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* | 2* | 3** | 4** | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Panthers (1‑2) vs Falcons (2‑1) |
35 | Panthers Wins | 2% | 7% | 10% | 16% | 3% | 5% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Falcons Wins | <1% | 3% | 6% | 12% | 3% | 5% | 70% | ||
| Cardinals (1‑2) vs Rams (2‑1) |
2 | Cardinals Wins | 2% | 6% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Rams Wins | 1% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Broncos (3‑0) vs Buccaneers Bucs (1‑2) |
2 | Broncos Wins | 1% | 5% | 8% | 14% | 2% | 5% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Buccaneers Bucs Wins | 1% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 3% | 4% | 65% | ||
| Chargers (1‑2) vs Saints (0‑3) |
1 | Chargers Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Saints Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 3% | 4% | 66% | ||
| Giants (2‑1) vs Vikings (3‑0) |
1 | Giants Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 2% | 4% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Vikings Wins | 1% | 6% | 8% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 64% | ||
| Jets (1‑2) vs Seahawks (2‑1) |
1 | Jets Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 4% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 4% | 65% | ||
| Forty-Niners (1‑2) vs Cowboys (2‑1) |
1 | Forty-Niners Wins | 2% | 6% | 8% | 13% | 2% | 5% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 14% | 2% | 4% | 65% | ||
| Bears (0‑3) vs Lions (1‑2) |
0 | Bears Wins | 1% | 6% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Lions Wins | 1% | 5% | 8% | 14% | 3% | 5% | 64% | ||
| Browns (0‑3) vs Redskins (1‑2) |
0 | Browns Wins | 1% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||
| Redskins Wins | 2% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 65% | ||