Panthers Secondary Faces Toughest Test of Season vs. Cardinals in NFC Title Game

January 23, 2016   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

The Carolina Panthers have spent most of the 2015 season as the big dogs of the National Football League, thanks in large part to a defense that ranks sixth in the league in both yards and points allowed.
However, despite the presence of All-Pro cornerback Josh Norman, the Carolina secondary is the Achilles' heel of its defense, and that secondary faces its toughest test of the season Sunday in the one game standing between the Panthers and a berth in Super Bowl 50.
There hasn't been a better team at attacking defenses through the air this season than the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals rank second in the NFL in passing offense with 288.5 yards per game. Only the New England Patriots and New York Giants had more touchdown passes than Arizona's 35. And no team in the NFL averaged more yards per attempt than the Cardinals' 8.5.
Arizona doesn't just attack defenses through the air, though. It does so vertically, by running deep routes and picking up yardage in big chunks. ...

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