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Buccaneers vs. Panthers: Thursday Injury Report

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Time for the first injury report of the week for the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers.

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It’s almost like a mirage, isn’t it? The Buccaneers on Monday Night Football? To tell you the truth, it happens so infrequently that I had a mental block on it all week, thinking the game was on Sunday. But it’s true, the men from Tampa take the grand stage on Monday night to face the defending NFC champions.

So, hopefully everybody reading this post is safe from the path of Hurricane Matthew. It sounds as if the game will not be affected by the storm after all, but of course we will monitor.

With that said, we have the first injury report of the week. It’s a mixed bag of information, first for the Bucs:

Player	No.	Pos.	Injury	Thursday
Robert Ayers	91	DE	Ankle	Limited Participation
Doug Martin	22	RB	Hamstring	Did Not Participate
Gerald McCoy	93	DT	Calf	Did Not Participate
Clinton McDonald	98	DT	Hamstring	Limited Participation
Brandon Myers	82	TE	Hip	Limited Participation
Cecil Shorts III	10	WR	Hamstring	Did Not Participate
Charles Sims III	34	RB	Knee	Did Not Participate
Noah Spence	57	DE	Shoulder	Did Not Participate
Luke Stocker	88	TE	Ankle	Limited Participation
Keith Tandy	37	S	Calf	Did Not Participate

Wouldn’t it be nice to have Robert Ayers back this week? Even if he plays a limited role in the game, his presence gives the Panthers something to think about. They need him, especially as we learned earlier today about Spence’s injury. Stocker and Myers returned to practice as well, beefing up the tight end position.

The unfortunate news is that neither Doug Martin or Charles Sims practiced. If it plays out, that will put a lot on the shoulders of Jacquizz Rodgers.

Now for the Panthers:

Player	No.	Pos.	Injury	Thursday
James Bradberry	24	CB	Foot	Did Not Participate
Vernon Butler	92	DT	Ankle	Did Not Participate
Thomas Davis	58	LB	Hamstring	Did Not Participate
Devin Funchess	17	WR	Foot	Limited Participation
Ted Ginn, Jr.	19	WR	Foot	Limited Participation
Charles Johnson	95	DE	Quad	Did Not Participate
Ryan Kalil	67	C	Knee	Limited Participation
Star Lotulelei	98	DT	Shoulder	Limited Participation
Cam Newton	1	QB	Concussion	Did Not Participate
Michael Oher	73	T	Concussion	Did Not Participate
Mike Remmers	74	T	Shoulder	Limited Participation
Jonathan Stewart	28	RB	Hamstring	Did Not Participate
Mike Tolbert	35	RB	Hamstring	Limited Participation

Now isn’t that a nice long list of big names? Anyone else smiling about even the potential of a game against the Panthers without Newton, Stewart, Tolbert, and Thomas Davis, among others? That would certainly level the playing field for this big NFC South matchup.

We will monitor all of these injuries as the week concludes.

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