The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Indianapolis Colts last Sunday for their third-straight win and fourth in the last five games, but the victory came at a cost. After catching a 61-yard touchdown from quarterback Jameis Winston, wide receiver Mike Evans came up hobbling with a hamstring injury. He left the game and just this week the team announced the Pro Bowler will miss the remainder of the regular season.
Tampa Bay almost lost another star, too, after quarterback Jameis Winston suffered a hand injury during the game and began the second half on the bench before coming back in and leading the Bucs to victory. Winston was diagnosed this week with a fractured thumb, but the team is hopeful he can go Sunday against the Detroit Lions.
In practice on Thursday, Winston was on the field, but substituted the pigskin for another ball.
Some good news on the Jameis Winston injury front: He's not throwing a football yet but he has progressed to throwing a tennis ball. Here’s some video of today’s practice… https://t.co/ymMDtFXTUg pic.twitter.com/2OOGhNKvAg
— JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) December 12, 2019
You can tell Winston is getting ready to play on Sunday since he also practiced fumbling the tennis balls and throwing them to the other team.
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
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