tilt against the
Philadelphia Eagles. The offense generated just 83 total yards and failed to
convert a single third down while the defense let Carson Wentz and the Eagles
march up and down the field to the tune of 222 yards of total offense. The
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but it ultimately stalled out at the Eagles 21 yard line. A pair of false starts
on the ensuing field goal attempts pushed the Panthers out of field goal range,
and they punted. The decision to punt when facing a 49 yard field goal in those
wind conditions was fine. Gano had just missed the 44 yard attempt after the
false start and it didn’t appear as though it would have the distance to clear
from any farther back. Michael Palardy rewarded the decision with a beautiful
punt that was downed at the Eagles four yard line.The Panthers defense took the
field with two timeouts and the two minute warning to play with. The Eagles,
with their backs literally against the wall, handed the ball to Corey Clement on
first down to run the clock down to the two minute warning. After the stoppage,
the Eagles again elected to run, making it very clear that they had no intent to
move the ball before the half. Ron Rivera should have jumped at this opportunity
to give his team some momentum before the half. Had the Panthers called a
timeout after the Eagles second down run, they would have needed only one stop
to put the ball back in Cam Newton’s hands with about 90 seconds remaining in
the half and the Panthers starting somewhere around their own 40 yard line.
That’s more than enough time to move the team into field goal range at the very
least, even in the imperfect weather.
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clock down, apparently content with a 10-0 halftime deficit. He showed no faith
in his defense to pick up a third down stop, even though the Eagles had failed
to convert a single third down by that point in the game. He showed no faith in
his offense to move the ball roughly 30 yards in a minute and a half, a task
that almost any NFL offense should be able to handle. He forewent a chance to
build some momentum because of a negligible amount of risk associated with
stopping the clock and fielding a punt in favor of a decision that contained
zero risk and zero reward. The Carolina Panthers offensive line may be a
constantly rotating assembly of whoever is healthy at the time, but they are
playing extremely well. In one of the best metrics of run blocking efficiency
and running back efficiency (this also includes Cam Newton) the Panthers have
managed to gain the most yards before contact in the NFL through three weeks,
and have the second highest average yards before first contact.Credit of course
goes to the players who made it happen, but also to offensive line coach John
Matsko, who continues to work miracles helping to identify untapped
talent
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truly amazing that they have maintained numbers like this despite losing three
starters to injury for most of the games, and there’s a lot of hope that things
will get even better with Trai Turner hopefully exiting the concussion protocol
over the bye week.It isn’t just the offensive line though. This number has as
much to do with the skill of the ball carrier as anything else. To that end,
this broken tackles stat posted by Pro Football Focus makes a lot of sense.Dave
Gettleman sure knows how to pick running backs it would seem. With Christian
McCaffrey playing some of the best football we’ve seen at the running back
position, added to the always entertaining Cam Newton show, and a little dose of
C.J. Anderson in the mix... it is going to be very difficult for opposing teams
to stop them on offense.