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Buccaneers: Kwon Alexander misses practice with injury

By James Yarcho

ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 11: Kwon Alexander #58 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers heads off the field after the game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome on September 11, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 11: Kwon Alexander #58 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers heads off the field after the game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome on September 11, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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Buccaneers star linebacker Kwon  Alexander missed Tuesday’s practice with a hamstring injury.

Kwon Alexander, many would say, is the Jameis Winston of the defense. With that being said, you’d think Buccaneers fans would’ve been a bit more freaked out to discover Kwon missed practice today with what is being reported as a hamstring injury.

Kwon isn’t expected to miss any extended time – at least not that the Bucs are reporting at the moment. In his absence, as Jenna Laine reported in the above tweet, Adarius Glanton was getting some first team reps despite Kendell Beckwith currently being the number two mike linebacker on the depth chart.

With Beckwith taking snaps at sam linebacker, Glanton filled in for Alexander. This should also give everyone’s favorite backup Riley Bullough a few extra snaps with, at the very least, the second team.

Again, there’s no cause for concern quite yet but anything long term with Kwon Alexander is certainly going to raise some eyebrows. And although the injury seems minor at the moment, hamstrings have a way of lingering and causing more issues down the road.

Alexander wasn’t concerned about the injury as he spoke to the media afterwards.

It wouldn’t be surprising at all to see Kwon miss Saturday’s preseason game against the Clevelnad Browns merely as a precaution. It doesn’t make any sense to rush Kwon back for a dress rehearsal game and risk further problems when resting him and allowing the hamstring to heal would be far better in the long run.

We’ve seen the Bucs already sit Brent Grimes through the first two games and he will likely miss the next two, but had it been a regular season situation he could have played.

Dirk Koetter and the Bucs are all about getting to the regular season a healthy team ready to make noise in the NFC South and the NFL. It’ll be hard to do that without Alexander.

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Are you concerned about the injury or will some rest do a body good? Let us know in the comments below!

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