Fresh off of their Super Bowl appearance, the Carolina Panthers have struggled to open the 2016 season. Currently 1-3 and having recently dropped their first divisional game to Atlanta, the Panthers prepare for a Monday night game, without their starting quarterback Cam Newton. Opposite them on Monday will be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team that continues to improve but has also failed to produce results in the win column to begin the season.
Tampa Bay started the season on a high note, defeating the division leading Atlanta Falcons in the Georgia Dome.