Win-loss predictions for the Buccaneers 2019 season
Week 2 at Carolina Panthers on Thursday Night Football
Coming off of week one, a very short week of practices for the Buccaneers as they prepare to travel to take on divisional rival Carolina Panthers. The big question surrounding this game is Cam Newton‘s health as he recovers from a shoulder injury and the first time Gerald McCoy will line up against the Bucs rather than for them.
Carolina is one of those teams that always fights the Bucs hard and this could be no different. The difference could be on Cam Newton and the Panthers have home-field advantage playing in Charlotte, a place where the Bucs rarely win very often and turnovers always seem to be a frequent occurrence.
Panthers win 35-28 (1-1)
Week 3 vs New York Giants
This is the last home game for a whole seven weeks for the Buccaneers as they travel to New York to take on the Giants. The big blue are still seemingly in rebuild mode and a lot of people wonder just how much longer quarterback Eli Manning will stay around.
Last year the Bucs lost at the Meadowlands in a close game, a game that could have been avoided by a lot of miscues and turnovers. Eli was in his Super Bowl MVP form and he picked apart a bad Bucs’ defense, making the key to this game containing Manning in the pocket and getting pressure from the front seven.
In this prediction, the Buccaneers rebound from the loss to the Panthers last week and win this game against the G-men.