Buccaneers vs. Panthers: Who Will Overcome Coaching Woes?
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00:02 An NFC South divisional duel on Sunday in Tampa Bay.
00:07 And it's one of those spots after Carolina fired Frank Reich on Monday morning.
00:13 What do the Panthers do for the rest of this season?
00:17 The evaluation piece of the Bryce Young story in his rookie campaign after also
00:22 letting go of the quarterback coach in Charlotte, Josh McCown, an assistant head
00:26 coach and running backs coach, Deuce Staley as well.
00:30 It's a five and a half point spread in favor of the Buccaneers.
00:34 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been booked as a favorite three previous times this
00:38 year, Mike, but never more than laying a field goal on that spread.
00:43 Now it's five and a half.
00:45 Do you think we see, Mike Blewett, that interim bump on Sunday in Tampa?
00:50 >> Yeah, I've obviously seen it.
00:53 The Steelers, after firing Matt Canada, had a nice offensive output, only 16 points.
00:58 But I think there were some trends there that we think the Steelers might be
01:01 playing a little bit better.
01:02 We've seen this in other instances as well.
01:05 I just really don't, look,
01:09 David Tepper is obviously earning a reputation as a meddlesome owner.
01:13 He's earned that now.
01:15 He's firing guys midseason for the second year in a row.
01:19 I think Frank Reich made some mistakes in handing off the play calling and
01:23 pulling it back.
01:24 I think it's a little confusing.
01:25 But when I watch the Panthers, I don't really think that it's a matter of
01:29 poor coaching.
01:31 Now, that could contribute, but
01:33 I see Bryce Young getting swallowed up on nearly every play.
01:37 I just really don't see that he has a supporting cast that's helpful.
01:41 Adam Thielen is the only reliable player on the entire offense.
01:44 It's a Chuba Hubbard, Miles Sanders back and forth.
01:47 Terrence Marshall and the other wide receivers in that core are absent for
01:51 the entire year.
01:53 I just don't even really see what they can do to help Bryce all that much other
01:58 than try to protect him.
02:00 It's not like they don't have resources in that offensive line.
02:02 They're just not playing like it.
02:05 I understand why people wanna bet on the interim bump, and five and
02:07 a half feels like a lot for a Tampa team that doesn't score all that much.
02:10 But I just don't really see a lot of positives the rest of the year for
02:14 the Panthers.
02:15 It just doesn't really feel like a coaching issue to me.
02:17 It feels like ownership all the way down.
02:20 They've failed the team and
02:22 not supported their number one overall pick with enough talent.
02:24 So I wouldn't feel comfortable laying the five and a half.
02:28 I just don't think the Panthers are gonna do much for
02:30 the rest of the year offensively.
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