Week 4

Good afternoon, football fans!
Today's featured game is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visiting the Carolina Panthers. Both teams are 2-1 and appear to be the only two contenders in the formerly competitive NFC South. The Saints, after their amazing, unexpected and heartwarming run to the NFC championship last year, have fallen on hard times, sporting an 0-3 record and failing to score more than 14 points in any of their games. The Falcons', also 0-3, have troubles of their own, having traded away their valuable backup QB Matt Schaub and Michael Vick being indicted on federal charges.

The Panther have their own problems as well. Panthers starting QB Jake Delhomme is out with an elbow injury and David Carr will start in his stead. On the other side of the ball, their vaunted defense has recorded 2 sacks, one by starting tackle Kris Jenkins, the other by backup Kindal Moorehead.
The Bucs have won two games in a row after dropping their season opener to Seattle, and have explicitly said they will not provoke Steve Smith, who likes to retaliate to criticism by scoring touchdowns in bunches. Jon Gruden's defense is key as it has been since the Buccaneer's run to Super Bowl XXXVII. Their offense has been solid, if not stellar thus far this season, with unknown Earnest Graham scoring almost half their running touchdowns and the aging but mobile Jeff Garcia at the helm. Let's play some football!