The 2-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers return home in Week Eight to play their first intra-division game of 2017, with the Carolina Panthers visiting Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. Here a few individual matchups that could be critical as the Buccaneers try to snap a three-game losing streak:
Buccaneers T Demar Dotson vs. Panthers DE Julius Peppers
Now in his 16th season, Julius Peppers has had a very successful homecoming in Carolina, leading the team with 6.5 sacks through seven games. Peppers is no longer a starter, as he was for his first eight seasons in Carolina (2002-09) plus the subsequent seven campaigns in Chicago and Green Bay.