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Week 18 · 2026 regular season

Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers

Sun, Jan 10, 10:00 AM PT

Win probability
ESF
(win probability)
ATL 46%
54% CAR

No betting line yet. Lines appear once books post them.

Unit matchups · entering week 18

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: ATL offense vs CAR defense
−0.1919th
box score 7.1 · 17th
Edge
CAR
−0.2512th
box score 6.4 allowed · 7th
Rush: ATL offense vs CAR defense
+0.478th
box score 4.6 · 9th
Edge
ATL
+0.5929th
box score 4.8 allowed · 28th
Pass: CAR offense vs ATL defense
−0.2220th
box score 7.2 · 15th
Edge
ATL
−0.428th
box score 6.6 allowed · 12th
Rush: CAR offense vs ATL defense
−0.1322nd
box score 4.2 · 14th
Edge
CAR
+0.3326th
box score 4.3 allowed · 21st

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 18.

CAP yards per attempt · 2026

How each matchup got here

Each unit's CAP yards per attempt entering each week. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better. 0 is what the situation and opponent would predict.

ATL pass offense vs CAR pass defense
ATL pass offense CAR pass defense (allowed)
−0.8 −0.5 −0.3 0 +0.3 +0.5 0 = expected wk 1wk 2wk 3wk 4wk 5wk 6wk 7wk 8 ATL −0.05 CAR −0.25 −0.8 −0.5 −0.3 0 +0.3 +0.5 0 = expected wk 1wk 3wk 6wk 8 ATL −0.05 CAR −0.25
CAR pass offense vs ATL pass defense
CAR pass offense ATL pass defense (allowed)
−1.0 −0.8 −0.5 −0.3 0 +0.3 0 = expected wk 1wk 2wk 3wk 4wk 5wk 6wk 7wk 8 CAR −0.09 ATL −0.38 −1.0 −0.8 −0.5 −0.3 0 +0.3 0 = expected wk 1wk 3wk 6wk 8 CAR −0.09 ATL −0.38
ATL rush offense vs CAR rush defense
ATL rush offense CAR rush defense (allowed)
−0.3 0 +0.3 +0.5 +0.8 +1.0 0 = expected wk 1wk 2wk 3wk 4wk 5wk 6wk 7wk 8 ATL +0.61 CAR +0.72 −0.3 0 +0.3 +0.5 +0.8 +1.0 0 = expected wk 1wk 3wk 6wk 8 ATL +0.61 CAR +0.72
CAR rush offense vs ATL rush defense
CAR rush offense ATL rush defense (allowed)
−0.5 −0.3 0 +0.3 +0.5 0 = expected wk 1wk 2wk 3wk 4wk 5wk 6wk 7wk 8 CAR −0.10 ATL +0.06 −0.5 −0.3 0 +0.3 +0.5 0 = expected wk 1wk 3wk 6wk 8 CAR −0.10 ATL +0.06
CAP win pct · 2026

How each team got here

CAP win pct entering each week. Higher is better; the league average is 0.50.

0.00 0.25 0.50 avg 0.75 wk 1wk 2wk 3wk 4wk 5wk 6wk 7wk 8 ATL 0.48 CAR 0.42 0.00 0.25 0.50 avg 0.75 wk 1wk 3wk 6wk 8 ATL 0.48 CAR 0.42
2026 results

Results so far

Each team's games before this one, with ESF's pre-game win probability for the team.

ATL Atlanta Falcons

WeekOpponentResultESF win prob
pre-game, this team
1 @ PIT Lost 38%
2 vs CAR Lost 58%
3 @ GB Won 33%
4 @ NO Won 47%
5 vs BAL Lost 48%
6 vs CHI Lost 46%
7 vs SF Won 28%
8 @ TB Lost 55%

CAR Carolina Panthers

WeekOpponentResultESF win prob
pre-game, this team
1 vs CHI Lost 44%
2 @ ATL Won 42%
3 @ CLE Lost 54%
4 vs DET Won 45%
6 @ PHI Won 36%
7 vs TB Lost 71%
8 @ GB Lost 36%
Week 18

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.