It feels like a division that no one wants, but someone is going to have to take.
The NFC South is up for grabs as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers meet twice in the next three weeks, beginning this Sunday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
With such high stakes, you'll want to add some Buccaneers vs. Panthers anytime touchdown picks to your docket. Read below for my free NFL picks and Buccaneers vs. Panthers predictions.
Buccaneers anytime touchdown pick
Mike Evans anytime TD (+175 at FanDuel)
It hasn’t been a great year for Tampa’s all-time leading receiver, but Mike Evans has a chance to be a difference-maker and help propel his team into the postseason.
He has just one TD catch in five games this year, but he’s coming off his best effort of the season, and his first since returning from a broken collarbone.
Evans finished the game against Atlanta with six catches for 132 yards last week.
He has traditionally feasted on Carolina's defense, and has 12 TD catches in his last nine games against the Panthers, failing to find the end zone just twice in that stretch.
Panthers anytime touchdown pick
Tetairoa McMillan anytime TD (+155 at FanDuel)
Tampa’s defense was picked apart by Kirk Cousins last week, a guy who was dismantled by the Seahawks’ defense the week prior and looked like his playing days were soon to be over.
That 373-yard, 3-TD pass effort was hopefully studied hard by the Panthers this week, because there are spots all over that secondary that can be exploited.
The guy who should fit right into that space is rookie Tetairoa McMillan.
McMillan failed to find the end zone for the first time in four games last week against New Orleans, but he should figure prominently into Carolina's passing attack against Tampa.
Tampa is Bottom 3 in passing yards allowed. McMillan can hopefully turn some of those chunk plays into trips to the end zone.
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