The Tampa Bay Buccaneers follow up a three-game homestand with a trip to Charlotte, North Carolina in Week 16 for a game that holds their season in the balance. After consecutive losses to New Orleans and Atlanta, Tampa Bay has slipped to 7-7 on the season and will head into Week 16 either a game behind the Panthers in the NFC South or in a tie for first place, depending upon Carolina's results in New Orleans on Sunday.

The Buccaneers fell out of first place in the division, at least for now, after failing to protect a 14-point fourth-quarter lead in a 29-28 walk-off loss to the Falcons. Atlanta converted a do-or-die third-and-28 situation on the game-winning drive with a pair of long sideline completions by Kirk Cousins, including a 21-yard strike to WR David Sills on fourth and 14. The

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