2025 · Week 9

Final

Panthers

Carolina

QB Bryce Young

16·13

Packers

Green Bay

QB Jordan Love

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 47°F · wind 15mph

Closing spread

GB -12.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+3.7est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Panthers

Packers

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Panthers

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsPanthers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Panthersedge mapPackers
  • -0.025EPA / play+0.122
  • 43.7%Success rate48.0%
  • +0.007EPA / dropback+0.274
  • -0.072EPA / rush-0.076
  • 8.0%Explosive rate10.3%
  • +1.44CPOE+5.62
  • 35.7%Third-down rate48.8%
  • 61.0%Red-zone TD rate62.5%
  • 1.80Points / drive2.39
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.3%

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 10–7 since 1999

Meetings average 49.1 points. GB are 6-10-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W8CAR @ GB19–27GB
2023 · W16GB @ CAR33–30GB
2020 · W15CAR @ GB16–24GB
2019 · W10CAR @ GB16–24GB
2017 · W15GB @ CAR24–31CAR
2015 · W9GB @ CAR29–37CAR
2014 · W7CAR @ GB17–38GB
2011 · W2GB @ CAR30–23GB

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultCAR–GB
CARQ1 15:00414Punt0–0
GBQ1 12:21956Turnover0–0
CARQ1 6:341564Turnover0–0
GBQ2 12:55858Field goal0–3
CARQ2 7:531171Touchdown7–3
GBQ2 2:221170Field goal7–6
GBQ3 15:00843Missed field goal7–6
CARQ3 10:34618Punt7–6
GBQ3 7:41413Turnover7–6
CARQ3 6:27935Touchdown13–6
GBQ3 2:121358Turnover on downs13–6
CARQ4 10:45523Punt13–6
GBQ4 7:241271Touchdown13–13
CARQ4 2:32840Field goal16–13

Box score

Individual performances

Panthers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Bryce Young11/2010201

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rico Dowdle251305.22
Chuba Hubbard5173.40
Bryce Young294.50
Jimmy Horn Jr.177.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jordan Love26/3727301

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Jacobs17875.11
Emanuel Wilson6162.70
Jordan Love111.00
Savion Williams100.00

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 +12.57.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Panthers.

Half-point at risk

1.70%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.9%

Expected total

45.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.96
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.67