Julio Jones Missing Again Thursday
2 years agoTampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Julio Jones (knee) was not seen on Thursday during the portion of practice open to the media. It will mark Jones' second straight missed practice this week if he's officially a DNP on the final practice report. Jones will have to return to practice in some capacity on Friday in order to have a shot at playing in the Week 18 regular season finale against the Atlanta Falcons. But with the team locked into the NFC's No. 4 seed as the NFC South champions, Tampa has nothing to gain by playing a beat up Jones this weekend. With that said, there's a good chance the Bucs will choose to rest Jones for the first round of the postseason. In a meaningless game for them, it's also fair to wonder how much starting wideouts Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Russell Gage will play on Sunday.
Source: Tampa Bay Times - Rick Stroud
Source: Tampa Bay Times - Rick Stroud