{"id":91463,"date":"2025-12-21T13:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/91463\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T13:12:29","slug":"tampa-bay-bucs-vs-carolina-panthers-predictions-and-picks-for-week-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/91463\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Bucs vs. Carolina Panthers: Predictions and picks for Week 16"},"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 Panthers in Carolina following their disappointing Thursday night loss to the Atlanta Falcons last week, we here at Bucs Nation will dive into some picks and predictions for Tampa Bay\u2019s big Week 16 matchup against an NFC South opponent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tampa Bay appeared to have their offense clicking a bit more consistently than they have in recent weeks, perhaps months. But it fell apart in the end when a Baker Mayfield interception shifted the momentum Atlanta\u2019s way. This week, they will rely heavily on the run game meaning that Bucky Irving, Rachaad White, and Sean Tucker will total 150 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Bucs just can\u2019t do anything right defensively. They apply pressure early and often but cant seem to make stops when it matters most. Will that be the case this week? Who knows. But they will at least record three sacks and an interception off Carolina\u2019s quarterback Bryce Young.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Gil Arcia (11-3): Panthers 24, Bucs 20<br \/>Mike Kiwak (10-4): Bucs 24, Panthers 20<br \/>Evan Wanish (11-3): Bucs 23, Panthers 21<br \/>Will Walsh (8-6): Bucs 22, Panthers 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Buccaneers get set to take on the Panthers in Carolina following their disappointing Thursday night loss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,11688,137,136],"class_list":["post-91463","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\/91463","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=91463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}