The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 14 matchup between the Saints and Panthers.
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Carolina | Rank | @ | New Orleans | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
5.5 | Spread | -5.5 | ||
16.25 | Implied Total | 21.75 | ||
15.9 | 29 | Points/Gm | 21.4 | 19 |
26.1 | 31 | Points All./Gm | 21.3 | 16 |
65.7 | 8 | Plays/Gm | 68.1 | 2 |
60.3 | 4 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 61.4 | 8 |
4.1 | 32 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.1 | 19 |
5.1 | 11 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.3 | 16 |
38.20% | 28 | Rush% | 41.74% | 19 |
61.80% | 5 | Pass% | 58.26% | 14 |
48.90% | 31 | Opp. Rush % | 45.45% | 26 |
51.10% | 2 | Opp. Pass % | 54.55% | 7 |
- New Orleans is 2-9-1 against the point spread this season, 31st in the league.
- Carolina is 3-8-1 ATS, 30th in the league.
- The Saints are 0-5 ATS at home this season, tied for the worst record in the league.
- The Panthers have forced a turnover on a league-low 4.9% of opponent possessions.
- The Saints have allowed opponents to score on 39.3% of their drives over their past five games (27th) after 29.8% prior (sixth).
- Carolina has scored on 26.1% of their possessions, ahead of only the Giants (23.3%) and Patriots (20.6%).
- The Panthers are allowing 2.34 points per drive on the road this season, 29th in the league.
- Carolina has trailed for 90.2% of their offensive snaps in the second half this season, the highest rate in the league.
Trust = spike production for that player
Quarterback
Derek Carr: For the second time this season, Carr has cleared concussion protocol and will start on Sunday.
Carr has been the QB21 or lower in each of his past three games, failing to finish two of them.
Banged up and paired with an offense missing multiple weapons again, the matchup is also not great.
Carolina is allowing 11.5 passing points per game (fifth) with 6.6 yards allowed per pass attempt (seventh).
That includes a QB34 scoring week (6.7 points) to Carr back in Week 2.
Carr is a low-ceiling QB2.
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