With Mike Evans missing yet another practice this week, there is some very real doubt starting to set in as far as his status for Sunday. Buccaneers' head coach Lovie Smith did say that Evans was feeling "a whole lot better" he did concede that he does not necessarily need to play on Sunday. From Tampa Bay's perspective, it does not seem worth it to push Evans in week 1 of what will be a 17 week marathon. The full injury report is below:
BUCCANEERS
WR Mike Evans (hamstring) – did not participate
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