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Updated Tuesday, Nov 10, 6:27 AM ET

2026 Week 10 ·

Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints

Preview · projections Projected fantasy points for both teams' players expected to play (game not played yet).

Preview

For CAR, Chuba Hubbard (17 points, RB7) and Bryce Young (14 points, QB16) lead our projections. Player to watch: Chuba Hubbard, whose work is up to 25.5 carries and targets a game over the last two, from 19.0. For NO, Chris Olave (16 points, WR9) and Tyler Shough (15 points, QB14) lead our projections. NO will be without Travis Etienne (injured reserve). The matchup to like: CAR's RBs face a defense that has allowed 28 PPR points a game to the position, the most in the league.

CAR

2026 season so far

NO

3-5Record3-5
24.9Points per game23.1
27.4Points allowed per game27
-20Point differential-31
66Plays per game66.4
67%Pass rate64%
10.1Red-zone plays per game10.4
16.7 (20)Defense: PPR allowed to QBs17.9 (11)
27.6 (2)Defense: PPR allowed to RBs27.9 (1)
31.4 (16)Defense: PPR allowed to WRs31.2 (17)
13.5 (16)Defense: PPR allowed to TEs16.4 (7)

Season to date (regular season). Defense rank in brackets: 1 = most points allowed = easiest matchup.

Carolina Panthers

PlayerProjPts / gamePosStatus
Chuba Hubbard16.615.213.718.316.715.1RBNo injury report yet
Bryce Young14.014.014.018.318.318.3QBNo injury report yet
Tetairoa McMillan12.210.17.915.612.79.8WRNo injury report yet
Jalen Coker9.57.86.112.310.17.9WRNo injury report yet
Darren Waller8.97.35.79.68.26.7TENo injury report yet
Tommy Tremble7.05.64.27.15.84.5TENo injury report yet
John Metchie III3.72.92.25.14.13.1WRNo injury report yet
AJ Dillon3.23.02.71.61.41.1RBNo injury report yet
Mitchell Evans2.82.21.63.42.61.9TENo injury report yet
Trevor Etienne2.52.32.11.31.10.8RBNo injury report yet

New Orleans Saints

PlayerProjPts / gamePosStatus
Chris Olave16.413.310.217.714.210.7WRNo injury report yet
Tyler Shough14.914.914.918.218.218.2QBNo injury report yet
Audric Estimé10.49.99.511.311.110.8RBNo injury report yet
Alvin Kamara9.78.47.010.58.77.0RBNo injury report yet
Devaughn Vele9.17.45.611.29.06.8WRNo injury report yet
Juwan Johnson8.56.95.29.98.16.4TENo injury report yet
Jordyn Tyson5.94.73.55.03.01.0WRNo injury report yet
Noah Fant4.03.22.45.74.83.9TENo injury report yet
Bryce Lance3.52.92.22.92.31.7WRNo injury report yet
CJ Donaldson3.22.82.51.61.31.0RBNo injury report yet