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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

648

Young

RUSH

102

Hubbard

REC

204

Coker

Team Rankings

PPG

35.5

2nd

OPP PPG

31.0

28th

RUSH YDS/G

96.5

20th

PASS YDS/G

324.0

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Saints	1	1	.500
Panthers	1	1	.500
Falcons	1	2	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/27	CAR	@	CLE	1:00 PM
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

Last Game

Panthers

1 - 1

Final

Falcons

0 - 2

Sun 20 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

844

Love

662

Shough

648

Young

Rush Yards Leaders

349

Robinson

290

Walker

212

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

284

Watson

277

Smith-Njigba

274

London

Pass TD Leaders

6

Young

6

Love

6

Prescott

Rush TD Leaders

4

Taylor

4

Allen

4

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

4

Smith-Njigba

4

Watson

4

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

127.3

Lock

125.9

Dart

125.8

Allen

Sack Leaders

4.0

Rousseau

3.5

Watt

3.0

Hutchinson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

38.5

35.5

32.0

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.5

10.0

12.5

13.5

15.0

Total Yards Rankings

457.5

427.5

424.5

409.0

385.5

Rush Yards Rankings

212.5

186.0

173.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

283.0

281.3

Sack Leaders

8.0

7.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

64.7

Robinson

49

Henry

48.9

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

52.4

Watson

51.7

Smith-Njigba

44.9

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

28.5

Kincaid

25.6

McBride

23.2

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

31

McPherson

27

McLaughlin

24

Butker

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

Worst Record ATS

0-2

NFL 2026 Standings

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

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	2	0	0	1.000
Patriots	1	1	0	.500
Jets	1	1	0	.500
Dolphins	0	2	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
Ravens	1	1	0	.500
Steelers	1	1	0	.500
Browns	1	1	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	1	0	.500
Titans	0	2	0	.000
Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	2	0	0	1.000
Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000