are traveling to the distant, not deep, south destination of Tampa Bay to play the Buccaneers in what is effectively the NFC South title game. The Bucs and the Saints will technically still be alive in the division if the Panthers win, but Carolina would be in first place entering the last week of the season. are hoping to lock up their division lead and home playoff game with a win over the Panthers. These are painfully different circumstances from their last meeting. The Panthers entered their Week 7 game in Carolina as a 1-5 team that had recently fired their head coach and the Bucs were sitting at 3-3, already the heavy favorites to take the division.
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