The Most Important Games for the Panthers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Panthers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Panthers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Panthers Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Panthers (6‑6) vs Rams (9‑2) |
18 | Panthers Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | 20% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Rams Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | 17% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 82% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑8) vs Buccaneers (6‑5) |
12 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 23% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 16% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 79% | ||
| Browns (3‑8) vs Forty-Niners49ers (8‑4) |
1 | Browns Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 17% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Vikings (4‑7) vs Seahawks (8‑3) |
1 | Vikings Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Giants (2‑10) vs Patriots (10‑2) |
0 | Giants Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Patriots Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 17% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Dolphins (4‑7) vs Saints (2‑9) |
0 | Dolphins Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Saints Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 17% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Falcons (4‑7) vs Jets (2‑9) |
0 | Falcons Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 17% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Jets Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 17% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Commanders (3‑8) vs Broncos (9‑2) |
0 | Commanders Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 17% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 2% | 18% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||
| Broncos Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | 17% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 78% | ||