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NFL Week 7 · Matchup Intelligence

TB at CAR

Sunday, October 25 at 1:00 PM EDT

Projected score

TB 22 · CAR 25

Win probability

CAR 65.4%

TB 34.6%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

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

Weather Prediction

No outdoor NWS forecast is available yet. Forecasts are added when the game enters the NWS forecast horizon; indoor games do not require an outdoor forecast.

Team strength snapshot

CAR · Elo 1384

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

Offense success 46.3% · Defense success 47.3%

TB · Elo 1489

Offense EPA/play 0.004 · Defense EPA/play 0.029

Offense success 48.1% · Defense success 49.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

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

Opponent-adjusted EPA

CAR · 0.032

Pressure matchup

TB · -0.020

Explosive-play matchup

CAR · 0.018

Third-down matchup

CAR · 0.054

Red-zone matchup

CAR · 0.071

QB intelligence

CAR · 0.356

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

CAR · B.Young

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

TB · B.Mayfield

109 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.274 · CPOE 0.3

Prediction range

TB: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–34

CAR: median 25, 10th–90th percentile 13–38

Recent form

TB 24 · DAL 16

DET 26 · CAR 32

GB 17 · TB 14

MIN 23 · TB 16

CAR 18 · CLE 21

CAR 34 · ATL 3

CLE 23 · TB 19

TB 27 · CIN 33

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