Panthers still missing Newton, 3 other starters at practice

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers will get together on Monday Night Football in Week 5.

One of them – right guard Trai Turner – was penalized during the game and fined $24,309 for exhibiting verbal abuse against an official.

Coming off an 11-sack season, Kawann Short has been as quiet as a church mouse through four games, with one sack to his credit.

“I just think we try and do the best we can to protect him”, Panthers coach Ron Rivera said earlier this week. He appeared dazed, but was not taken from the game for medical evaluation. For the defending NFC conference champs, it all starts with a win against a weaker team. However, Alexander leads the Bucs with 38 tackles and in two games last season, Alexander and company limited Olsen to just a pair of receptions in each contest. Adding to the task is several injuries that have created uncertainties.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will miss the Monday Night #Football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers due to a concussion. Even with Newton out and Derek Anderson starting under center for the defending NFC champions, 54% of public bettors are now laying the points with Carolina. Cam Newton and Michael Oher are both in concussion protocol, where there’s virtually no way of predicting how long they will be out.

He completed 49 of 74 pass attempts for 501 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in his other two starts for the Panthers.

“It’s that next man up mentality”.

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If Winston is sharp, he might uncover some cracks in the Panthers, who have defensive issues to sort through. But the 175 points that the Falcons have scored through the team’s first five games of the season are the most in franchise history.

“He’s been progressing through the protocol”, Rivera said. “We have starters that are injured and guys that have lost their jobs, so it is important for us to rally around each other”. He will be cleared, and he will be ready to play in this game.

Tampa Bay’s Gerald McCoy leads all National Football League defensive tackles with 28 sacks since 2012. The main problem has been the lack of turnovers as the Bucs enter minus-9 in that department.

This week, Koetter said he’s “very concerned” with Winston’s performance, but told reporters that he didn’t believe Winston was regressing from his rookie year. We’ve got to make our own luck, because nobody’s feeling sorry for us. He has got to be able to cut our losses.

Jacquizz is not going to intimidate the Panthers by any means, but should receive an abundance of carries and targets in the pass attack, and by default, rack up over 100 total yards and one TD. The Panther’s defense is not the same as previous year and it has hurt them this season. “(The two-point conversion) was a play where he had receivers out in routes and he elected to run with it.

BUCS UP FRONT: The Bucs were without starters – Gerald McCoy (calf) and Clinton McDonald (hamstring) and defensive end Robert Ayers (ankle) – out with injuries. “They’re no fun, especially for the players”. We’re gonna build around Jameis.

The Panthers threw a lot of different looks at Jones to try to slow him down, including benching starting strong safety Tre Boston for a few plays in favor of Colin Jones. Benwikere broke his leg in December and missed the team’s playoff run, but went into 2016 expecting to be a key piece in that secondary once again.

Tampa Bay (1-3) also is in rough shape health-wise. While these players generally come with pretty low floors in the fantasy game, there is always the chance that you hit the jackpot and find a player who lights up the scoreboard. The Buccaneers are also 0-6 SU and 1-5 ATS in their last six games against the Panthers. They’ll meet in this season’s finale in Tampa, Fla.