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Shaquil Barrett Jersey , Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are shutting down quarterback Jameis Winston for at least two weeks in hopes the condition of
his injured throwing shoulder improves.The third-year quarterback sat out the
second half of Sunday’s 30-10 loss to the New Orleans Saints after being sacked
late in the second quarter and landing on the shoulder he initially hurt at
Arizona on Oct. 15.The first overall pick in the 2015 draft has made 40
consecutive starts to begin his NFL career. That streak will end Sunday, when
the Bucs (2-6) will try to end a five-game skid with Ryan Fitzpatrick replacing
Winston against the New York Jets.“He’s going to be out for the next couple of
weeks,” coach Dirk Koetter said Monday, when a MRI was performed on Winston,
who’s thrown for 1,920 yards, 10 touchdowns and six interceptions this
season.Winston has played through the injury, originally diagnosed as an AC
joint sprain
Mike Alstott Jersey White , the past three games. Koetter said the latest MRI showed “a lot of medical terms that I’m not an expert on, but that he
needs to be off for a couple of weeks.”The Bucs also plan to activate
third-string quarterback Ryan Griffin, who is on injured reserve but can return.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers just walked into a buzzsaw. Call it a bad omen, call it
lack of awareness - call it whatever you want. Just six days after getting
exposed on Monday Night Football, the Bucs were unable to correct the mistakes
they made against the Steelers and they paid for it dearly on Sunday.A road game
on a short week against an elite defense is never a good spot to be in when you
play in the NFL and the Bucs were reminded of that against Chicago.Before the
season started, a 2-2 record heading into the bye week would have been deemed a
good position to be in when considering the circumstances heading into the
season and the team’s extremely difficult opening schedule.But the way the
season started compared to where the Bucs are at now is a major disappointment
and there are nothing but questions ahead for the team and the coaching
staff.Tampa Bay couldn’t stop the Bears offense. Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY
SportsHow in the hell do they fix the defense? Will they ever be able to
manufacture any type of rushing attack? What are they going to do about the
injuries in the secondary? Those are just the highlights of the list of unknowns
that this team will have to figure out. “We just weren’t executing,” safety
Justin Evans said after another defensive performance that saw another Bucs’
opponent gain over 400 yards and handed Mitchell Trubisky a career day passing
the ball. Evans was responsible for giving up the first touchdown to Trey Burton
after falling down due to biting on Burton’s route fake. Whether it be
execution, scheme
Lavonte David Jersey , or play-calling - the Bucs are currently stuck in the mud and they aren’t doing the key things well enough to get out. Since their
Week 1 victory against the Saints, the Bucs have yet to go over 100 yards
rushing as a team, they are 10/31 on third down, (-6) in turnover margin, and
are under 50% when it comes to scoring touchdowns in the red zone. When you
don’t come out on the right side in any of the aforementioned categories, it’s
next to impossible to win games in the NFL and right now, it doesn’t look like
the Bucs know how to stop the bleeding. “We were horrific in all aspects of the
game today,” a pissed Dirk Koetter said at the podium after the loss. When asked
about whether or not any changes should be in made in terms of the defensive
coordinator position Koetter was exasperated in his response.To say the Bucs are
at a crossroads right now is a bit of a reach
http://www.buccaneerslockerroom.com/authentic-noah-spence-jersey , but it’s definitely an idea in motion and it will certainly have a full head of
steam if the Bucs lose to Atlanta in Week 6 and then the Browns in Week 7 in
similar fashion. But fortunately for the Bucs, their confidence isn’t entirely
shaken. Demar Dotson was very adamant in the locker room after the game about
what this team needs to do in order to improve and other veterans were in the
same camp. “It’s fixable. Everything is fixable. Today just wasn’t the day. It
wasn’t Buccaneer football. It wasn’t the way we play football. It wasn’t the way
we play defense, from top down,” Lavonte David told reporters after the game.
Whatever it is, the Bucs have two weeks to fix it. If they don’t, the majority
of them may not be around next year to give it another shot.
