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

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TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
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CAROLINA PANTHERS
100 0 100 54 47 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
TB #16  |  CAR #26
Def
Def
TB #8  |  CAR #16
Off

Passing Matchup

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

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

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

Last 3 Meetings

2026-01-03
CAR 14–TB 16
2025-12-21
TB 20–CAR 23
2024-12-29
CAR 14–TB 48
CAR −3.0  ·  O/U 44.5  ·  TB +3.0
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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.