The Carolina Panthers are 60 minutes of football away from their first playoff berth since 2017. Or maybe it’s 120 minutes. We’ll explain more below, but the Panthers head into Week 18 with their highest win total since 2017 and showing signs of growth moving forward. They face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to close out the regular season in a game that could decide the NFC South champion. I say “could” because there is an usual clinching scenario for the Panthers.
The Panthers-Bucs matchup kicks off in Tampa at 4:3 p.m. ET on Saturday. The Panthers are field goal underdogs.
Carolina Panthers playoff berth clinching scenarios
If the Panthers beat the Bucs
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