CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Barring a dramatic late motion within the betting line, the Carolina Panthers might be favored to win on Sunday for the primary time since Week 15 of the 2022 season after they play host to the Dallas Cowboys.
That might finish a streak of 33 straight video games as underdogs, the sixth-longest by any staff for the reason that 1970 merger and the longest streak in franchise historical past. It is the longest drought for the reason that 2012-14 Jaguars.
The Panthers (3-10) are 2-point favorites in opposition to the Cowboys (5-8), in line with ESPN BET. If the unfold holds will probably be the primary time since Dec. 18, 2022, after they had been a 3-point favourite in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers at residence, that they had been favored.
They misplaced to the Steelers 24-16.
Carolina is on a roll in opposition to the unfold, protecting in 5 straight video games, the longest lively streak within the NFL. It closed as a 13.5-point underdog to the Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday’s 22-16 loss.
An enormous cause has been the latest play of quarterback Bryce Younger, the highest choose of the 2023 draft.
Younger’s Whole QBR (60.0) since Week 9 ranks thirteenth within the NFL, forward of Kansas Metropolis’s Patrick Mahomes, Washington’s Jayden Daniels, Denver’s Bo Nix, Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts and the opposite quarterbacks within the NFC South, to call a number of.
That is an enormous leap from Younger’s NFL-worst 9.9 QBR the primary two video games that contributed to him being benched in favor of Andy Dalton.
If Younger and the Panthers stay favored in opposition to Dallas, and canopy, will probably be the primary time they’ve finished that since Sept. 23, 2021, after they defeated the Houston Texans 24-9 as a 9-point favourite.
