9:30 am
October 13

Panthers v. Buccaneers

Who will WIN this matchup?

Carolina Panthers (3-2)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-3)

 

Current odds:

Carolina Panthers: (-140)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: (+120)

 

• The spread for the game is Carolina by 2.5 points.

• Allen has been steady since stepping in for injured starter Cam Newton, passing for 674 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions, but the ground game did the heavy lifting last week with 285 yards. Christian McCaffrey leads the league in rushing (587 yards) and yards from scrimmage (866), but he recorded a season-low 53 scrimmage yards in the first meeting with the Bucs. After holding their first four opponents under 200 passing yards, the Panthers gave up 358 against the Jaguars.

• The Bucs have been somewhat enigmatic, posting impressive road wins over Carolina and the Los Angeles Rams while losing at home to the New York Giants and falling 31-24 at New Orleans last week. Jameis Winston also has been inconsistent but has fared well against the Panthers, averaging 274.7 passing yards over the last three meetings with four touchdowns and no interceptions. Tampa Bay’s defense allows an NFL-low 3.1 yards per carry, but the secondary has been torched for more than 310 yards in four straight games.

• McCaffrey needs 134 yards from scrimmage to join Jim Brown (1963) and Marshall Faulk (2007) as the only players in NFL history with more than 1,000 in the first six games of a season.

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