With an odd week schedule wise, the Bucs injury report may have been surprising, for some.

Vernon Hargreaves and Jameis Winston being officially listed as “out” was not surprising. Hargreaves’ hamstring injury was strong enough to immediately rule him out of the Jets game when it happened, so missing a few weeks was to be expected – this is his second straight.

However, Ayers and Smith being out wasn’t something most Bucs fans were expecting at the beginning of the week. Both are missing Sunday’s game in Atlanta due to concussions. When you enter the concussion protocol, it’s unlikely that you not even miss a week, so once it was announced that they were in the protocol, this was not only possible but probable.

In some good news, Bucs head coach Dirk Koetter announced Friday that defensive end William Gholston will just be questionable going into the game on Sunday.

This was great to hear after a scary situation with him being taken off the field in a stretcher due to a neck injury in New Orleans.

On the other side, the Falcons will be without their starting running back Devonta Freeman. Tevin Coleman will start in his place.