The Carolina Panthers offensive line may be a constantly rotating assembly of whoever is healthy at the time
http://www.carolinapanthersteamonline.com/graham-gano-jersey , 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, and getting new guys ready to play. It’s 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
Womens C.J. Anderson Jersey , 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.Tuesday Turtle Spotlight: Cursed by the presence of offensive coordinators past Sunday’s visit from the New York Giants marked a reunion of sorts. Former Carolina Panthers general manager Dave Gettlman was in the building, as was former offensive coordinator Mike Shula. The latter was routinely the brunt of near universal criticism during his final years in charge of the Panthers offense, largely thanks to the ultra conservative play calling Panthers fans have come to know and hate. It seemed his mere presence in the stadium was enough to put the Panthers offense in a state of complete disorder. The delay of game penalties and wasted timeouts that seemed to be a thing of the past once again reared their heads, and the infamous “grind it out” approach to offense once again manifested itself. Norv Turner called a good first quarter. On six first quarter first downs, the Panthers passed the ball three times, completing all of them for 44 yards and a touchdown. The other three plays were runs
Womens Da'Norris Searcy Jersey , but one of them was a piece of gadgetry that resulted in an 18 yard carry for wide receiver D.J. Moore. That’s the type of balance you like to see. Then things went south. Odell Beckham Jr. botched a punt that was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown to put the Panthers up 14-3 less than one minute into the second quarter. The Panthersseemingly deemed that 11 point lead with 44 minutes to go insurmountable. The ensuing first down play calls to close out the first half were run, pass, run, run, run, run. Just grind the clock, baby. The Panthers seemed to break themselves of that play calling curse in the locker room during the halftime intermission. They split their six third quarter play calls 50/50
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Color Rush David Mayo Jersey , run, run, run. The two Cam Newton runs in that sequence generated 16 yards. The other six plays combined to gain five yards. The Panthers also lost their lead. With the Giants desperately hunting a comeback and the Panthers in need of offense, the coaching staff frequently elected to take the ball out of their most dynamic playmaker’s hands on first downs. It resulted in an offense constantly fighting an uphill battle to sustain drives and put the game out of reach. A historic Graham Gano field goal as time expired gave the coaching staff the result they sought despite a horribly flawed process that could have, and perhaps should have lost them the game. The Panthers overcame their own flawed game management once again to pull out a victory, but it’s fair to wonder how long this can be sustained.