Ali Marpet has still not cleared concussion protocol, therefore he will miss his second straight divisional game for the Buccaneers. Tom Brady faced a lot of pressure up the middle last week against the Saints where Joe Haeg struggled against the defensive onslaught from New Orleans. This week will be a little different as Ryan Jensen will be moved to guard in place of Marpet and A.Q. Shipley will get the start at center.
For the Panthers, they had Christian McCaffrey return from injury last week just to suffer yet another injury causing him to miss this week’s game.