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Game 16

Stinking Panthers (4-11) at Bucs (8-7)

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally) with Ian Eagle, Charles Davis and Evan Washburn.

Streaming: NFL+, Paramount+. (Geographic restrictions apply; subscription may be required).

Radio: Buccaneers Radio Network WXTB-FM 97.9 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region (Transmisiones de radio en español en WTMP-FM 96.1 y WMGG-AM 1470 en Tampa). Additional stations throughout Florida on the Buccaneers Radio Network can be found here. The game also will be broadcast on SiriusXM Channel 230 (Buccaneers Radio Network feed).

Weather: Going to be a hit-and-miss wet day today, per AccuWeather.com. Early in the morning and during the second half, as of midnight Sunday, AccuWeather is predicting thunderstorms. But, as with Florida weather in the winter, it is just as likely to rain heavily on and off all day. So pack your rain gear. Temperatures for tailgaters will be in the low-70s and should climb to 76 in the second half.

Odds: Per Hard Rock Bet, as of midnight, Bucs -8 (-450); over/under 48.

Referees: Clay Martin and his gang lean ever so slightly to the away teams. Home teams are 47-44 in the career of Clay Martin and his outfit. However, home teams in division games in Martin’s career are slightly below .500 at 13-15.  Overall, Martin and his posse are 10th in the NFL in flags thrown. However, Martin and his gang have thrown the fourth-most penalties on home teams (103).

Injuries: Stinking Panthers — Out LB Josey Jewell (head/neck/quad), CB Chau Smith-Wade (illness/chest). Doubtful: CB Jaycee Horn (hip), T Taylor Moten (knee). Questionable: OLB Jadeveon Clowney (knee/elbow), OLB Cam Gil (illness), WR Xavier Leggette (hip/wrist), G Damien Lewis (illness/ankle), DE A’Shawn Robinson (knee/illness), OLB D.J. Wonnum (shoulder/knee). Bucs — Out: TE Cade Otton (knee), WR Sterling Sheperd (hamstring/foot), S Antoine Winfield (knee). Questionable: ILB K.J. Britt (ankle), WR Kameron Johnson (ankle), S Jordan Whitehead (pec).

Outlook: Must-win. That’s the way the Bucs have to look at this. Must-win. Oh, the Bucs could still choke away this game, but then would have to pray that the Dixie Chicks lose two straight. Highly, highly unlikely. The Bucs painted themselves into this corner. Gagging away a late-lead in Atlanta, coughing up a bad game against Atlanta a second time and then showing up like homeless people in Dallas acting fully unprepared, playing sloppier than sloppy football and allowed Troy Aikman Cooper Rush to slice and dice the defense in the first half — Kirk Cousins style! Are the Bucs desperate? Joe would say, yes. They let Bucs sack king Shaq Barrett walk last offseason (for good reason as it appeared Father Time caught up with him). Now, with no training camp, no practices the Bucs are hoping Shaq comes in (if activated) and rescues an embarrassing, shameful edge rush where backup outside linebacker Anthony Nelson leads all Bucs edge rushers in sacks (three). The amount of draft capital the organization has spent on edge rushers this decade only to see damn near zero to show for it is a complete and total embarrassment. So yeah, bringing Shaq out of mothballs tells Joe not only have the Bucs given up on their edge rushers not named “Nelson,” but are borderline panicking. This is right up there when former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik signed slovenly Albert Haynesworth in a desperate, panic move to try to get a pass rush. Haynesworth of course didn’t get one sack in eight games and he never played another snap of football after he finished the 2011 season with the Bucs. Look, Joe loves Shaq and this move it’s a bad move. More of a “Hail Mary.” But sometimes a “Hail Mary” works. But let’s be real. Shaq retired and hasn’t played a down of football since last January. Of course, Joe hopes he has something, anything left in his tank. But that’s where the Bucs are, in part, because of too many slip-ups and bad games and scant production. The Bucs are on the cusp of elimination. They now have to play for two wins these next two weeks and light a candle the Commandos handle the Dixie Chicks tonight. Since it should be a rainy day today and the Stinking Panthers have the NFL’s worst run defense, Joe would pound the ball. We shall see what happens. Cross your fingers, Bucs fans.

Fun facts: Last week Stinking Panthers QB Bryce Young had his first two-touchdown game. … WR Adam Thielen had eight catches for 99 yards and a touchdown in the overtime loss to the Bucs earlier this month. WR David Moore had five catches against the Bucs in the teams’ last meeting. … OLB Jadeveon Clowney had a sack against the Bucs in Week 13. Looks for his fourth road game in a row with a tackle for loss. … CB Mike Jackson is fifth in the NFL with 14 pass breakups. … Bucs QB Baker Mayfield and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow are the only quarterbacks with at least five games with 300 or more yards with two touchdown passes. If Mayfield throws one touchdown pass today, he will join Tom Brady as the only Bucs quarterbacks to throw for at least 35 touchdowns in a single season. Brady did it twice with 40 and 43 touchdowns. Mayfield currently leads all NFC quarterbacks with 34 touchdowns thrown. … With seven catches last week giving him 50 catches this season, RB Rachaad White joins Alvin Kamara as only the second running back with 50 catches in each of his first three seasons in the NFL. … WR Mike Evans needs 182 receiving yards for his 11th-consecutive 1,000-yard season. … ILB Lavonte David is one tackle for loss away from becoming the first player in 24 seasons to reach 10 seasons of 100 tackles and 10 tackles for loss in the same season. … DT Calijah Kancey has 6.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss in 10 games this season. … OLB YaYa Diaby has two sacks in three career games against Carolina.