2026 · Week 17

Scheduled

Seahawks

Seattle

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Panthers

Carolina

Bank of America Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

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Total

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Model margin

+0.6est.

CAR perspective

Push chance

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Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge mapPanthers
  • -0.042EPA / play+0.019
  • 42.4%Success rate41.9%
  • +0.103EPA / dropback+0.072
  • -0.225EPA / rush-0.084
  • 8.3%Explosive rate8.5%
  • +1.94CPOE-0.58
  • 38.2%Third-down rate39.3%
  • 58.1%Red-zone TD rate67.3%
  • 1.93Points / drive2.15
  • 2.8%Turnover rate1.6%

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

SEA lead 12–5 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.4 points. CAR are 7-9-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17SEA @ CAR27–10SEA
2023 · W3CAR @ SEA27–37SEA
2022 · W14CAR @ SEA30–24CAR
2019 · W15SEA @ CAR30–24SEA
2018 · W12SEA @ CAR30–27SEA
2016 · W13CAR @ SEA7–40SEA
2015 · playoffsSEA @ CAR24–31CAR
2015 · W6CAR @ SEA27–23CAR

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.42
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.16
  • Expected margin+0.64