{"id":437509,"date":"2026-10-25T13:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/437509\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T13:46:11","slug":"nfl-predictions-scores-and-picks-for-week-7-between-the-bucs-and-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/437509\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL predictions: Scores and picks for Week 7 between the Bucs and Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking to get back in the win column following a disappointing 26-19 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, Tampa Bay heads to Charlotte for an NFC South matchup against the Carolina Panthers in Week 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Buccaneers enter Sunday\u2019s matchup at 1-5 after dropping five of their first six games. Quarterback Baker Mayfield is expected to return after missing the last three games with a thumb injury, but Tampa Bay continues to deal with several key injuries on both sides of the football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Carolina, meanwhile, enters the matchup at 3-2 following a 25-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Panthers have won three of their last four games and will look to continue their momentum against a struggling Buccaneers team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This week, the Bucs Nation staff is evenly split, with two members picking Tampa Bay to pull off the road victory and two taking Carolina to defend its home field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Here are this week\u2019s staff predictions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Mike Kiwak (4-2): Panthers 27, Bucs 13<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Gil Arcia (3-3): Bucs 24, Panthers 16<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Evan Wanish (4-2): Panthers 21, Bucs 17<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Will Walsh (2-4): Bucs 18, Panthers 12<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Be sure to check out all the odds for Sunday\u2019s game over at <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking to get back in the win column following a disappointing 26-19 overtime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,22121,137,136],"class_list":["post-437509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-odds","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437509","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=437509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}