{"id":30856,"date":"2013-10-23T13:12:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T18:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30856"},"modified":"2013-10-23T13:12:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T18:12:47","slug":"nfl-week-8-picks-carolina-panthers-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-8-picks-carolina-panthers-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers-30856\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 8 Picks: Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
\nThursday, 10\/24\/13, 8:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Carolina -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Carolina -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 38.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Carolina Panthers are 0-2 SUATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carolina has won back-to-back games for the first time during the 2013 NFL season, which includes a 30-15 victory over the St. Louis Rams as 7.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the betting total of 42.\u00a0 The Panthers are trying to move above the .500 mark for the first time in five seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 \u201cIt would be a great boost of confidence to have a winning record,\u201d commented Panthers cornerback Captain Munnerlyn.\u00a0 Carolina is 0-2 SUATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons, with both games going OVER the total.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have split their four games against the Buccaneers with third-year quarterback Cam Newton under center, as he\u2019s completed 63 percent of his passes and thrown six touchdowns and two interceptions.\u00a0 Carolina needs to get the ball into the hands of running back DeAngelo Williams, as the franchise has compiled an 18-4 record when finishing with 18 or more rushing attempts.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay will try to avoid its second 0-7 start to a season in five years, as it suffered a 31-23 defeat to the Atlanta Falcons as six-point road underdogs in Week 7, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 In each of the last four seasons, the two-game series between these rivals have ended in a sweep.\u00a0 The franchise is 11-14 all-time in this matchup, with a 5-7 record when playing at home.\u00a0 Tampa Bay is 7-20 SU and 11-15-1 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 15-11-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers will likely be led by rookie quarterback Mike Glennon for the fourth time this season, while star running back Doug Martin will likely miss this affair due to a shoulder injury.\u00a0 Glennon finished with a career-high 90.7 rating last week, while Martin accounted for 279 yards from scrimmage in his first two career games against the Panthers.\u00a0 Tampa Bay may find it hard to run the football against Carolina\u2014a team that ranks fourth in the league in allowing just 84.5 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Panthers due to the favorite being 9-2 ATS in the last 11 meetings.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Thursday, 10\/24\/13, 8:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Carolina -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Carolina -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 38.5 Current Total:\u00a0 40 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Carolina has won back-to-back games for the first time during the 2013 NFL season, which includes a 30-15 victory over the St. Louis Rams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3365,279,3715,5460,31,458],"class_list":["post-30856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-deangelo-williams","tag-mike-glennon","tag-nfl","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30857,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30856\/revisions\/30857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}