{"id":40918,"date":"2021-10-08T17:25:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/bucs-without-winfield-jr-gronk-vs-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2021-10-08T17:25:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:25:39","slug":"bucs-without-winfield-jr-gronk-vs-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/?p=40918","title":{"rendered":"Bucs without Winfield Jr., Gronk vs. Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"64.425646551724\">\n<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without safety Antoine Winfield Jr., tight end Rob Gronkowski and defensive end Pat O&#8217;Connor against the Miami Dolphins this week, coach Bruce Arians said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Winfield Jr., who recorded an interception and forced a fumble in the Bucs&#8217; 19-17 victory at the New England Patriots before missing the final two drives with a concussion, could not clear the concussion protocol. Mike Edwards, who had two pick-sixes in Week 2 against the Atlanta Falcons, will get the nod.<\/p>\n<p>Gronkowski will miss his second game after fracturing his ribs and suffering what Arians described as a &#8220;small pinch&#8221; in his lungs two weeks ago at the Los Angeles Rams. Gronkowski was able to progress to riding a stationary bike this week this week, Arians said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&#038;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>O&#8217;Connor has played 91.06% of special teams snaps for the Bucs this season &#8212; by far the most of any Bucs player in that category. The Bucs are looking at possibly bringing Cam Gill back from Injured Reserve to fill that role.<\/p>\n<p>On a positive note, cornerback Jamel Dean, who missed last week with a knee injury, is expected to be active against the Dolphins, meaning they&#8217;ll have one original starting cornerback on the field after Carlton Davis went to Injured Reserve this week with a quad injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s full-speed; he&#8217;s fine,&#8221; Arians said of Dean, although he&#8217;s still determining if he&#8217;ll start. If not, Pierre Desir, who stepped in for Davis in the second half against the Patriots, will likely get the nod.<\/p>\n<p>Outside linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul, who missed the last two games with shoulder and wrist injuries, will also return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s ready to roll,&#8221; Arians said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without safety Antoine Winfield Jr., tight end Rob Gronkowski and defensive end Pat O&#8217;Connor against the Miami Dolphins this week, coach Bruce Arians said Friday. Winfield Jr., who recorded an interception and forced a fumble in the Bucs&#8217; 19-17 victory at the New England Patriots before missing the final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.violetsport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}