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

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CAROLINA PANTHERS
VS
HOME
CLEVELAND BROWNS
100 0 100 41 41 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
CAR's offense (16th in rushing) draws CLE's #15 rush defense. CLE rates the 0-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

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

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CAR #20  |  CLE #11
Def
Def
CAR #19  |  CLE #27
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
CAR 45  |  CLE 16

Last 3 Meetings

2022-09-11
CLE 26–CAR 24
2018-12-09
CAR 20–CLE 26
2014-12-21
CLE 13–CAR 17
CAR −2.5  ·  O/U 41.5  ·  CLE +2.5 (Home Dog)
Placeholder — free nflverse closing line, not a live sportsbook feed. Must be 21+ to bet where legal.
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.