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NFL Week 6 · Matchup Intelligence

CAR at PHI

Sunday, October 18 at 1:00 PM EDT

Projected score

CAR 22 · PHI 24

Win probability

PHI 53.2%

CAR 46.8%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

No current-week report-status adjustments are available yet.

Weather Prediction

Sunny

52°F · wind 5 mph · precipitation 0%

Team strength snapshot

CAR · Elo 1384

Offense EPA/play -0.002 · Defense EPA/play 0.012

Offense success 46.3% · Defense success 47.3%

PHI · Elo 1643

Offense EPA/play 0.021 · Defense EPA/play -0.032

Offense success 44.5% · Defense success 44.4%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward PHI; negative values lean toward CAR.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

PHI · 0.002

Pressure matchup

PHI · 0.016

Explosive-play matchup

CAR · -0.017

Third-down matchup

CAR · -0.071

Red-zone matchup

CAR · -0.156

QB intelligence

CAR · -0.336

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

CAR · B.Young

172 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.240 · CPOE 5.7

PHI · J.Hurts

167 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.058 · CPOE -2.2

Prediction range

CAR: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–35

PHI: median 24, 10th–90th percentile 12–36

Recent form

PHI 17 · JAX 19

DET 26 · CAR 32

LA 24 · PHI 20

PHI 7 · CHI 27

CAR 18 · CLE 21

CAR 34 · ATL 3

PHI 24 · TEN 20

WAS 22 · PHI 24

CHI 59 · CAR 37

Model context

BN NFL V4 preserves the chronologically validated V3.4 win-probability model — opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate, pressure, explosive plays, third downs, red zone, QB intelligence, Elo and player-aware injury availability — and adds a probability-consistent score layer so the projected score and favored team no longer contradict the win probability. Prediction ranges use chronological out-of-sample empirical score residuals. Weather remains part of Matchup Intelligence but is not used in the current prediction calculation. New prediction snapshots are timestamped rather than overwriting earlier forecasts.

Generated Oct 16, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT