{"id":1278,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1278","headline":"Buccaneers rout Panthers, crash the NFC South party","dek":"Tampa Bay sacked Bryce Young five times and never let Carolina's top-ranked passing attack get comfortable.","body":"The Buccaneers walked into Bank of America Stadium and took the Panthers' good vibes with them on the way out. Carolina had won two straight and come into the game first in the NFC South, with Bryce Young fresh off a bye and putting up numbers that made the Panthers offense look like one of the league's best. None of that mattered once the ball was snapped.\n\nTampa Bay's defense swarmed Young all afternoon, sacking him five times and keeping Carolina's offense from ever finding rhythm. The Panthers' attack, which had been averaging big passing numbers and ranked near the top of the league in production, simply never showed up.\n\nThe loss is a reminder that the Buccaneers, despite their own offensive struggles this season, still have a defense capable of wrecking a game plan. For Carolina, it is a step back after a promising start, and a sign that the division race is far from settled.","published_at":"2026-10-26T22:20:53.943122+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Everything goes wrong for Panthers as Buccaneers dominate, signal they're an NFC South threat","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7723622/2026/10/25/buccaneers-panthers-nfl-week-7-result-takeaways/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Live stream Panthers vs Buccaneers for free: Watch NFL Week 5, TV channel","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/live-stream-panthers-vs-buccaneers-152500104.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"How to Watch Buccaneers vs. Panthers: TV Channel, Live Stream, Time - October 25, 2026","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/how-to-watch-buccaneers-vs-panthers-tv-channel-live-stream-time-october-25-2026"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL predictions: Scores and picks for Week 7 between the Buccaneers and Panthers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-predictions-scores-picks-week-121315793.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers game recap: Everything we know from Week 7","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/carolina-panthers-vs-tampa-bay-195019432.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL Week 7 Recap: Buccaneers dominate Panthers in 43-13 victory behind strong defensive performance","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-week-7-recap-buccaneers-200013741.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Buccaneers run wild as defense overwhelms Panthers in Week 7","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/buccaneers-run-wild-defense-overwhelms-205524981.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Buccaneers Week 7 Top Performers at Carolina Panthers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/buccaneers-week-7-top-performers-205402936.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"5 Takeaways From Buccaneers’ Destruction of the Carolina Panthers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/5-takeaways-buccaneers-destruction-carolina-035215577.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"5 Takeaways From Buccaneers’ Destruction of the Carolina Panthers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/5-takeaways-buccaneers-destruction-carolina-035215837.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Panthers have 'multitude of questions' to answer after disaster vs. Bucs","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/panthers-multitude-questions-answer-disaster-144513251.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"4 overreactions from the Buccaneers' dominant win over Panthers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/4-overreactions-buccaneers-dominant-win-194536197.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFC South Week 7 Review: Upsets close the gap in the division","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfc-south-week-7-review-200000113.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/10/25155407/panthers-bucs-scaled.jpg","credit":"The Athletic","width":2560},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}