A Cautionary Tale - Tampa Bay Opener

[gettlemanjack]

Since 2003, Panthers are 8-3 on the road vs. the Bucs, with all 11 games in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium

-in those games, Panthers were 0-3 when they failed to finish with the most rushing yds, 8-0 when they did

-in the 8 wins, the Carolina D held the Bucs to under 80 yds rushing in every game but two, under 65 in every game but three, and under 50 three times

Rushing yards

L 2012 - 10 Panthers, 130 Bucs

L 2010 - 118 Panthers, 186 Bucs

L 2008 - 40 Panthers, 124 Bucs

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W 2013 - 129 Panthers, 48 Bucs

W 2011 - 163 Panthers, 78 Bucs

W 2009 - 267 Panthers, 124 Bucs

W 2007 - 180 Panthers, 107 Bucs

W 2006 - 101 Panthers, 64 Bucs

W 2005 - 77 Panthers, 44 Bucs

W 2004 - 141 Panthers, 46 Bucs

W 2003 - 171 Panthers, 60 Bucs

-in the 8 wins, Carolina only outgained the Bucs in net passing yards in two of them

-in the 8 wins, Carolina lost the turnover battle in half of them

Net Passing Yards - Turnovers

L 2012 - 291 CAM, 128 bucs - 2 cam, 0 BUCS (-2)

L 2010 - 182 car, 235 BUCS - 1 CAR, 2 bucs (+1)

L 2008 - 242 CAR, 173 bucs - 3 car, 0 BUCS (-3)

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W 2013 - 195 cam, 249 BUCS - 0 CAR, 1 bucs (+1)

W 2011 - 222 CAM, 207 bucs - 0 CAR, 1 bucs (+1)

W 2009 - 55 car, 121 BUCS - 3 car, 2 BUCS (-1)

W 2007 - 169 car, 196 BUCS - 2 car, 1 BUCS (-1)

W 2006 - 249 CAR, 145 bucs - 3 car, 2 BUCS (-1)

W 2005 - 210 car, 226 BUCS - 0 CAR, 4 bucs (+4)

W 2004 - 207 car, 299 BUCS - 0 CAR, 3 bucs (+3)

W 2003 - 87 car, 337 BUCS - 2 car, 1 BUCS (-1)

[Camp Fodder]

this is not a trap game. we can throw or run on this crap team....that's just MHO. We smash them and blow them out they don't score more than 9 final 32-9 panthers

plus Tampa is favored to win do definitely not a trap game

[Regulator16]

It's 2014...all I see is y'all living in the past! This game is going to come down to one thing if you ask...which shitty o-line will be shittier! This is going to be a defensive game for sure. I honestly would love to say we'd win(Tampa), but with the chance of our Offensice coordinator not there, and out makeshift line...the confidence to guarantee a victory eludes me. Carolina is running a scheme on both sides of the ball that have been in place for longer than just one season. So the comfortability factor is there, minus the new weapons at WR, which will be ok at best for this game.

I am predicting y'all take this 16-13, including a defensive TD and 3 FGs

[dilated_diatribe]

plus Tampa is favored to win do definitely not a trap game

are you serious? tampa bay is favored?????????????????? wtf is going on

[dilated_diatribe]

plus Tampa is favored to win do definitely not a trap game

wrong bruh....looked it up panthers favored by -2.5

[dilated_diatribe]

plus Tampa is favored to win do definitely not a trap game

please tell me you weren't going by prisco?

[ctrcat]

are you serious? tampa bay is favored?????????????????? wtf is going on

"Everyone" thinks point spreads are fantasy football, and no one likes our WRs for their fantasy team. Our 60 sacks last year + Star and KK's improvement in their 2nd year + Kony Ealy mean nothing to them. Vegas wants even money on both sides and are gonna make a killing on this game, since it's gone from Panthers -2.5 to +1. They also had Cam listed as OUT on Vegasinsider a few days ago. Oops.

[SCP]

It's 2014...all I see is y'all living in the past! This game is going to come down to one thing if you ask...which shitty o-line will be shittier! This is going to be a defensive game for sure. I honestly would love to say we'd win(Tampa), but with the chance of our Offensice coordinator not there, and out makeshift line...the confidence to guarantee a victory eludes me. Carolina is running a scheme on both sides of the ball that have been in place for longer than just one season. So the comfortability factor is there, minus the new weapons at WR, which will be ok at best for this game.

I am predicting y'all take this 16-13, including a defensive TD and 3 FGs

Your first mistake is saying Mike Shula has a "scheme". Lmao

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