Kansas City Chiefs Vs. Carolina Panthers By The Numbers

by Joel Thorman on Oct 1, 2008 6:55 AM CDT in 2008 Campaign Comment 7 comments

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The Kansas City Chiefs will make their second visit to Carolina on Sunday to face a Panthers team sitting atop the NFC South with 3 wins and 1 loss. Let's take a look at their numbers to see what we're dealing with.

Jake Delhomme: 72/120, 860 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT

The offense isn't designed to go through Delhomme but he's done an outstanding job of maintaining the offense. His best game of the year came last week against the Atlanta Falcons in which he put up 294 yards on 20/29 passing and 2 TDs.

DeAngelo Williams: 55 carries, 201 yards, 0 TDs

Jonathan Stewart: 45 carries, 197 yards, 4 TDs

These are the players we hope not to see very often. The Panthers like to establish a lead and then grind the clock out with the running game and play solid defense. Sound familiar?

Muhsin Muhammad: 22 rec, 287, 1 TD

Steve Smith: 10 rec, 166 yards, 1 TD

Moose was a member of the Panthers from 1996-2004 where he had his last Pro Bowl berth. He's putting up good numbers thus far but that is partly skewed due to the fact that Smith missed the first two games of the season for punching out Ken Lucas.

How can we beat the Panthers?

The Minnesota Vikings presented a nice avenue to success when they beat the Panthers 20-10 in week 3. The Vikings had a solid day running the ball while career journeyman Gus Frerotte manned the passing game to a Damon Huard-like 204 yards and 1 TD and 1 INT.

The Panthers jumped out to a 10-0 lead before Minnesota scored 20 unanswered points. Highlights included a Jared Allen and Kevin Williams sack and an Antoine Winfield sack/forced fumble and touchdown.

Highlights of that game can be seen here.

The Panthers by down:

1st down

54 rushing plays (3.59 average), 51 passing plays, (5.25 average)

2nd down

42 rushing plays (4.0 average), 41 passing plays (10.07 average)

3rd down

16 rushing plays (2.62 average), 35 passing plays (3.34 average)

4th down

0 rushing plays (0 average), 3 passing plays (2.33 average)

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Bench Tony

I just want to throw this out there but in a rebuilding year, where we can only expect 3 maybe 4 wins tops, Tony G setting the yards record is going to be one of if not the best high light. Sure we need him on the field this week but maybe this is a chance for Cottam to get some action. After all it is a rebuilding year. So why not rest Tony this week? Let him get his record at home, against Tennessee. Stop the game, do some sort of thing, let the stadium rock for 10 straight minutes while we scream our lungs out as a show of thanks for his time spent with KC and the contribution he’s made.

I think we should petition this.

by rdub on Oct 1, 2008 2:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Tony

has missed 2 games in the last decade. I don’t see him being benched.

by Joel Thorman on Oct 1, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing

that Minnesota did a good job of stopping the run with the Williams Brothers. Could this be a key to us beating the Panthers?

by TheQ on Oct 1, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No

The Panthers didn’t run much against the Falcons. Jake and Muhammad torched them through the air. Not to mention Steve Smith is one of the best receivers in the NFL.

on behalf of tha dirty south: soul food, carolina blue, southern hospitality, and tha queen city

by southtunnel on Oct 1, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Muhammad

Even blew up last week for like 150 yards with Smith in the line up.

by Joel Thorman on Oct 1, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty good Analysis

All of your info on the Panthers seems right on… except for the bit about Moose’s production being due to Steve Smith’s absence. He had his best game last week with Steve Smith in the game. The only way to slow down Smitty is to double or tripple him. But when teams do this the Moose goes wild. So pick your poison.

You can score on them through the air. The corners and safeties are great at tackling and causing turnovers, but have given up some deep balls. However, I dont see the Chiefs being able to throw the ball well enough to out score the Panthers, and LJ will not run well against their D.

on behalf of tha dirty south: soul food, carolina blue, southern hospitality, and tha queen city

by southtunnel on Oct 1, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs