It’s not time to be worried about the Panthers’ passing attack yet

Sit tight Carolina Panthers fans, there is no need to worry yet.

For fans looking for a better passing attack from the Carolina Panthers, you may have to be patient. Tuesday both quarterback Cam Newton and head coach Ron Rivera spoke to the media about the recent struggles of the passing attack.

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One of the bigger question that has been brought up is the lack of big-time plays through the air. As many have seen, that is how many teams are driving their offenses these days. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Newton and Rivera do not seem the least bit concerned about their lack of a big-play passing offense.

"“I don’t care. I’ve seen quarterbacks have 100 yards and they blow them out, I’ve seen quarterbacks have 500 yards and they get blew out,” said Newton. “Who cares about stats? The most meaningful stat in all of sports is win and loss. Straight up.”"

Rivera did not seem to be too concerned about it as well.

"“It would be good to expand on it, but I’m not concerned about it,” said Rivera of the downfield passing offense. “I think the quarterbacks’s being very efficient right now. When we’re effective running the football, you see us rack up the yards. We have four games where as a team we’ve rushed for over 100 yards. … You do want to, but there’s no reason to panic.“I agree with what Cam says. I’m not gonna push any panic buttons. We’re just gonna keep working hard and continue to improve.”"

Honestly, I agree with both of them here. I do not think this is something to be concerned about yet. They have the talent for big passing plays, and can unleash it at any time. Like Rivera said, they have gotten yards in other ways. McCaffrey has been a major part of their offense this season. Both in the running and passing games, he has proven to be a x-factor.

It would be one thing if the Panthers solely relied on their passing attack to generate offense, and they weren’t getting anything out of it. They are trying to balance both the run and passing attacks and it has yielded positive results. Particularly in the Atlanta and Cincinnati games, we got to see the offense unleashed at its full potential.

Currently, the Panthers rank No. 28 in the league with 1,809 yards gained on the year. That is a number you would like to see go higher.

In the passing game, they rank No. 26 in the league with 222.4 yards amassed per contest. In total, they have amassed 121 points on the year and 24.2 points per game. Again, you would like those numbers to be a bit higher, but they have shown they are capable of scoring points. It will be interesting to see if they can increase those numbers over the next couple weeks.

The lack of big plays is not something I would be worried about quite yet. Philadelphia will serve as a good test to see if they can accrue big plays against a tough defense.

With that in mind, if this is a trend that continues on for the rest of the year, I would be worried come playoff time.