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Carolina Panthers News
Cam Newton's average air yards were 5.56 per attempt on Sunday. That's lower than his 6.8 air yards per attempt last year at New England, per ESPN Stats. Newton ranked 30th among 35 qualified quarterbacks in 2020. Panthers coach Matt Rhule, however, didn't put Newton's average in the 27-21 loss to Washington on his quarterback. “The deeper thing is more on Joe [Brady, OC] and me. There is no issue with Cam's arm.''
Matt Rhule on the Panthers giving up 163 yards rushing in their six losses, including 190 in Sunday's loss to Washington: “It's very concerning. If you can't stop the run . . . people say the run doesn't matter, when you're trying to control the game the run matters.''
Alarming stat for the Panthers (5-6). In their six losses they have allowed 163 yards rushing per game, including 190 in Sunday's 27-21 loss to Washington. In their five wins they allowed 56.4 yards per game. That's a swing of 106.6 yards. Can't win consistently that way.
This was huge in the Panthers' loss. Christian McCaffrey had only four carries for 6 yards in the second half after running six times for 53 yards in the first half. He had just one carry (0 yards) on the team's final 3 possessions.