Panthers -7 road favorites..

[CRA]

And again, Freeman and Martin played and that was when they where still playing hard for Schiano and a possible wild card spot and went 7-9. This year they have Glennon at QB, no Doug Martin and are 0-6 for a lame duck coach with no shot at the playoffs. Completely different circumstances. If we were going by last year, lets not forget we were 1-5 this time last year as well.

And again, short turnaround is a legit factor/concern....

Everyone had a win penciled in last Thur night and said we would stomp an injury riddled Giant team. They stomped us.

The better team doesn't always win in the NFL. Lots of factors. RR has a LOT to prove. Can he get a team ready in a short week.....

AZ and Buff beat us on the road....and we weren't rushed to play them

[CharlottePanther]

And again, short turnaround is a legit factor/concern....

Everyone had a win penciled in last Thur night and said we would stomp an injury riddled Giant team. They stomped us.

The better team doesn't always win in the NFL. Lots of factors. RR has a LOT to prove. Can he get a team ready in a short week.....

AZ and Buff beat us on the road....and we weren't rushed to play them

AZ and Buf are both exceeding expectations and are miles better than the Bucs. People say things like "short turn around week is a concern" remember the Bucs are also playing a short turn around week as well, people act as though they are coming off a bye and we are the only ones dealing with a short turn around.

Who would you rather be in this situation. A 0-6 team playing for a lame duck coach with a rookie QB that only has 4 games under his belt missing their star RB, or a 3-3 team winning two in a row with all the momentum on their side that appear to be fully healthy. Not only are we heavily favored on paper, I would say we are heavily favored with the outside factors as well

[LinvilleGorge]

Man, I tell ya, our fan base sure does get cocky fast. This is the first time we've been .500 or better in years and now we can just completely look past teams?

[Kuech the Sneak]

This game isn't gonna be a walk in the park, it'll be a tough game. Kinda worried about this one

[CharlottePanther]

Man, I tell ya, our fan base sure does get cocky fast. This is the first time we've been .500 or better in years and now we can just completely look past teams?

Terrible teams yes, hell i looked passed the Jags in 2011 when we still sucked pretty bad and we beat them

[CharlottePanther]

This game isn't gonna be a walk in the park, it'll be a tough game. Kinda worried about this one

Jesus ive never seen fans have such a inferiority complex about their favorite team like I do with this team. Just like most of you said we would lose to the Rams because we were so heavily favored, not only did we win but we covered a 7 point spread against a lot better team than the Bucs and still had 8 pts to spare.

[KillaCamNewton]

lol i hope you really dont think our WRs are better than theirs

[CRA]

AZ and Buf are both exceeding expectations and are miles better than the Bucs. People say things like "short turn around week is a concern" remember the Bucs are also playing a short turn around week as well, people act as though they are coming off a bye and we are the only ones dealing with a short turn around.

Who would you rather be in this situation. A 0-6 team playing for a lame duck coach with a rookie QB that only has 4 games under his belt missing their star RB, or a 3-3 team winning two in a row with all the momentum on their side that appear to be fully healthy. Not only are we heavily favored on paper, I would say we are heavily favored with the outside factors as well

Bucs coaching staff has at least shown they can handle it

And again, divisional game. See Clausen at NO agian as a reference. If that Panther team can almost win that game Bucs can this one

Penciling this is as an buttkicking is silly..

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

I wish Josh Freeman was still a Buc.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

the bucs defense scares the poo out of me. its the cardinals all over again

[rainwater]

I never got that line of thinking. Bad teams are bad teams and good teams are good teams, division rival or not. I dont think I buy that divisional games are different. Difference in intensity between teams yes, but beyond that, im not sure

 

It's not a matter of what you think.  Divisional games are always closer games in general.  

[CPcavedweller]

I hate the argument that goes, "our QB is better, our RBs are better and our WR corp is better." This isn't a basketball game and it holds no water in football. We match up okay against their D and great against their O. I take us by 16.