DOWN X DOWN › week 17 › Seahawks at Panthers
Updated Nov 3, 9:16 AM ET
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Week 17 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Bank of America Stadium

SEAvsCAR

Seahawks offensevsPanthers defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Seahawks, 7 for Panthers. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

SEA offenseCAR offense
Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Wideouts feast

Panthers give up 146 yards a game to wide receivers (17th), against a league average of 147. Seahawks' wide receivers produce 181 (4th).

02
Opportunity

Short middle is open

Panthers are worst against short middle throws, allowing +0.29 EPA per attempt. Seahawks send 21% of their throws there.

03
Watch out

Tight ends go quiet

Panthers give up 47 yards a game to tight ends (12th), against a league average of 55. Seahawks' tight ends produce 30 (29th).

04
Wash

Yards per play

Call this one even. Seahawks gain 5.3 yards per play (20th). Panthers give up 5.4 (19th), with the league at 5.4.

Players to watch

SEA Seahawks

14Sam DarnoldQB · 127/211 · 1478 yds · 10 TD · 9 INTEPA per dropback -0.07 · 28th26Zach CharbonnetRB · 6 car · 23 yds · 0 TD · 3 recEPA per touch -0.3311Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · 64 rec · 985 yds · 9 TD · 89 tgtEPA per target +0.72 · 6th88AJ BarnerTE · 21 rec · 203 yds · 0 TD · 34 tgtEPA per target -0.4013Ernest Jones IVRight Inside Linebacker · 81 tackles · 3 sacks · 1 INT · 4 PD3 sacks20Julian LoveFree Safety · 31 tackles · 2 INT · 6 PD2 INT · T-11th in the NFL

CAR Panthers

9Bryce YoungQB · 158/269 · 1921 yds · 13 TD · 5 INTEPA per dropback +0.06 · 17th30Chuba HubbardRB · 118 car · 540 yds · 7 TD · 22 recEPA per touch +0.14 · 4th4Tetairoa McMillanWR · 42 rec · 569 yds · 2 TD · 65 tgtEPA per target +0.3518Jalen CokerWR · 27 rec · 364 yds · 3 TD · 44 tgtEPA per target +0.1955Devin LloydLeft Inside Linebacker · 45 tackles · 2 sacks · 2 INT · 3 PD2 INT · T-11th in the NFL58Bobby OkerekeRight Inside Linebacker · 48 tackles · 1 sack · 1 INT · 5 PD1 INT
The series · Seahawks and Panthers since 1999, and this season's records17 meetings

The Seahawks lead the series 12–5 since 1999 (they first met in 2000). They have won the last 2. Dec 28, 2025, at Bank of America Stadium: the Seahawks won 27–10. Bryce Young started at quarterback for the Panthers and Sam Darnold for the Seahawks; Dave Canales and Mike Macdonald coached.

Seahawks at home6–2the Seahawks' record
In Carolina6–3the Seahawks' record
Most pointsSeahawks 40 · Panthers 312016 · 2015
Biggest winSeahawks by 33 · Panthers by 232016 · 2000
Playoffs2–1the Seahawks' record

The last 5

2025 · Wk 17SEA 27 at CAR 10
2023 · Wk 3CAR 27 at SEA 37
2022 · Wk 14CAR 30 at SEA 24
2019 · Wk 15SEA 30 at CAR 24
2018 · Wk 12SEA 30 at CAR 27

2026 records

SeahawksPanthers
Overall4–43–4
Division1–11–1
Conference1–33–3
Other conference3–10–1
Home3–21–2
Away1–22–2
Last 5WLLWLLWWLL
StreakLost 1Lost 2
Points a game23.1 – 19.925.4 – 27.6

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 Seahawks' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Seahawks offense against the Panthers defenseDepth charts
Panthers defense · 3-4 DSeahawks offense · 3WR 1TE67Cross53Nelson61Sundell76Zabel72Lucas88Barner14Darnold26Charbonnet11Smith-Njigba10Kupp22Shaheed98Wharton92Hunter95Brown91Jones5Phillips58Okereke55Lloyd24Lee36DeWalt26Smith-Wade7Moehrig21Scott

Seahawks offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBSam Darnold#14 · 127/211 · 1478 yds · 10 TD · 9 INT
  • RBZach Charbonnet#26 · 6 car · 23 yds · 0 TD · 3 rec
  • WRJaxon Smith-Njigba#11 · 64 rec · 985 yds · 9 TD · 89 tgt
  • WRRashid Shaheed#22 · 16 rec · 163 yds · 0 TD · 30 tgt
  • WRCooper Kupp#10 · 19 rec · 206 yds · 2 TD · 30 tgt
  • TEAJ Barner#88 · 21 rec · 203 yds · 0 TD · 34 tgt
  • LTCharles Cross#67
  • LGQuenton Nelson#53
  • CJalen Sundell#61
  • RGGrey Zabel#76
  • RTAbraham Lucas#72

Panthers defense · Base 3-4 D

  • RDETershawn Wharton#98 · 7 tackles
  • NTLee Hunter#92 · 16 tackles
  • LDEDerrick Brown#95 · 21 tackles · 5 PD
  • WLBPatrick Jones II#91 · 11 tackles
  • SLBJaelan Phillips#5 · 10 tackles · 2.5 sacks
  • RILBBobby Okereke#58 · 48 tackles · 1 sack · 1 INT · 5 PD
  • LILBDevin Lloyd#55 · 45 tackles · 2 sacks · 2 INT · 3 PD
  • RCBWill Lee III#24 · 33 tackles · 7 PD
  • LCBMalcolm DeWalt IV#36 · 1 tackles
  • NBChau Smith-Wade#26 · 6 tackles
  • SSTre'von Moehrig#7 · 29 tackles · 0.5 sacks
  • FSNick Scott#21 · 29 tackles · 2 PD

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · SEA offense against CAR defense
StatSEA SEA offFavors SEA · Favors CARCAR CAR def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
-0.06#24
+0.03#20+0.00
Success rate
41%#26
44%#2244%
Yards per play
5.3#20
5.4#195.4
Explosive play rate
9%#18
8%#59%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.02#18
+0.02#16+0.03
Sack rate
7%#20
4%#297%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.21#30
-0.01#28-0.08
Yards per carry
3.7#22
4.6#274.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
37%#27
47%#2841%
Red zone TD rate
50%#27
80%#3061%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
181#4
146#17147
TE yards per game
30#29
47#1255
TE targets per game
5.1#30
7.6#157.6
RB receiving yards per game
28#19
27#932
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Seahawks: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.445% of throws
+0.623% of throws
+1.216% of throws
Short
+0.0229% of throws
-0.1221% of throws
+0.0736% of throws

Panthers: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+1.608 throws
+0.038 throws
-0.0522 throws
Short
+0.0168 throws
+0.2946 throws
0.0089 throws

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