The Buccaneers opened between 7.5 and 8.5-point favorites with the line seeing minimal movement at most books. Tampa Bay is 9-6 ATS this season while Carolina is 7-8, but the Panthers have covered in six of their last seven. Both the Buccaneers and Panthers are among the best Over bets in the NFL with the Buccaneers 10-5 and the Panthers 11-4.

With the trap game now in the rearview mirror and a hard lesson learned, the focus now turns to Carolina in a rematch of their Week 13 game.

The Carolina Panthers will try to knock an opponent out of playoff contention for the second week in a row when they visit the Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon at Tampa, Fla. "We understand where we are,