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Bottling up Baker Mayfield on Sunday, limiting penalties and getting Tetairoa McMillan move involved also make the list.
NFL schedule set up perfect Buccaneers, Panthers finish for NFC South standings originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NFL schedule makers like to backlog the calendar with divisional matchups. But even then, there's no guarantee that those games will have any meaning.
Even though an Atlanta Falcons’ victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would put Carolina at the top of the NFC South standings, Panthers defensive lineman Derrick Brown couldn’t bring himself to cheer for the Falcons on Thursday night.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dave Canales went to bed at halftime of the Falcons-Bucs game Thursday night. When the second-year coach woke up Friday morning, he and the Carolina Panthers were in a position the franchise hasn’t seen in 10 years – alone in first place.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are officially in trouble. They lost a rough game to the Atlanta Falcons, 29-28, and now stand at 7-7 on the year, relinquishing their