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Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons

Sunday Early · Sun, Sep 20, 1:00 PM ETCAR @ ATL
Carolina Panthers

Away

Carolina Panthers

0-1

Atlanta Falcons

Home

Atlanta Falcons

0-1

Model Win Probability

Carolina Panthers · Away

36%

Edge28%

Atlanta Falcons · Home

64%

Team Efficiency Comparison

55
10
Offense
58
3
Passing
39
45
Rushing
3
87
Defense
0
42
Pass Rush
37
44
Situational

0–100 league percentile across all 32 teams. Defensive ratings are inverted so a higher number always means a better unit.

Blended Team Metrics

CARMetricATL
0.027EPA / Play-0.111
44.7%Success Rate42.2%
0.074Dropback EPA-0.177
-0.073Rush EPA-0.065
9.7%Explosive Play Rate9.8%
38.9%3rd Down Conversion28.6%
70.5%Red Zone TD Rate84.2%
0.170Def. EPA / Play Allowed-0.093
9.1%Pressure Rate14.4%

Blend: 70% prior full season, 30% current season to date. Metrics without enough data are shown as “—”, never as zero.

Game Context

Venue
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Kickoff
Sun, Sep 20, 1:00 PM ET
Surface
fieldturf
Away rest
7 days
Home rest
7 days
Site
Atlanta Falcons home game

Player Impact

Bryce Young

QB

2026 Week 1

CMP/ATT
23/37
Pass yds
361
Pass TD
3
INT
1
Y/A
9.8
Sacks
2

Chuba Hubbard

RB

2026 Week 1

Carries
10
Rush yds
49
YPC
4.9
Rush TD
1
Targets
3
Rec
3
Rush share
45.5%

AJ Dillon

RB

2026 Week 1

Carries
5
Rush yds
28
YPC
5.6
Rush TD
0
Targets
0
Rec
0
Rush share
22.7%

Jalen Coker

WR

2026 Week 1

Targets
9
Rec
8
Rec yds
138
YPR
17.3
Rec TD
2
Target share
26.5%

Tetairoa McMillan

WR

2026 Week 1

Targets
8
Rec
5
Rec yds
75
YPR
15
Rec TD
0
Target share
23.5%

Scoring by Quarter

Sample · 1 game

Away · Carolina Panthers

Q1
7
Q2
17
Q3
7
Q4
6

Home · Atlanta Falcons

Q1
7
Q2
0
Q3
3
Q4
3

Small sample — treat quarter splits as descriptive context, not a trend.

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Analytical Angles

Passing edge · CAR

passing

Carolina Panthers ranks in the 58th percentile for passing against the 3th percentile opposite, a 55-point separation in the blended team profile.

Defense edge · ATL

efficiency

Atlanta Falcons ranks in the 87th percentile for defense against the 3th percentile opposite, a 84-point separation in the blended team profile.

Rushing usage concentration · ATL

rushing

Bijan Robinson handled 67.7% of Atlanta Falcons carries in Week 1 (21 attempts, 83 yards).

Quarter scoring tendency · CAR

scoring

Carolina Panthers produced 17 of 37 points in the second quarter across 1 completed 2026 game — a one-game sample, so read it as description rather than trend.

Statistical context only. Picks Terminal publishes matchup analysis, not wagering advice.

Keys to the Game

  • Defense: Atlanta Falcons rate 87/100 against Carolina Panthers at 3/100 (Def. EPA / Play Allowed -0.093).
  • Pass Rush: Atlanta Falcons rate 42/100 against Carolina Panthers at 0/100 (Pressure Rate 14.4%).
  • Situational: Atlanta Falcons rate 44/100 against Carolina Panthers at 37/100.

What Could Flip It

  • Passing: Carolina Panthers rate 58/100 against Atlanta Falcons at 3/100 (Dropback EPA 0.074).
  • Offense: Carolina Panthers rate 55/100 against Atlanta Falcons at 10/100 (EPA / Play 0.027).
  • Week 2 efficiency is blended 70% from the 2025 full season and 30% from 2026 play to date, so recent form is intentionally underweighted.

Model Analysis

Carolina Panthers visit Atlanta Falcons in Week 2 of the 2026 regular season. The Picks Terminal Elo baseline makes Atlanta Falcons the 64% side, with Carolina Panthers at 36%.

Where Atlanta Falcons grade out ahead: Defense: Atlanta Falcons rate 87/100 against Carolina Panthers at 3/100 (Def. EPA / Play Allowed -0.093). Pass Rush: Atlanta Falcons rate 42/100 against Carolina Panthers at 0/100 (Pressure Rate 14.4%). Situational: Atlanta Falcons rate 44/100 against Carolina Panthers at 37/100.

Counter-edges for Carolina Panthers: Passing: Carolina Panthers rate 58/100 against Atlanta Falcons at 3/100 (Dropback EPA 0.074). Offense: Carolina Panthers rate 55/100 against Atlanta Falcons at 10/100 (EPA / Play 0.027).

All ratings are league-wide percentiles across the 32 teams, computed from public nflverse play-by-play. Metrics without sufficient data are shown as unavailable rather than zero, and efficiency figures are matchup context — the probability itself comes from result-based Elo only.

Forecast

The model projects Atlanta Falcons to win this game 64% of the time. That is a moderate edge, and it reflects game results through the completed weeks of 2026 rather than any market price.

Sources & Methodology

Win probability: pt-nfl-elo-v0.1 — a result-based Elo baseline (teams start at 1500, K = 20, +45 Elo home-field, 0 at neutral sites) trained on completed game results only. Team efficiency metrics are league-wide percentiles from public play-by-play and are matchup context, not model inputs. No external market data of any kind is used anywhere on this page.