Bucs DB Winfield likely for for TNF vs. Ravens

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Bowl antiaircraft backmost Antoine Winfield Jr. has a concussion and is "likely to beryllium out" Thursday nighttime against the Baltimore Ravens, manager Todd Bowles said Monday.

The wounded came successful the 3rd 4th against the Carolina Panthers connected Sunday erstwhile helium collided with moving backmost Raheem Blackshear connected a tackle.

Winfield is arguably 1 of the Bucs' champion antiaircraft players. After starting arsenic a information and moonlighting arsenic a nickelback past year, helium has made astir a full-time modulation to the relation but inactive lines up arsenic a information astir 30% of the time, giving the Bucs greater quality to disguise their coverages.

Winfield's wounded is simply a immense stroke to a reeling 3-4 squad that has dropped 4 retired of its past 5 games and has already been without respective members of its antiaircraft backfield.

Safety Logan Ryan was placed connected injured reserve and underwent ft country past week with the hopes of returning for a postseason push.

Cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting has missed the past 2 weeks with a quadriceps injury, but though helium hasn't practiced, helium is present running, a motion of progress.

The Bucs' apical cornerback, Carlton Davis, tweaked a hep wounded against the Pittsburgh Steelers successful Week 6 and missed the Panthers game.

Also of enactment -- wide receiver Russell Gage, who suffered a hamstring wounded against the Panthers, is undergoing an MRI, leaving his presumption for Thursday nighttime up successful the air.