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

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CHICAGO BEARS
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CAROLINA PANTHERS
100 0 100 74 62 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
CHI's offense (3rd in rushing) draws CAR's #24 rush defense. CHI rates the 12-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CHI #5  |  CAR #26
Def
Def
CHI #26  |  CAR #16
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CHI #15  |  CAR #19
Def
Def
CHI #28  |  CAR #20
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
CHI 80  |  CAR 39

Last 3 Meetings

2024-10-06
CAR 10–CHI 36
2023-11-09
CAR 13–CHI 16
2020-10-18
CHI 23–CAR 16
CHI −3.0  ·  O/U 47.5  ·  CAR +3.0 (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.