Rock Hill Herald · Dec 7, 2018
It was Panthers’ biggest offensive improvement over 2017. Now it’s holding them back.
Offense hasn’t been the Carolina Panthers problem during their four-game losing streak, although they’re not without their flaws on that side of the ball.
Losing streak aside, Carolina’s already-resurgent offense ranks fourth-best in the NFL over the past four weeks with 1,549 total yards, which averages out to 387 yards per game. That’s up from the 372-yard avarage over the first eight games. By themselves, both yards per game figures would represent the second-highest single-season mark under Ron Rivera.
But yards mean nothing without points, and more often than not teams earn their points in the red zone.