The Carolina Panthers have been underwhelming offensively as a whole this season. The third year of Bryce Young and second season of Dave Canales as head coach

Buccaneers Week 16 bold predictions: Baker Mayfield shines while Emeka Egbuka, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin dominate Panthers secondary.​

The Bucs need a win against the Carolina Panthers to keep their playoff hopes alive, and wide receiver Sterling Shepard reveals what his team must do to secure a victory.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/panthers/onsi as Carolina Panthers' dream scenario is unfortunately just not possible . While there are other ways for the Carolina Panthers to get the NFC South title, the simplest is to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home in Week 16 and on the road in Week 18.

With a victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, the Carolina Panthers would have had an opportunity to clinch their first NFC South title since 2015 in their next game. But the Panthers lost to the Saints 20-17 and will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday with the teams tied for the division lead.

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Carolina Panthers linebacker Christian Rozeboom is a free agent at the end of the season. The Carolina Panthers are focused on the final three weeks of the NFL season. But there are some people in the scouting department that have their eyes on players to select in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft.

USA Today's NFL experts make their picks for a Week 16 showdown between the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Saints wide receiver Chris Olave woke up just in time, reeling in four of his six catches and tallying 78 of his 85 receiving yards in the fourth quarter. One of those receptions, a 12-yarder, tied the game up at 17 apiece with 2:29 left.

The Panthers’ loss to the last-place Saints on Sunday was very concerning. One NFL analyst had some critique for Dave Canales’s team after a rough performance.

Check out the game action photos from the New Orleans Saints game against the Carolina Panthers for Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season on Dec. 14, 2025 at the Caesars Superdome.

Baker Mayfield has spent the past two seasons making the Carolina Panthers think twice about releasing him. The Tampa Bay quarterback is 4-0 against the Panthers since leaving Carolina and has led the Buccaneers to back-to-back division titles in 2023 and '24.