NFL · 2026
Cleveland BrownsAFC North - .000 pct vSun 27 Sep, 1:00 PM EDT Carolina PanthersNFC South - .000 pct
Match resultCleveland 49%Tie <1%Carolina 51%
What this game means
The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 5% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 11 points in the Playoffs race.
Cleveland Browns
Playoffs30%
Division15%
Byeseason odds2%
Carolina Panthers
Playoffs32%
Division21%
Conferenceseason odds1%
Byeseason odds2%
Cleveland winPlayoffsCleveland Browns30%20%▼ -10Carolina Panthers32%10%▼ -22
TiePlayoffsCleveland Browns30%16%▼ -14Carolina Panthers32%16%▼ -16
Carolina winPlayoffsCleveland Browns30%10%▼ -20Carolina Panthers32%20%▼ -12
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AFC North · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0PittsburghDivision39%0-0-0.000-0-0-0BaltimoreDivision29%0-0-0.000-0-0-0ClevelandDivision15%0-0-0.000-NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0AtlantaDivision34%0-0-0.000-0-0-0New OrleansDivision24%0-0-0.000-0-0-0CarolinaDivision21%0-0-0.000-The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
0-0-0DenverPlayoffs79%0-0-0.0000-0-0HoustonPlayoffs76%0-0-0.0000-0-0ClevelandPlayoffs30%0-0-0.000The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify