NFL picks · 2026 Week 7 · Sunday, October 25

Buccaneers vs Panthers — final

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers, NFL Week 7. The game has been played. This page keeps what we said before kickoff next to what happened — the picks stay up whether they won or lost.

Final

TB 43 · CAR 13

The model's pick: Carolina Panthers by 3.2 — wrong.

PickPriceOur probabilityResult
CAR ML safest side-15059.7% LOSSclosed -150 · missed the close by 5¢
Over 44.5 value bet-11053.0% WINclosed 44.5 -110 · same number

Graded one unit per bet at the published price, exactly as it appeared on the board before kickoff. The whole week, pick by pick →

What we projected before kickoff

Carolina Panthers 25, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 22

Projected margin
CAR −3.2
market: CAR −3 · actual: TB by 30
Projected total
47
market: 44.5 · actual: 56

A projection is an expected outcome, not a promise. One game proves nothing about a model either way; the season-long record is what counts, and it is all here.

Where the line went
Spread
CAR -3
never moved
Total
44.5
never moved
CAR moneyline
-155 →-150
first posted, then the close

First price we posted, then the last one before kickoff (our final refresh, not the book's official close).

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