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Buffalo Bills 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

Bills is the better survivor pick this week

Bills score 0.389 equity (52.8% win probability) against Panthers at 0.332 — a real gap of 0.058.

BUF team page →CAR team page →

This week

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

@ HOUOpponentvs CHI

52.8%Win prob39.7%

0.389Equity score0.332

−1.5Spread11/11 books+3.0

45.0Game total47.0

▼ 0.008Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▲ 0.011

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 7 meetings · BUF 5 — CAR 2. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1601.7ELO rating1434.3

#2ELO rank#25

12-5Record8-9

AFC EastDivisionNFC South

#2Division rank#3

L 3 · W +3 · W +27 · L 1 · W +3Last 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

13.1 · #4vs QB13.8 · #6

24.4 · #25vs RB24.1 · #24

26.5 · #5vs WR26.6 · #7

—vs TE13.7 · #18

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

1.95 (2025)Sacks / game1.72 (2025)

7.84Pressures / game5.94

22-13Primetime 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

50.2% · #6Pre-snap motion34.5% · #31

11.6% · #13Play action10.4% · #21

5.4% · #13RPO7.8% · #5

4.4% · #9Screen pass3.0% · #22

4.7% · #22No huddle4.7% · #23

42.6% · #29Shotgun55.4% · #15

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

31.3% · #17Man coverage21.4% · #30

26.4% · #20Blitz (5+ rushers)27.1% · #19

34.2% · #2Pressure21.3% · #32

BUF scheme profile →CAR scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Buffalo Bills

Baylon SpectorLinebackerInjured Reserve
Brad RobbinsPunterQuestionable
Brandin CooksWide ReceiverOut
Cam LewisCornerbackQuestionable
Chase LundtOffensive TackleOut
Christian BenfordCornerbackOut
Cole BishopSafetyQuestionable
Curtis SamuelWide ReceiverOut
Daequan HardyCornerbackQuestionable
Dalton KincaidTight EndOut
DaQuan JonesDefensive TackleQuestionable
Darnell SavageSafetyOut

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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