Buccaneers-Panthers: A “Must Win” For Tampa Bay?

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Published: October 15, 2009

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... even sound silly.

But for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a win this Sunday against Carolina is dead-serious business.

It is because this Buccaneers team is hemorrhaging. It is bleeding badly. Someone needs to get a tourniquet on this group that is 0-5...and the five have been pretty ugly.

There was no chance to win last week in Philly, but it is different with these 1-3 Carolina Panthers. Yes, those Panthers who are struggling mightily themselves.

Their quarterback, Jake Delhomme, is a shell of his old self. He's playing poorly and perhaps that's an understatement. 

This team that was a running machine last season cannot run the football. And they cannot stop the run—the two mortal sins of football.

Which brings us to Sunday.

Somehow, someway, this game managed to avoid the NFL television blackout policy. Now, the Buccaneers need to make sure that they don't blackout on the field. They need to run a gut check. They need to s...

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