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Michael Bates

Regular Season

Season	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
1993	SEA	16	1		0.1	6	6.0	0.4	0	6	2	0.1	12	6.0	0.8	6	624	0	1
1994	SEA	15	5		0.3	112	22.4	7.5	1	40	2	0.1	-4	-2.0	-0.3	7	616	1	3
1995	CLE	13	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		176	0	0
1996	CAR	14	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		998	1	2
1997	CAR	16	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		1,289	0	4
1998	CAR	14	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		1,480	1	1
1999	CAR	16	1	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.1	0	2	3	0.2	12	4.0	0.8	12	1,301	2	1
2000	CAR	16	5	8	0.3	38	7.6	2.4	0	23	5	0.3	13	2.6	0.8	8	1,023	1	4
2001	WAS	16	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		1,155	0	4
2003	NYJ	8	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		596	0	0	0
2003	DAL	1	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		90	0	0	0
2003	TOT	9	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		686	0	0	0
Career		145	12	9	0.1	158	13.2	1.1	1	40	12	0.1	33	2.8	0.2	12	9,348	6	20

Playoffs

Season	TM	GP	TRG	TOT YDS	LOST
1996	CAR	2		214
2003	DAL	1	0	172	0
Career		3	0	386

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More Panthers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

939

Young

RUSH

184

Hubbard

REC

222

Coker

Team Rankings

PPG

29.7

6th

OPP PPG

27.7

26th

RUSH YDS/G

97.0

21st

PASS YDS/G

313.0

1st

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	1	2	.333
Saints	1	2	.333
Panthers	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	DET	@	CAR	8:20 PM
Sun 10/18	CAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	TB	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CAR	@	GB	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	DEN	@	CAR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Panthers

1 - 2

Final

Browns

2 - 1

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

939

Young

917

Shough

872

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.0

Anderson

4.0

Graham

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

424.5

417.7

416.3

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Johnson

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

Shrader

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

0-2

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000