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Atlanta Falcons @ Carolina Panthers Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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ATLANTA FALCONS
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CAROLINA PANTHERS
100 0 100 68 46 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
ATL's offense (14th in passing) draws CAR's #19 pass defense. ATL rates the 22-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
ATL #8  |  CAR #26
Def
Def
ATL #18  |  CAR #16
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
ATL #14  |  CAR #19
Def
Def
ATL #13  |  CAR #20
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
ATL 69  |  CAR 47

Last 3 Meetings

2026-09-20
CAR 34–ATL 3
2025-11-16
CAR 30–ATL 27
2025-09-21
ATL 0–CAR 30
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.