// NFL · Week 8 · Thursday 29 October 2026
Carolina Panthers vs Green Bay Packers prediction
Kick-off 8:15pm ET ·
- Pick
- Green Bay Packers
- Chance
- 66%
- Light
- Green
- Confidence
- High
Full breakdown: team stats, players & form →
Result
Final: Carolina Panthers 19 – 27 Green Bay Packers. Our pick, Green Bay Packers, won ✓.
Our pre-game preview
Green Bay Packers are our pick at home against the Carolina Panthers in Week 8. The model gives them a 66% chance of winning, which makes this game a 65%+ top pick.
Green Bay Packers have the higher team rating (1524 to 1449), built from results and winning margins, and they also have home field.
Quarterbacks: we expect Bryce Young to start for Carolina Panthers (48 career starts); we expect Jordan Love to start for Green Bay Packers (59 career starts). We assume each team's most recent starter plays unless the injury report says otherwise.
Season so far: Carolina Panthers are 3–4 and Green Bay Packers are 5–3.
This preview was written from the data we had before the game.
Game review
What happened
The Packers beat the Panthers 27–19 at home. Jordan Love completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, and Christian Watson caught 8 passes for 113 yards. For the Panthers, Bryce Young completed 23 of 41 passes for 209 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
What the model got right
The model gave the Packers a 66% chance at home, mainly because of their higher team rating (1524 to 1449), plus home field, and they won by 8. Both starting quarterbacks were the ones the preview expected: Bryce Young for the Panthers and Jordan Love for the Packers.
What didn't work
Not much went against the model in this one. The Panthers kept it to a one-score game, so it was never comfortable.
Why
The result fits what the model leaned on, the team rating. One win doesn't prove the model right: at 66%, about 3 in 10 games like this go the other way, and every result stays on our record.
Written after the game. Scores and stats are checked against two independent sources.
Probabilities come from ProbaLab's own model. They are for entertainment, not advice. How it works.