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Carolina Panthers vs Washington Commanders

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 0.332 equity (39.7% win probability) against Commanders at 0.291 — a real gap of 0.040.

CAR team page →WAS team page →

This week

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

vs CHIOpponent@ PHI

39.7%Win prob31.9%

0.332Equity score0.291

+3.0Spread11/11 books+5.5

47.0Game total44.5

▲ 0.011Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.005

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 15 meetings · CAR 7 — WAS 8. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1434.3ELO rating1464.1

#25ELO rank#24

8-9Record5-12

NFC SouthDivisionNFC East

#3Division rank#3

L 3 · L 2 · L 17 · W +3 · L 3Last 5newest firstW +7 · L 7 · L 11 · W +8 · L 31

Defense vs position

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

13.8 · #6vs QB19.5 · #30

24.1 · #24vs RB25.6 · #27

26.6 · #7vs WR34.9 · #25

13.7 · #18vs TE15.9 · #27

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

1.72 (2025)Sacks / game2.47 (2025)

5.94Pressures / game7.47

3-5Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows8-14

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

34.5% · #31Pre-snap motion42.3% · #18

10.4% · #21Play action11.9% · #11

7.8% · #5RPO6.3% · #12

3.0% · #22Screen pass3.7% · #16

4.7% · #23No huddle50.2% · #1

55.4% · #15Shotgun71.8% · #1

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

21.4% · #30Man coverage32.0% · #15

27.1% · #19Blitz (5+ rushers)27.5% · #16

21.3% · #32Pressure31.3% · #14

CAR scheme profile →WAS scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Carolina Panthers

Bobby Brown IIIDTFull 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

Washington Commanders

Ale KahoLinebackerOut
Ben SinnottTEFull Participation in Practice
Brandon ColemanOffensive TackleOut
Charles OmenihuDEFull Participation in Practice
Chase EdmondsRunning BackOut
Chris Rodriguez Jr.Running BackQuestionable
Colson YankoffTight EndOut
Darius RushCornerbackQuestionable
Daron PayneDTLimited Participation in Practice
Deebo SamuelWide ReceiverOut
Dorance ArmstrongDefensive EndQuestionable
Eddie GoldmanDefensive TackleOut

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