{"id":389614,"date":"2026-01-03T19:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389614\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T19:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:48:12","slug":"panthers-vs-buccaneers-live-updates-nfl-saturday-game-score-prediction-odds-and-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389614\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers vs. Buccaneers live updates: NFL Saturday game score, prediction, odds and latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Panthers haven\u2019t been to the playoffs since 2017. They haven\u2019t won the NFC South since 2015. So a lot is on the line as they face their divisional foe, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season. <\/p>\n<p>The first option to clinch a playoff spot is simple for Carolina. Win, and it is in. The second option is a bit more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Atlanta Falcons beat the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, the Bucs have an identical record to the Falcons (7-9). If the Bucs beat the Panthers, Carolina can still get in if Atlanta beats the New Orleans Saints in Week 18. The Panthers hold the round-robin head-to-head tiebreaker (3-1) over the Bucs (2-2) and Falcons (1-3). <\/p>\n<p>Truly a wild way for the NFC South to be decided! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Panthers haven\u2019t been to the playoffs since 2017. They haven\u2019t won the NFC South since 2015.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-389614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}