If the league office has a favorite team, it’s currently the Buccaneers. Every week, their games remain exciting because they are indecisive until the end.
Tampa Bay is currently on a 12-game hitting streak. Per NBC Sports research, it is tied for the third-longest hitting streak since the merger.
The 1989-90 Chargers had a 14-game streak, and the 2014-15 Ravens had a 13-game streak.
The bad news for the Bucs is that they are 3-9 in those games — and 1-5 on the season. They’ll get quarterback Baker Mayfield today in Carolina; he missed three games with a dislocated thumb suffered in Week 3 against the Vikings.
The good news for the Bucs is that, since 2020, they are 10-2 against the Panthers.