Carolina’s 18.6 needs to be fixed

By Jeff Lykes  |   Friday, October 13, 2006  |  Comments( 1 )

 Carolina Panthers
The statistic is mind-boggling, and last Sunday's performance against the 1-4 Cleveland Browns was the icing on the cake: The Carolina Panthers can't convert on third down. In fact, they are currently connecting on the most critical down at the alarming rate of 18.6% of the time. Here are a few figures that will put this shameful percentage into...
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Thomas DeBorde		 01:10 AM
10/16/2006
The Panthers are notorius for 'doing it when they have to'. I hate this about them as much as anyone and it's definately not good for the heart, but their play often is reflective of the score. Sure, it's a low number, but it's week 5. Smith and Johnson have only had a couple of weeks to work on their powerhouse tandem, and i have a feeling once they get that honed, they will be much better. I think those two learning to bait DBs and utilizing either as a decoy at any given time is the key to overcoming this problem, and those two will be much more efficient working together against the backfield than either one could be separately.
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