T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

I like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cover the spread against the Carolina Panthers in this game on Sunday. The Buccaneers had won 4 games in a row and they were really starting to heat up until they hit a bump in the road last week with a very bad 9-0 loss to the Saints. That was the 1st time in many years that Tom Brady was completely shut out in a game and he was visibly upset about it on the sideline as he smashed 1 of their tablets that he was using. Brady has a competitive fire in him that is still burning strong at his age and this is not the type of loss that he is just going to forget about and move on to the next game. That was a loss that is going to linger with him until he proves he is not that guy and I think he is going to have a big game here just to make up for the way they played in that last game. Their offense had scored 30+ points in 4 games in a row before getting shut out by the Saints. The Panthers have not been having a great year and they have lost 4 games in a row now. They started the year 3-0 but they have slipped to last place in their division and their year is pretty much over now. They have had to deal with injuries to their QB and their star RB McCaffrey and the hill has become too steep to climb for them. The Buccaneers are looking to wrap this division up and they can do that with a win here. I think because they scored 0 points in their previous game that Brady is going to overcompensate now and put up a ton of points here. The Panthers have been struggling to win games with Cam Newton and their current QB situation and I expect that to continue here. I like the Buccaneers to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 45-13 Buccaneers.