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Packers vs. Panthers: Green Bay Favored in Thursday Night Football Matchup
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In Short: The Green Bay Packers host the Carolina Panthers in a Thursday Night Football matchup, with the Packers favored to win.
In the Week 8 edition of 'Thursday Night Football,' the Green Bay Packers will play host to the Carolina Panthers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The game will be broadcast on Prime Video and Twitch, with a live chat available through the SB Nation app.
The Panthers come into the game after a 43-13 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, their worst offensive performance of the season with just 266 yards, 15 first downs, and 13 points. Despite this, they still sit at.500 after a win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 6.
The Packers, meanwhile, are coming off a disappointing loss to the Detroit Lions. They have dealt with numerous injuries and are looking to secure their first home win of the season.
Carolina's defense has allowed just nine touchdown passes against nine interceptions, but they have struggled against the run, with almost 60% of the rushing yards they've allowed coming in their games against the Bucs and the Chicago Bears in Week 1.
Green Bay's defense has been solid, allowing only 3.9 yards per play and nine interceptions. However, their offense has been inconsistent, averaging just 3.3 yards per carry and barely escaping lesser competition earlier this season.
The Panthers lean on Chuba Hubbard in the run game, who averages 4.8 yards per carry. However, Green Bay's defense has allowed only 3.9 yards per carry this season, making it tough for Carolina, especially with right tackle Taylor Moton now on the sidelines.
The Packers are favored by 3.5 points, with DraftKings listing them at -180 on the moneyline. The Dimers model projects a 25-21 Green Bay win, a margin of 3.9 points that barely clears the spread.
Kalshi has Green Bay at 64% to win and exactly 50% to cover, while DraftKings has the Packers at -180 on the moneyline. The Dimers model projects a 25-21 Green Bay win, a margin of 3.9 points that clears the spread by less than half a point.
What this adds
The Panthers have a 13-0 ATS run after outright losses, while the Packers are 1-9-1 ATS in their last 11 after an outright loss and 4-11-1 ATS in their last 16 as a favorite.
What's confirmed
- In the Week 8 edition of "Thursday Night Football," the Green Bay Packers play host to the Carolina Panthers.
- Carolina (3-3) is coming off a 43-13 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, while Green Bay (4-3) dropped a 20-17 decision to the Detroit Lions.
- The model entered Week 8 of the 2026 NFL season on a 58-51 run on top-rated picks dating back to 2024.
- Packers picks or 2026 NFL Week 8 predictions, you NEED to see which side the proven SportsLine projection model is on.
- Now, the model has locked in another confident pick for Packers vs.
- Carolina’s 13-0 ATS run after outright losses gets this combo started.
- Conveniently, the Green Bay Packers are 1-9-1 ATS in their last 11 after an outright loss and 4-11-1 ATS in their last 16 as a favorite.
- They completely no-showed, getting manhandled 35-14 by Atlanta back in Week 3.
- So here’s a look at who our staff is picking for Thursday night.
- ET Where: Lambeau Field — Green Bay, WI TV: Prime Video Streaming: Prime Video, Twitch As for all nationally televised games, you can join our SB Nation live chat during the game by downloading the SB Nation app, joining our “NFL” community, and then finding the live game chat on the home page of the app.
- On Thursday night, the Packers host the Carolina Panthers, one of the most inconsistent teams in the league right now.
- Will the Lions get some help from the “good” Panthers, or will the NFC North continue to accumulate wins outside of the division against a “bad” Panthers team?
What's still developing
- Which of these two teams will get back in the win column?
- Now, they're looking to make it four wins in five games.
- Before we break down the matchup, here's a look at how you can watch the game.
- Detroit took on the Rams and won 24-23, while Jordan Love and the Packers destroyed the Dallas Cowboys.
- The Bears have two first-round picks thanks to its trade with the Carolina Panthers last season but don’t have a second-round pick after trading for Montez Sweat.
- Green Bay is 1-1 after the first two weeks of the season, having lost a preposterous game to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1 and eking out a fairly disappointing overtime win against the New York Jets in Week 2.
- The Falcons are also pretty banged up, but at least they'll get to run their real offense as they look for their first win of the season.
- Will the Packers move to 2-1, or will the Falcons win for the first time?
- The Packers welcomed Josh Jacobs back to the lineup last week but still found themselves entirely unable to run the ball against the Lions.
- Green Bay had won three in a row to salvage its season after a blowout loss to the Atlanta Falcons the last time the Packers played on Thursday night (Week 3), but they hit a bump in the road last week.
- You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see which side to back before locking in any picks of your own.
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