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Week 8 Injury Aftermath

If it's not Browns quarterbacks getting hurt, it's Falcons halfbacks. With Doug Martin sidelined due to an injured hamstring and Charles Sims on injured reserve with a knee injury, Jacquizz Rodgers has started Tampa Bay's last three games and rushed for more than 300 yards. Rodgers, however, left Sunday's game with a foot sprain and is expected to miss at least Thursday night's game against the Atlanta Falcons -- his former team, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2011. Assuming Rodgers is not able to play, the Buccaneers are likely to alternate rookie Peyton Barber and another former Falcons veteran in Antone Smith, whom Falcons fans may remember as the one-man highlight reel from Atlanta's forgettable 2013 and 2014 seasons.