Bills @ Panthers: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 8, 2025)

Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 8 · at Carolina Panthers

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Buffalo Bills

4-2 · Power #4

▲ winner

Final

Carolina Panthers

4-3 · Power #26

final

Closing spread

BUF -7.5

✓ BUF W

Total

48.5

▲ Over · 49 pts

Model before kickoff

BUF 26–18 CAR

✓ BUF (76%) won

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenBUF -7.5

CloseBUF -7.5

Total47.5 → 48.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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Market

Open → close

Spread

OpenBUF -7.5

no move

CloseBUF -7.5

No change since the open

Total

Open47.5

▲ 1

Close48.5

Up 1 since the open

Line movement

Opening and closing line · tap a dot

Opened BUF -7.5 · unchangedmodel BUF -10.5

model BUF -10.5

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Line context

Road favorites of 5.5–9.5 since 2023: won 71%, covered 46% (62 games)ⓘ

Closing line · ESPN BET

SourceESPN BET closing line

OpenBUF -7.5

CloseBUF -7.5

Total47.5 → 48.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like BUF as a 7.5-point road favorite at CAR, the favorite won 9, covered 3, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: BUF won 40–9; the favorite covered, as in 3 of the 10 similar games. 49 points went over 48.5, as in 5 of 10.

Favorite won

9 of 1090%

Normal range · usually 72%

Favorite covered

3 of 1030%

Normal range · usually 43%

Went over

5 of 1050%

Normal range · usually 57%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 7.3 against an average line of 7; 43.1 points a game (usually 46.5). Of the 5 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games

Match	Game	Line	Final	Covered	O/U
Very close	WSH @ NO 2024 · Week 15 · very close · similar spread & rest	-7.5	20–19	L	U44.5
Close	SF @ TB 2024 · Week 10 · close · similar season form & rest	-6.5	23–20	L	U50.5
Close	DET @ CHI 2024 · Week 16 · close · similar total & spread	-6.5	34–17	W	O47.5
Close	GB @ ARI 2025 · Week 7 · close · similar season form & spread	-6.5	27–23	L	O44.5
Close	GB @ CHI 2024 · Week 11 · close · similar rest & season form	-6.5	20–19	L	U41.5
Close	PHI @ DAL 2024 · Week 10 · close · similar spread	-7.5	34–6	W	U44.5
Close	BAL @ CLE 2024 · Week 8 · close · similar situation	-7.5	24–29	L	O44.5
Close	LAR @ BAL 2025 · Week 6 · close · similar situation & spread	-6.5	17–3	W	U44.5
Loose	TB @ CAR 2024 · Week 13 · loose · similar spread & total	-6.5	26–23	L	O46.5
Loose	KC @ LV 2024 · Week 8 · loose · similar spread	-8.5	27–20	L	O42.5

History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

ATS

Records before kickoff

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
BUF WLLLL	2-4	33%	1-1	1-4
CAR WLWWW	5-2	71%	3-0	5-2

Venue/role: BUF away, as favorite; CAR home, as underdog. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before kickoff

	O-U	Over %	SU
BUF UOOUU	3-3	50%	4-2
CAR UOOOU	4-3	57%	4-3

Went over in Q4. Of 114 earlier overs in games with totals 45.5–51.5, 26% had cashed by the end of Q3.

When games like this go over ›

Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Hover for the score and line.

Last 10 games

Before kickoff, this and last season

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
BUF	6-4 60%	4-6 40%	6-4 60%
CAR	6-4 60%	7-3 70%	7-3 70%

Wins-losses (pushes and ties last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

Recent meetings

The series

BUF 5–2 CAR BUF leads · 7 games since 2001 · BUF has won the last 2 meetings

All-time series from nflverse.

Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams

Power rating this season

pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot

BUF+2.6 →+2.6–#6

CAR−3.5 →−2.5▲ 1.0#25

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BUF

Longer bar = better

CAR

Offense

◀ BUF better

#20

#19

Defense

CAR better ▶

#12

−0.2 #18

Turnovers

Even

−0.3 #19

63 plays #12

Pace

CAR faster ▶

65 plays #6

Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense

When BUF has the ball

Advantage: BUF offense

	BUF off	CAR def	Edge
Points / game	27.8 #4	21.7 #13	BUF
Yards / play	6.01 #4	5.29 #12	BUF
EPA / play	+0.15 #5	+0.02 #20	BUF
Success rate	49% #4	39% #3	Even

When CAR has the ball

Even matchup

	CAR off	BUF def	Edge
Points / game	20.7 #23	22.8 #17	BUF
Yards / play	5.00 #25	5.66 #25	Even
EPA / play	−0.01 #20	+0.03 #21	Even
Success rate	46% #11	44% #14	Even

Bars show league standing (dashed mark = league middle); Offense and Defense use the average rank across the four stats below. In the tables, a highlighted value and the Edge column mark the side ranked better by at least 15% of the league; defense values are what that team allows. Yards and turnovers from ESPN box scores; EPA from nflverse play-by-play. Descriptive only: the model already uses these.

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams

BUF scoring against the CAR defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
BUF scored	7.5 #2	4.3 #27	11.8 #12	6.2 #8	9.8 #4	16.0 #1
CAR allowed	3.7 #11	11.3 #32	15.0 #29	3.0 #3	3.7 #3	6.7 #2

CAR scoring against the BUF defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
CAR scored	3.6 #23	4.3 #28	7.9 #27	4.1 #20	8.7 #7	12.9 #10
BUF allowed	5.7 #25	6.7 #19	12.3 #20	4.5 #15	6.0 #13	10.5 #10

Regulation only (overtime is left out). 1H = Q1 + Q2, 2H = Q3 + Q4. #1 scores the most, or allows the fewest. Season to date, not adjusted for opponents.