{"id":104304,"date":"2026-01-03T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104304\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:20:07","slug":"tampa-bay-bucs-vs-carolina-panthers-predictions-and-picks-for-week-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104304\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Bucs vs. Carolina Panthers: Predictions and picks for Week 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucsnation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buccaneers<\/a> get set to take on the Carolina Panthers to wrap up the season following a disappointing Week 17 loss to the Miami Dolphins, we here at Bucs Nation will dive into some picks and predictions for Tampa Bay\u2019s big Week 18 matchup against a divisional opponent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tampa Bay\u2019s offense is not clicking on all cylinders. Whether there is the oblique injury that is still hampering Baker Mayfield, the constant injuries along the offensive line, the lack of successful route running by receivers, etc., this offensive unit has been lackluster at best. With that being said, they will end the season on a high note. The team will total nearly 450 yards of offense with no turnovers to close out 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Carolina had their way against the Buccaneers defense the last time they faced each other. Call it missed tackles, blown assignments, whatever. And it wasn\u2019t even that impressive because they had under 300 yards of offense against the Bucs. But it\u2019s how they were able to score with the situations they were given to work with. Defensively, this team has struggled to be a productive bunch. This week, the defense will hold Carolina to under 300 yards of total offense again sack Bryce Young at least three times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Gil Arcia (12-4): Panthers 26, Bucs 23 &#8211; \u201cLet\u2019s not delay the inevitable.\u201d<br \/>Mike Kiwak (10-6): Panthers 21, Bucs 17 &#8211; \u201cWho knows at this point, lol.\u201d<br \/>Evan Wanish (11-5): Bucs 20, Panthers 17 &#8211; \u201cFor the sole reason of this division being dragged on yet another day.\u201d<br \/>Will Walsh (8-8): Bucs 15, Panthers 12 &#8211; (No comment.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Buccaneers get set to take on the Carolina Panthers to wrap up the season following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,11688,137,136],"class_list":["post-104304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-game-information","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}