackle, surpassing Jenkins’ seven in 2002.

▪ Do you think Ted Ginn Jr. might dig Cam Newton? In his nine-year NFL career, Ginn has had three games in which he has scored multiple receiving TDs. All three have come this season – and two of them in the past two weeks. There were no issues with drops on Sunday. Ginn averaged – and this is not a misprint – 60 yards a catch.

▪ The Panthers’ 260-yard outburst in the first quarter was amazing on a number of levels. It was the most yardage the Panthers have ever gained in any quarter, and the most any NFL team has gained all season in a single quarter. By halftime, Cam Newton had thrown for 246 yards before the Panthers shut him down early.

QB all-time through 5th season;

Total Touchdowns

1) Marino, 168
2) Newton, 150
3) Manning, 147

Total Yards

1) Manning, 21,174
2) Newton, 20,572
3) Marino, 19,428

THE PANTHERS

• Have won 13 regular-season games for the first time in team history.

• Have won 17 straight regular-season games, the longest streak in NFC history.

• Have won a league-best 10 straight games at home.

• Clinched a 1st-round bye.

• Became the eighth team in the Super Bowl era to start 13-0. Of the previous seven, five advanced to the Super Bowl and three won it all.

• Lead the NFC South by seven games.

• Beat the Falcons for the fifth time in their past six meetings. The combined score of the past two meetings is 72-3.

• Posted their first shutout since an identical 38-0 score against the Giants on 9/22/13.

• Turned their four turnovers into 10 points. They’ve now outscored opponents 117-22 off turnovers this season.

• Have scored 411 points this year. The most they’ve scored in a season was 421 in 1999.

• Are now leading the NFL in scoring at 31.6 points per game.

• Have scored at least 20 points in each of their 13 games. The franchise’s longest such streak before this season was nine games with 20 or more at the start of 2009.

• Have scored on eight of their 13 opening drives.

• Gained 260 yards in the first quarter, they most they’ve ever gained in any quarter.

• Tied a team record for most points in the first quarter. The only other time they scored 21 points in the first was on 12/16/12 against the Chargers.

• Have scored a league-best 129 points in the second quarter. They’ve also allowed the fewest points (44) in the second quarter.

• Are 28-for-39 (71.8%) in the red zone over their past nine games.

• Went 6-of-12 on third down, the fourth time in the past five games they’ve converted at least 50 percent of their third downs.

• Have rushed for at least 100 yards in 24 straight games, tied with Seattle for the longest such streak in the NFL. The last team to hit the century mark in as many games was the ’76-’78 Chicago Bears.

• Have allowed just 304 rushing yards over their past six games.

• Are 17-3 in December since 2011, matching Seattle for the best record in the month during that timeframe.

Cam in his 16 (regular season) starts since the car accident

282/474 (59.5%)
3603 yards (7.6 ypa)
33 TD
11 INT

141 rushes
677 yards (4.8 ypc)
10 TD
2 lost fumbles

Where Perfect Panthers Rank in NFL's Top 5

Thomas Davis has 3 INT, 4 FF, and 5.5 sacks this season. A player attaining those numbers has only happened 8 times in the SB era.

1986 LB Wilber Marshall (5 INT, 5.5 sacks, 4 FF - All-Pro)
1991 LB Wilber Marshall (5 INT, 5.5 sacks, 4 FF - bizarre that its identical)
1991 LB Seth Joyner (3 INT, 6.5 sacks, 6 FF - Pro Bowl)
1992 CB Rod Woodson (4 INT, 6 sacks, 4 FF - All-Pro)
1992 LB James Francis (3 INT, 6 sacks, 4 FF)
1993 LB Pat Swilling (3 INT, 6.5 sacks, 5 FF - Pro Bowl)
1995 LB Greg Lloyd (3 INT, 6.5 sacks, 6 FF - All-Pro)
2015 LB Thomas Davis (3 INT, 5.5 sacks, 4 FF)

here are the notes:

—A 38-0 lead allowed coach Ron Rivera to rest most of his starters in the fourth quarter. On the offensive line, Michael Oher, Ryan Kalil and Trai Turner were pulled early while Andrew Norwell stayed at left guard and Mike Remmers jumped over to left tackle. Rookie Daryl Williams, who also featured in the Panthers’ jumbo package, finished out the game at right tackle.

—Greg Olsen (knee), who was held out of the second half as a precaution, played his fewest snaps since late 2011.

—The Panthers were also cautious with Jonathan Stewart (foot), which allowed Fozzy Whittaker to see his most playing time since last year’s tie in Cincinnati. Stewart’s 19 snaps were his fewest since 2013.

—Kurt Coleman has played 880 of 888 possible snaps this year. He missed one in Seattle and he sat out for seven at the end of the rout against Washington.

—Shaq Thompson‘s 37 snaps were his most since he played 48 against the Bucs in Week 4. Because of injuries in the secondary, the Panthers may use the rookie a bit more now in a hybrid role.

—Charles Johnson may not like it, but his playing time since returning from temporary injured reserve has made sense. The Panthers eased him back in with 21 snaps against the Cowboys before ramping Johnson up to 51 plays in New Orleans. So during Sunday’s blowout, coaches pretty much split the difference, giving him 34 snaps.

—Cortland Finnegan, who dealt with some cramping in the fourth quarter, played 33 snaps, just like he did in his debut against the Saints

Newton has an accuracy percentage of an NFL-best 51.7 percent on throws that travel 20-plus yards, according to Pro Football Focus.

He has completed 25 of 60 attempts with six drops for 879 yards, nine touchdowns and one interception.

Newton isn’t just running for a lot of touchdowns by the standards of a quarterback. Newton is running for a lot of touchdowns by the standards of a running back. There’s only one NFL player who has run for at least five touchdowns in each of the last five seasons, and it’s not a running back. It’s Newton.

There are four running backs who have rushed for at least five touchdowns in four of the last five seasons: LeGarrette Blount, Mark Ingram, Marshawn Lynch and Adrian Peterson. But none of them have scored five touchdowns in five out of five years like Newton, and unless Lynch comes back from his injury and scores two touchdowns in the next three games, none of them will.

Newton already has 40 rushing touchdowns in his career, with three games left in his fifth season. Not only has no quarterback done that, but no quarterback has come close: Daunte Culpepper, with 26 rushing touchdowns in his first five seasons, comes the closest.

With 40 rushing touchdowns in his first five seasons, Newton is ahead of the pace of a lot of great running backs, and every running back who entered the league with Newton in 2011: DeMarco Murray, who leads the 2011 running back draft class in rushing touchdowns, is at 32, eight touchdowns behind Newton.

 

[Axum Ezana]

So peanut out for the year or resting for playoffs his vet presense gone be needed but I feel fennegan gone be ok going fwd...our db the least of my worries ....

Like bro said we gone need Kony to step up and help CJ and Chiraq in da pass rush... Our D been the most balanced I've ever seen it

Norman ,bene , shaq, and Kurt Cobain gone hold it down...

wr workout is interesting ....

As far as Stew we need to rest him in NY and let fozzy ,Tolbert and CAP carry the load ....play him the first half vs Atlanta to keep his mojo going with no rust heading into the playoffs ...I'd do the same with Olsen. ..let my nikka dikkson get some more reps ...we can afford to lose either at this point

bene hurt with fracture leg....out for season/playoffs

 

[Millions]

bene hurt with fracture leg....out for season/playoffs

just googled it

 

[Millions]

obj joker cleats are supposed to be a shot at norman cause he's apparently batman. also talks about Harrison

J No vs ODB gone be lit if he shuts down bro he da best CB in the game

 

[606onit]

Kevin Hart shows Cam Newton how much he can bench

 

[Richard Wright]

I remember when a non Panthers breh could still sneak in here. You Cookout boys have done it.

It seemed like a couple years ago it was Chudzinski > Shula. Do you guys think Shula is better now? What has he gotten better at?

 

[distinguishedNOW]

We're in trouble in the secondary going forward, especially if the pass rush don't pick up. It's sounding like it's gonna be a mess opposite Norman.

Teddy Williams really just a Special Team guy. There's a reason he been on like 5 teams the past 2-3 years.
Finnegan was a cool pickup when he was the 4th CB not a Starter. There's a reason he was retired a few weeks ago.
Jones basically a backup S trying to play CB. Now we bringing up Practice Squad guys to get playing time.

EVERYBODY got injuries though, if the worst of it is losing our 2nd & 3rd CBs hopefully we should be able to survive that. Defense definitely about to take a hit though.

 

[Morose Polymath]

I remember when a non Panthers breh could still sneak in here. You Cookout boys have done it.

It seemed like a couple years ago it was Chudzinski > Shula. Do you guys think Shula is better now? What has he gotten better at?

Shula and Cam has been together for an extended period of time and allowed Cam to get comfortable in the system. (One reason why Brady and Rodgers are the GOATS is because of the consistency they were allowed to develop by being in the same system for an extended period of time). He's calling his own plays now and doing audibles on the fly, plus he commands the hurry-up offense like a true elite QB. The only drawback or issue I have is some of the unnecessary QB runs they call for Cam which tend to be OD at times.

 

[Axum Ezana]

damn cam towers over them...

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Shula and Cam has been together for an extended period of time and allowed Cam to get comfortable in the system. (One reason why Brady and Rodgers are the GOATS is because of the consistency they were allowed to develop by being in the same system for an extended period of time). He's calling his own plays now and doing audibles on the fly, plus he commands the hurry-up offense like a true elite QB. The only drawback or issue I have is some of the unnecessary QB runs they call for Cam which tend to be OD at times.

Shula has become much better at designing plays.

But the main props is for him letting Cam just run the offense most of the time. Giving Cam good options to pick from.

 

[Grifter]

 

[Bishop_BP_Jakes]

Shula has become much better at designing plays.

But the main props is for him letting Cam just run the offense most of the time. Giving Cam good options to pick from.

He's letting Cam do what he does best, operate out of the no-huddle/hurry up. Said that shyt way back in the thread, but Cam is a rythm passer. He gets in the best rythm and is more accurate operating out of the no-huddle/ hurry up. Shula and Riverboat have been letting him cook since the Minnesota game and we've been rolling ever since.

Plus Stewart has been a 3 down back and our O-line came together quicker and better than any of us imagined.

 

[SireSiah#KWU]

Panthers Planning to Add Two Bodies in Secondary

The loss of Bene is definitely a blow to the secondary. The speculation around Tillman is disheartening as well.

I understand the pickups cause we need the depth at CB with these injuries at the position. Even worse case scenario IF Tillman is out for the season I feel this defense will still be elite.

When you got outside line backers with speed like Thompson and Davis that can drop back in coverage with the underneath routes and actually cover that is less stress for the secondary.

@Henry Orbit you posted something with Rivera referring to this with Thompson being used more in pass coverage with a base formation

I was doubtful of the Finnegan pickup at first but now I'm glad we did and I was wrong and hope he continues to thrive with this opportunity.

My boi Teddy "Jam" Williams was good in the preseason.I see a lot of y'all wasn't watching as closely as i was
And I know it was the preseason but

Then with Kurt Cobain and Uncle Junior still protecting over the top.

We gonna Keep Pounding brehs