It didn’t seem possible that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could lose three straight divisional games to fall out of first place in the NFC South, but here we are.

Lathan Ransom picked off Baker Mayfield, which sealed the Carolina Panthers' 23-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Also notable in the early window is the NFL debut of rookie Quinn Ewers, starting in place of Tua Tagovailoa, who was benched after a dreadful Week 15 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in primetime. Ewers, a seventh-round pick out of Texas, threw for 9,128 yards, 68 touchdowns and 24 interceptions over 36 games with the Longhorns.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had a struggling pass rush for some time now, and that's the last thing they need against a Carolina Panthers offense susceptible

NFL reporter Sara Walsh joins "The Insiders" to preview the critical divisional matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers with major playoff stakes on the line.

First place in the division is on the line on Sunday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers tied for first at 7-7 on the season, and they'll meet twice in the final three weeks in matchups that will likely decide who makes the 2025 NFL playoffs.

Everyone thought that the millennial generation of star quarterbacks was coming to an end with the influx of the new style of play of the younger generation qua