2023 · Week 16

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Jordan Love

33·30

Panthers

Carolina

QB Bryce Young

Bank of America Stadium · outdoors · grass · 67°F · wind 1mph

Closing spread

GB -3.5

Total

39.5

Model margin

-2.7est.

CAR perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Panthers
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Panthers winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Packersedge mapPanthers
  • +0.075EPA / play-0.160
  • 45.1%Success rate38.2%
  • +0.155EPA / dropback-0.163
  • -0.054EPA / rush-0.155
  • 9.2%Explosive rate6.3%
  • +1.07CPOE-1.80
  • 47.4%Third-down rate34.8%
  • 56.0%Red-zone TD rate42.3%
  • 2.16Points / drive1.00
  • 1.5%Turnover rate1.8%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

GB lead 9–7 since 1999

Meetings average 49.3 points. CAR are 10-5-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W9CAR @ GB1613CAR
2020 · W15CAR @ GB1624GB
2019 · W10CAR @ GB1624GB
2017 · W15GB @ CAR2431CAR
2015 · W9GB @ CAR2937CAR
2014 · W7CAR @ GB1738GB
2011 · W2GB @ CAR3023GB
2008 · W13CAR @ GB3531CAR

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jordan Love17/2821920

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones211276.00
Jordan Love2126.01
AJ Dillon7121.71
Bo Melton177.00
Patrick Taylor341.30

Panthers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Bryce Young23/3631220

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chuba Hubbard16432.71
Ihmir Smith-Marsette23316.51
Bryce Young4174.30
Miles Sanders331.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -3.52.7%3.0%4.8%3.1%7.5%6.9%2.6%3.9%

Positive margins favour Panthers; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

41.7%

Expected total

44.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-4.45
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-2.74