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Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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CAROLINA PANTHERS
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TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
100 0 100 47 54 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
CAR's offense (16th in rushing) draws TB's #8 rush defense. TB rates the 7-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CAR #16  |  TB #8
Def
Def
CAR #26  |  TB #16
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CAR #20  |  TB #24
Def
Def
CAR #19  |  TB #24
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
CAR 47  |  TB 41

Last 3 Meetings

2026-01-03
CAR 14–TB 16
2025-12-21
TB 20–CAR 23
2024-12-29
CAR 14–TB 48
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.