The Bucs were happy to see the return of two injured starters to practice on Friday. Tampa Bay tight end Rob Gronkowski and outside linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday. Gronkowski was seen stretching like he was going to participate, while Pierre-Paul had his helmet on at the start of practice.

Gronkowski is dealing with sore ribs after being injured in last week’s 34-24 loss at Los Angeles. Pierre-Paul missed the last two games since injuring his shoulder against Dallas in Week 1.

Running back Giovani Bernard, who injured his knee in the fourth quarter while scoring a touchdown against the Rams, was not at Friday’s practice and has missed practice all week.

Bucs head coach Bruce Arians will have an injury update after Friday’s practice.

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Scott Reynolds is in his 27th year of covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the vice president, publisher and senior Bucs beat writer for PewterReport.com. Author of the popular SR's Fab 5 column on Fridays, Reynolds oversees web development and forges marketing partnerships for PewterReport.com in addition to his editorial duties. A graduate of Kansas State University in 1995, Reynolds spent six years giving back to the community as the defensive coordinator/defensive line coach for his sons' Pop Warner team, the South Pasco Predators. Reynolds can be reached at: [email protected]
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FinkleisEinhorn
FinkleisEinhorn
7 months ago

JPP hasn’t played last 2 games? So he didn’t play against Atlanta?
Also, in Fab 5 it says Tryon will be making his second start – so are you implying JPP won’t play this week, even though he returned to practice today?