{"id":6067,"date":"2009-10-18T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-panthers-vs-buccaneers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-18T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T15:07:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-panthers-vs-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-panthers-vs-buccaneers\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Panthers vs Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet at Raymond James Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Panthers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 39\u00bd. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Panthers defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 20-17 as a 5.5-point favorite in Week 5. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (38). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jake Delhomme passed for 181 yards with a touchdown and an interception for <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Jonathan Stewart rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Buccaneers lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 33-14 as a 15.5-point underdog in Week 5. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Josh Johnson passed for 240 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions for <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and Kellen Winslow caught nine passes for 102 yards and a two touchdowns. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has lost 5 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-3 SU, 0-4 <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName> <br \/><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 0-5 SU, 1-4 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Carolina most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the division are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 3-7<br \/>After being outgained are 2-8<br \/>When playing within the division are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay<br \/>Carolina is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Tampa Bay<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Tampa Bay is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Carolina<br \/>Tampa Bay is 5-11 ATS in its last 16 games when playing Carolina<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 25<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> home to <st1:place>New England<\/st1:place>, Sunday, October 25<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet at Raymond James Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Panthers listed as 3-point favorites versus the Buccaneers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 39\u00bd. The Panthers defeated Washington 20-17 as a 5.5-point favorite in Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-panthers-vs-buccaneers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Handicapping: Panthers vs Buccaneers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}