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Week 2 · 2026 regular season

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons

Sun, Sep 20, 10:00 AM PT

Final Carolina Panthers won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
CAR 42%
58% ATL

Wrong: CAR won

No betting line was collected for this game; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

After the game

CAP win pct, before and after

Each team's CAP win pct before this game and after it. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAR · won
0.42
0.32 before → 0.42 after (+0.10).
ATL · lost
0.29
0.38 before → 0.29 after (−0.09).
This game

How each offense played

Box score and CAP yards per attempt for each offense. Higher is better for an offense; a CAP value above zero means the offense beat what the situation and this defense would predict.

OffensePlaysBox score
yds/att
CAP
yds/att
CAP
−2 to +2
CARPass368.0+2.50
CARRush223.1−0.83
ATLPass324.5−3.11
ATLRush324.9−1.39

Sacks (raw counts):CAR sacked 2 times · ATL sacked 3 times. Sacks are counted, not CAP-modeled.

Box score yards per attempt count yards as an official box score does: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded. CAP yards per attempt measure each play against what the down, distance, field position and this specific defense would predict; above zero means the offense beat that expectation.

Before the game

Unit matchups · entering week 2

Where each side has the edge

Each offense against the defense it faces, in CAP yards per attempt. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Pass: CAR offense vs ATL defense
−0.3624th
box score 9.5 · 4th
Edge
ATL
−0.1813th
box score 5.4 allowed · 8th
Rush: CAR offense vs ATL defense
−0.0420th
box score 5.7 · 4th
Edge
ATL
+0.1117th
box score 2.8 allowed · 1st
Pass: ATL offense vs CAR defense
−0.2722nd
box score 6.5 · 20th
Even
+0.2721st
box score 9.3 allowed · 27th
Rush: ATL offense vs CAR defense
+0.427th
box score 3.9 · 23rd
Edge
ATL
+0.8632nd
box score 7.5 allowed · 32nd

CAP yards per attempt: yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict; offense positive is good, defense (allowed) negative is good. Box score: yards per attempt as an official box score counts them, entering week 2.

Week 2

Other games this week

Home team's chance to win before kickoff. Higher means the home team is more likely to win.

Dots: ESF model home win probability.

How to read this page

CAP win pct. A fading average of game scores with a half-life of 7 of the team's own games. A win scores 1 plus the opponent's win pct; a loss scores the opponent's win pct minus 1. Last season carries in. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAP yards per attempt. Yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Box score yards per attempt. Yards divided by attempts, counted the way an official box score counts them: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded.

ESF win probability. A logistic regression on both teams' pre-game CAP win pct, with an intercept for home field.