The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are set to face the Carolina Panthers in a game crucial to the team's playoff chances on Sunday. On Saturday, Carolina put its biggest offensive weapon on injured reserve. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on Saturday that Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard is headed to injured reserve for a knee and calf injury just a day before the Buccaneers face off against the Panthers.

The Panthers will have to slow down Bucs WR Mike Evans in Week 17, and they’ll have to do it without CB Jaycee Horn.

The Buccaneers opened between 7.5 and 8.5-point favorites with the line seeing minimal movement at most books. Tampa Bay is 9-6 ATS this season while Carolina is 7-8, but the Panthers have covered in six of their last seven. Both the Buccaneers and Panthers are among the best Over bets in the NFL with the Buccaneers 10-5 and the Panthers 11-4.