//Five things to watch: Buccaneers at Panthers

Five things to watch: Buccaneers at Panthers

Protect Bridgewater Better

Burns and fellow defensive end Marquis Haynes lead the Panthers with 3.0 sacks each. The Bucs have four players with at least 4.0 sacks (Jason Pierre-Paul – 6.5, Devin White – 5.0, Shaquil Barrett – 4.0, Ndamukong Suh – 4.0).

Half of Suh’s sacks this season came in Week 2 against Teddy Bridgewater and the Panthers, who allowed a total of five sacks and 23 pressures.

“There were a lot of things that we didn’t do well, especially up front protecting the quarterback,” head coach Matt Rhule said this week.

The Bucs blitzed a bunch in that first matchup, and they likely will again looking to take advantage of a Panthers’ offense that’s allowed QB pressure on 33 percent of pass attempts during this current four-game losing streak.

In their six losses this season, the Panthers