Buccaneers have played in 12 straight one-score games

If the league office has a favorite team, it's currently the Buccaneers. Every week, their games remain exciting because they're undecided down to the end.

Tampa Bay has a current streak of 12 straight one-score games. Via NBC Sports research, it's tied for the third-longest streak of one-score games since the merger.

The 1989-90 Chargers had a 14-game streak, and the 2014-15 Ravens had a 13-game streak.

The bad news for the Bucs is that they're 3-9 in those games — and 1-5 on the season. They'll get quarterback Baker Mayfield back today in Carolina; he missed three games with a dislocated thumb suffered in Week 3 against the Vikings.

The good news for the Bucs is that, since 2020, they're 10-2 against the Panthers.