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NFL Week 17 · Matchup Intelligence

SEA at CAR

Sunday, January 3 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

SEA 25 · CAR 22

Win probability

CAR 32.2%

SEA 67.8%

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%

SEA · Elo 1656

Offense EPA/play 0.080 · Defense EPA/play -0.129

Offense success 49.5% · Defense success 42.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

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

Opponent-adjusted EPA

SEA · -0.184

Pressure matchup

CAR · 0.090

Explosive-play matchup

SEA · -0.008

Third-down matchup

CAR · 0.177

Red-zone matchup

CAR · 0.089

QB intelligence

SEA · -0.072

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

CAR · B.Young

294 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.059 · CPOE -0.2

SEA · S.Darnold

230 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.071 · CPOE -2.5

Prediction range

SEA: median 25, 10th–90th percentile 13–37

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

Recent form

CHI 34 · SEA 17

CAR 19 · GB 27

KC 3 · SEA 20

TB 43 · CAR 13

CAR 25 · PHI 14

SEA 14 · DEN 17

SF 32 · SEA 29

DET 26 · CAR 32

LAC 23 · SEA 30

SEA 31 · WAS 33

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 Nov 5, 2026, 6:46 PM EST