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Week 9 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Lambeau Field

GBvsCAR

Packers offensevsPanthers defense

Season numbers through Week 22: 18 games for Packers, 18 for Panthers. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · CAR 16 · GB 13

The Panthers won 16–13 from as low as 8% (Q1 7:28, tied 0⁠–⁠0). The Packers had been 87% favorites at kickoff. The game turned for good at Q4 2:28: R.Dowdle left guard to CAR 31 for 2 yards (E.Cooper; K.Brooks) (46% → 50%). The biggest single swing came at Q4 0:01, 33 points for the Panthers.

At kickoffGB 87%GB by 12.5 on the line
CAR low point8%Q1 7:28 · tied 0⁠–⁠0
Swings past 50%7times the favorite changed
Biggest swing33 ptsCAR · Q4 0:01
GB wins50%CAR wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q4 0:01CARR.Fitzgerald 49 yard field goal is GOOD67% → 100%+33 CAR
  2. 2Q4 0:46CARR.Dowdle right guard to GB 31 for 19 yards (X.McKinney).57% → 75%+18 CAR
  3. 3Q4 11:00GBJ.Love pass incomplete short right to R.Doubs [N.Scourton].58% → 76%+18 CAR
  4. 4Q3 10:38GBB.McManus 43 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Left25% → 40%+15 CAR
  5. 5Q3 6:42GBJ.Love pass deep middle intended for C.Watson INTERCEPTED by T.Moehrig [D.Brown] at CAR 26. T.Moehrig ran ob at GB 38 for 36 yards (E.Wilson).33% → 47%+14 CAR
  6. ★Q4 2:28CARR.Dowdle left guard to CAR 31 for 2 yards (E.Cooper; K.Brooks).turning point46% → 50%+4 CAR

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. Each play is tagged with the team that had the ball; the bar names the team it helped. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 9

R.Dowdle led the Panthers at +4.3 EPA (25 carries for 130). J.Love led the Packers at +5.4 EPA (26 of 37 for 273).

CAR Panthers

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
B.Young100%11/2010211-3.3
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
R.Dowdle72%2576%1302+4.2
C.Hubbard22%515%17-0.3
B.Young100%26%9+3.6
J.Jr.24%13%7+0.9
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
T.McMillan84%632%446+2.3
R.Dowdle72%316%211+0.1
X.Legette55%316%122-4.2
J.Jr.24%211%11-1.3
C.Hubbard22%15%00-0.5
T.Tremble55%15%00-0.3
B.Tremayne26%15%18+0.1
J.Sanders50%15%15+0.2
J.Coker66%15%19+0.7

Defense T.Moehrig 1 INT, T.Wharton 1 sack · Kicking R.Fitzgerald 1/1 FG (long 49)

GB Packers

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
J.Love100%26/3727311+5.9
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
J.Jacobs58%1768%871+4.0
E.Wilson32%624%16-1.4
J.Love100%14%1-0.5
S.Williams29%14%0-5.3
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
R.Doubs92%1029%791+4.0
J.Jacobs58%514%413-1.6
C.Watson66%411%258-0.8
T.Kraft49%39%220+2.0
L.Musgrave46%39%334+1.0
M.Golden37%39%29-2.0
C.Brooks17%26%224+3.8
E.Wilson32%26%11-1.6
S.Williams29%26%212+0.8
M.Heath42%13%111+3.0

Defense X.McKinney 1 sack and 1 INT · Kicking B.McManus 2/3 FG (long 49)

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Third downs favor Packers

Packers convert 48% of third downs (2nd). Panthers allow 47% (30th).

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Panthers are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.57 EPA per attempt. Packers send 8% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Panthers give up 6.7 targets a game to tight ends (11th), against a league average of 7.3. Packers' tight ends produce 5.6 (28th).

04
Wash

Explosive play rate

Call this one even. Packers create explosive plays on 12% of snaps (3rd). Panthers give them up at 9% (10th).

The series · Panthers and Packers since 1999, and this season's records17 meetings

The Packers lead the series 10–7 since 1999. Oct 29, 2026, at Lambeau Field: the Packers won 27–19. Jordan Love started at quarterback for the Packers and Bryce Young for the Panthers; Matt LaFleur and Dave Canales coached.

Panthers at home4–4the Panthers' record
In Green Bay3–6the Panthers' record
Most pointsPanthers 37 · Packers 382015 · 2014
Biggest winPanthers by 17 · Packers by 212000 · 2001

The last 5

2026 · Wk 8CAR 19 at GB 27
2025 · Wk 9CAR 16 at GB 13
2023 · Wk 16GB 33 at CAR 30
2020 · Wk 15CAR 16 at GB 24
2019 · Wk 10CAR 16 at GB 24

2025 records

PanthersPackers
Overall8–99–7–1
Division3–34–2
Conference6–67–4–1
Other conference2–32–3
Home5–35–3
Away3–64–4–1
Last 5WLWLLWLLLL
StreakLost 2Lost 4
Points a game18.3 – 22.423.0 – 21.2

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Panthers' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · GB offense against CAR defense
StatGB GB offFavors GB · Favors CARCAR CAR def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.12#3
+0.07#23+0.01
Success rate
47%#4
45%#1944%
Yards per play
5.7#9
5.6#205.4
Explosive play rate
12%#3
9%#1010%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.24#1
+0.11#24+0.01
Sack rate
5%#8
5%#277%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.07#22
+0.01#27-0.05
Yards per carry
4.1#21
4.4#214.3
Money downs
3rd down conversion
48%#2
47%#3040%
Red zone TD rate
60%#12
57%#1459%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
150#13
130#13140
TE yards per game
48#22
61#2553
TE targets per game
5.6#28
6.7#117.3
RB receiving yards per game
27#20
29#1332
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Packers: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.678% of throws
+0.266% of throws
+1.058% of throws
Short
+0.2428% of throws
+0.4014% of throws
+0.1936% of throws

Panthers: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.5744 throws
-0.1029 throws
+0.3033 throws
Short
+0.08180 throws
+0.42107 throws
+0.17154 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.