Buccaneers @ Panthers · Week 7

WEEK 7 · FINAL

THE READ

74 points between Buccaneers and Panthers

40-34, and neither defence wants to watch it back. Bryce Young was steady for Panthers — 17/26, 307 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT. Baker Mayfield threw for Buccaneers — 14/26, 352 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT — in a losing effort. That is 7 straight games over 250 for Baker Mayfield. Through the air: Buccaneers 352, Panthers 307.

Sierra Vaughn Analyst

THE WIDER PICTURE

Team	SRS	SOS	MARGIN	TO +/-
Buccaneers	-8.6	-1.1	-7.5	-25
Panthers	-5.4	-2.9	-2.5	-2

SRS is how many points a side beats an average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20. SOS is how hard that schedule has been. Full table.

Panthers — NFC #4 · division · 9-8 Playoff picture →

IN THE BOOTH

Ava Collins Beat reporter

Carolina's offensive line held up just enough. Tampa Bay allowed 7 sacks and coughed it up 4 times—that's not a shootout you win, no matter how many yards Mayfield puts up.

Jordan Hayes The armchair coach · replying

Carolina's line gave up 7 sacks and still won—that's the difference between a team that's clicking and one that isn't. Tampa Bay can't turn it over 4 times and expect to compete, but the real story is how far the Panthers have come from earlier in the season.

They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.

Bryce Young

Panthers

17/26, 307 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT

Baker Mayfield

Buccaneers

14/26, 352 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT

Yaya Diaby

Buccaneers

2 sacks

THE STORY SO FAR

🔥 Baker Mayfield has now cleared 250 passing yards in 7 straight games.

⭐ Bryce Young has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Trevor Etienne has not had a better afternoon this season.

⭐ Tetairoa McMillan has not had a better afternoon this season.

💎 Ted Hurst III is 80 overall and sits 4 in the league in receiving yards.

📉 Bucky Irving is still searching for it: 59 rushing yards a game across his last three, against an average of 105.

WHAT DECIDED IT

Through the air Buccaneers 352, Panthers 307 Buccaneers

On the ground Panthers 111, Buccaneers 75 Panthers

Total yards Buccaneers 427, Panthers 418 Buccaneers

Pressure Panthers 2 sacks, Buccaneers 7 Buccaneers

THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.

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THE MATCHUP SCOUT every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling

LEAGUE DATA counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it

Pass-heavy Pass 65% · Rush 35% · 24.8 scored, 32.2 allowed

8.2 yds/att 54.6% completions 5.0 yds/carry 375.8 yds/game 2.5 giveaways/game 6.3% sack rate last 5: 1-4

Primary weapon: Ted Hurst III WR — 33% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY HIGH

SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 51 · Aggressive Balance 85 Ball security 29 Back usage 32% QB runs 1.6/game

Most exposed: ball security -- 2.5 giveaways a game

PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only

QB 82 WR 82 TE 76 RB 84 OL 82 DL 84 LB 78 DB 84

Best: Tristan Wirfs LT 95 Fastest: Ted Hurst III WR 92 SPD 9 at star dev or better

Out: Demonte Capehart DT 72 · 6wk · JJ Roberts SS 65 · 4wk

YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic

HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season

Casp

Panthers · his last 8 games

Balanced

Pass / run59% / 41% Points for / against25.9 — 30.1 Margin-4.2 Giveaways a game1.8 Sacks taken8.6% of dropbacks Lead backTrevor Etienne · 9.9/g Top targetXavier Legette · 21% QB carries3.1 a game

Bigdaddyray

Buccaneers · his last 8 games

Throws it Gives it away

Pass / run65% / 35% Points for / against21.1 — 31.6 Margin-10.5 Giveaways a game2.1 Sacks taken8.2% of dropbacks Lead backBucky Irving · 13.0/g Top targetEmeka Egbuka · 35% QB carries1.6 a game

Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.

THE SERIES Bigdaddyray against Casp — the men, not the teams

Casp leads it 2-0. Casp has won 2 straight.

2 meetings avg 36.0 — 39.5 biggest: 6 pts to Casp

S1 · week 12 Bigdaddyray 38 — 39 Casp CASP

S1 · week 7 Bigdaddyray 34 — 40 Casp CASP

Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.

MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push

Buccaneers receivers vs Panthers secondary 82 v 82 EVEN

Panthers receivers vs Buccaneers secondary 81 v 84 BUCCANEERS

Buccaneers line vs Panthers front 82 v 85 PANTHERS

Panthers line vs Buccaneers front 82 v 84 EVEN

Buccaneers backs vs Panthers run defence 84 v 83 EVEN

Panthers backs vs Buccaneers run defence 80 v 82 EVEN

Buccaneers passer vs Panthers secondary 82 v 82 EVEN

Panthers passer vs Buccaneers secondary 84 v 84 EVEN

TOP PERFORMERS

Baker Mayfield QB Buccaneers 352 pass yds

Bryce Young QB Panthers 307 pass yds

Tetairoa McMillan WR Panthers 137 rec yds

Ted Hurst III WR Buccaneers 132 rec yds

Emeka Egbuka WR Buccaneers 115 rec yds

Chris Brazzell II WR Panthers 110 rec yds

Trevor Etienne HB Panthers 96 rush yds

Bucky Irving HB Buccaneers 71 rush yds

Yaya Diaby REDG Buccaneers 2 sacks

Nic Scourton LEDG Panthers 1.5 sacks

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BOX SCORE

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Baker Mayfield QB	14/26	352	2	3	2	65	85

PANTHERS

PLAYER	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SCK	LNG	RTG
Bryce Young QB	17/26	307	3	2	7	69	112.1

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Bucky Irving HB	16	71	4.4	2	1	17	38	1
Kenny Gainwell HB	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	0
Ted Hurst III WR	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
Cade Otton TE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

PANTHERS

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	BTK	YAC	LNG	FUM
Trevor Etienne HB	16	96	6	1	0	20	35	0
Bryce Young QB	1	11	11	0	0	2	11	1
Chuba Hubbard HB	3	4	1.3	0	0	2	7	0
Tetairoa McMillan WR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Ted Hurst III WR	3	132	44	1	16	65
Emeka Egbuka WR	4	115	28.8	0	29	48
Cade Otton TE	3	45	15	0	25	19
Chris Godwin Jr WR	2	34	17	0	2	30
Bucky Irving HB	2	26	13	1	29	19

PANTHERS

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	YAC	LNG
Tetairoa McMillan WR	5	137	27.4	1	72	69
Chris Brazzell II WR	5	110	22	2	37	52
Xavier Legette WR	4	28	7	0	21	12
Tommy Tremble TE	1	22	22	0	1	22
Trevor Etienne HB	1	-5	-5	0	1	0

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD	FF
Vita Vea DT	5	2	0	0	0
Yaya Diaby REDG	4	2	0	0	0
Antoine Winfield Jr FS	4	0	0	1	0
Tykee Smith SS	3	0	1	1	0
Josiah Trotter MIKE	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Anzalone WILL	2	0	0	0	0
Keionte Scott CB	2	0	0	2	0
Jacob Parrish CB	2	1	0	0	0
Benjamin Morrison CB	2	1	1	0	0
Rueben Bain Jr. LEDG	1	0	0	0	0
Calijah Kancey DT	1	1	0	0	1
Zyon McCollum CB	1	0	0	0	0

PANTHERS

PLAYER	TKL	SCK	INT	PD
Trevin Wallace WILL	4	0	0	1
Nic Scourton LEDG	3	1.5	0	1
Mike Jackson CB	3	0	0	0
Tre'von Moehrig FS	3	0	2	1
Devin Lloyd MIKE	2	0	0	0
Lathan Ransom SS	1	0	0	0
Jackson Kuwatch MIKE	1	0	0	0
Chau Smith-Wade CB	1	0	0	0
Claudin Cherelus SAM	1	0	0	0
Zakee Wheatley FS	1	0	0	0
Akayleb Evans CB	1	0	0	0
Jaelan Phillips REDG	0	0.5	0	0
Jaycee Horn CB	0	0	0	1

BUCCANEERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Chase McLaughlin K	2/3	4/4	53

PANTHERS

PLAYER	FG	XP	LNG
Ryan Fitzgerald K	2/2	4/4	34

RECENT FORM

Buccaneers

L 24–28 vs Steelers WK 6

L 27–45 vs Cowboys WK 5

W 41–33 vs Packers WK 4

Panthers

L 21–35 vs Eagles WK 6

L 10–44 vs Lions WK 4

L 20–26 vs Browns WK 3

TEAM STATS

Buccaneers		Panthers
427	TOTAL YARDS	418
352	PASSING YARDS	307
75	RUSHING YARDS	111
2	SACKS ALLOWED	7
7	SACKS MADE	2
4	GIVEAWAYS	3
3	TAKEAWAYS	2

Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.

ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD

0 BUCCANEERS — 2 PANTHERS

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