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Jameis Winston trades a football for tennis balls at practice

Watch Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston toss tennis balls at practice instead of a football as he deal with a fractured thumb.

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.

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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Buccaneers inactives for Week 12 against the Falcons

Here is a list of inactive players for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers heading into Week 12’s game against the Falcons.

Above is your list of inactive players for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers heading into today’s Week 12 showdown with the Atlanta Falcons.

OLB Carl Nassib returns this week after missing the past two games with a groin injury, and Jason Pierre-Paul, who had been battling a knee injury earlier this week, will also be on the field today.

The Bucs and Falcons are both 3-7, though Atlanta has been playing some of their best football of the season of late. They’ve taken down both the Saints and Panthers in back-to-back weeks, outscoring them 55-12, while the defense for the Falcons tallied 11.0 sacks and four interceptions in that span.

Tampa Bay is coming off a home loss to New Orleans last week and are hoping to prevent another defeat, which would inch them closer to another losing record.

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