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Atlanta Falcons vs Carolina Panthers

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Panthers is the better survivor pick this week

Panthers score 0.321 equity (39.8% win probability) against Falcons at 0.296 — a real gap of 0.025.

ATL team page →CAR team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ PITOpponentvs CHI

33.0%Win prob39.8%

0.296Equity score0.321

+4.5Spread11/11 books+3.0

41.5Game total47.0

▼ 0.003Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot= 0.000

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 2CAR @ ATLnot played yet

Week 18ATL @ CARnot played yet

All-time series: 54 meetings · ATL 33 — CAR 21. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1475.8ELO rating1434.3

#20ELO rank#25

8-9Record8-9

NFC SouthDivisionNFC South

#1Division rank#3

W +2 · W +3 · W +7 · W +1 · L 28Last 5newest firstL 3 · L 2 · L 17 · W +3 · L 3

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

16.3 · #17vs QB13.8 · #6

21.7 · #15vs RB24.1 · #24

33.6 · #23vs WR26.6 · #7

10.2 · #3vs TE13.7 · #18

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

3.35 (2025)Sacks / game1.72 (2025)

9.18Pressures / game5.94

7-6Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows3-5

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

53.0% · #3Pre-snap motion34.5% · #31

9.3% · #26Play action10.4% · #21

3.7% · #19RPO7.8% · #5

3.8% · #14Screen pass3.0% · #22

9.5% · #8No huddle4.7% · #23

66.0% · #4Shotgun55.4% · #15

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

33.4% · #12Man coverage21.4% · #30

34.9% · #2Blitz (5+ rushers)27.1% · #19

31.3% · #13Pressure21.3% · #32

ATL scheme profile →CAR scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Atlanta Falcons

A.J. Terrell Jr.CornerbackOut
Billy Bowman Jr.CBLimited Participation in Practice
Brandon DorlusDTLimited Participation in Practice
Carlos Washington Jr.Running BackQuestionable
Casey WashingtonWide ReceiverOut
Clark Phillips IIICornerbackQuestionable
Cobee BryantCornerbackQuestionable
Darnell MooneyWide ReceiverOut
DeAngelo MaloneLinebackerQuestionable
Dee AlfordCornerbackQuestionable
Drake LondonWide ReceiverOut
Elijah GarciaDefensive TackleOut

Carolina Panthers

Bobby Brown IIIDTLimited Participation in Practice
Chris Brazzell IIWide ReceiverInjured Reserve
Damien LewisGuardQuestionable
Dan ChisenaWide ReceiverInjured Reserve
Ikem EkwonuOffensive TackleOut
Jonathon BrooksRBLimited Participation in Practice
Nic ScourtonLinebackerInjured Reserve
Patrick Jones IILBDid Not Participate In Practice

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