{"id":647109,"date":"2026-01-02T03:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T03:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647109\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T03:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T03:18:02","slug":"emeka-egbuka-week-18-preview-vs-the-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647109\/","title":{"rendered":"Emeka Egbuka Week 18 Preview vs. the Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emeka Egbuka will be running routes against the 14th-ranked passing defense in the NFL when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Carolina Panthers in Week 18, on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Egbuka has put up a team-leading 930-yard campaign so far (58.1 yards receiving per game) with six TDs, reeling in 62 passes on 124 targets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62735?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1441&amp;pb=959275&amp;cid=axsIC253rv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on Fubo<\/a> (Regional restrictions may apply).<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/98rock.iheart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">98 Rock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Egbuka vs. the Panthers<\/p>\n<p>Egbuka vs the Panthers (since 2021): 1 GP \/ 40 REC YPG \/ 0 REC TD<br \/>\nFive players have recorded 100 or more receiving yards in a game against Carolina in the 2025 season.<br \/>\nThe Panthers have conceded a TD pass to 18 opposing players this year.<br \/>\nCarolina has allowed just one player to grab at least two TD catches against it in a matchup on the season.<br \/>\nEgbuka will play against the NFL&#8217;s 14th-ranked pass defense this week. The Panthers concede 204.3 passing yards per contest.<br \/>\nSo far this year, the Panthers have allowed 19 passing TDs to opponents, averaging 1.2 per game. That ranks eighth in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62736?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1422&amp;pb=959284&amp;cid=axsIC253rv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catch every NFL touchdown with NFL RedZone on Fubo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Egbuka Receiving Insights<\/p>\n<p>In eight of 16 games this year, Egbuka has topped the over on his receiving yards prop bet.<br \/>\nEgbuka has been targeted on 124 of his team&#8217;s 536 passing attempts this season (23.1% target share).<br \/>\nHe is averaging 7.5 yards per target (64th in NFL play), averaging 930 yards on 124 passes thrown his way.<br \/>\nIn five of 16 games this season, Egbuka has a touchdown catch, including one game with multiple TD grabs.<br \/>\nHe has six total touchdowns this season (15.8% of his team&#8217;s 38 offensive TDs).<br \/>\nEgbuka (10 red zone targets) has been targeted 17.9% of the time in the red zone (56 total red zone pass attempts on the team).<\/p>\n<p>Get in the game and sign up for FanDuel Fantasy today. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/70562?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=4416&amp;cid=axsIC253rv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to start playing daily fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Egbuka&#8217;s Recent Performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emeka Egbuka will be running routes against the 14th-ranked passing defense in the NFL when his Tampa Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2567,61566,702,7,6,236,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-647109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-panthers","10":"tag-carolinapanthers","11":"tag-ds-sports","12":"tag-emeka-egbuka","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-panthers","16":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}