Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Bears: 2017 Week 2 Inactives

TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 11: Defensive end Jacquies Smith #56 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates a fumble recovery for a touchdown in the third quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Raymond James Stadium on October 11, 2015 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff McBride/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - OCTOBER 11: Defensive end Jacquies Smith #56 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates a fumble recovery for a touchdown in the third quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Raymond James Stadium on October 11, 2015 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff McBride/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – OCTOBER 11: Defensive end Jacquies Smith #56 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates a fumble recovery for a touchdown in the third quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Raymond James Stadium on October 11, 2015 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff McBride/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – OCTOBER 11: Defensive end Jacquies Smith #56 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates a fumble recovery for a touchdown in the third quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Raymond James Stadium on October 11, 2015 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff McBride/Getty Images) /

With the Buccaneers season finally kicking off, let’s take a look at the inactives for the game.

Get pumped Bucs fans, it’s time to see the 2017 Buccaneers in action. Luckily for Tampa, they have not dealt with many injuries, and will be fairly healthy going into this Week 2 match-up. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the inactives on both sides.

Bucs Inactives:

CB Javien Elliott

DE Jacquies Smith

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LB Devante Bond

T Leonard Wester

C Joe Hawley

TE Antony Auclair

DE Will Clarke

Some of these names are surprising to see. In

particular, Elliott and Hawley. Both figured to be key reserves but them being inactive must be a good sign of depth.

Bond was the only Buc dealing with injury so it is not completely surprising to see him inactive. Smith did not recover as quickly as expected and will be missed in the pass rush this week.

Bears Inactives:

QB Mark Sanchez

WR Markus Wheaton

CB Prince Amukamara

S Deon Bush

RB Benny Cunningham

NT John Jenkins

LG Kyle Long

Chicago will be missing key interior pieces on both sides of the line in Jenkins and Long. The Bears secondary will be taking a hit as well with Amukamara and Bush out. Not to mention the already injury-ravaged Bears WR core is short another receiver in Wheaton.

There you have it Bucs fans, the inactives for Week 2.

Next: Game Plan for Bucs vs Bears

Plenty of players are getting ready to get things started as quarterback Jameis Winston leads the offense, and linebacker Kwon Alexander makes his first start as a team captain.

Mike Glennon makes his return to Ray-Jay, but it won’t be a warm welcome as his former teammates look for win number one!