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Buccaneers rule out top tackler Lavonte David, CB Jamel Dean

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TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without a pair of key defensive starters Sunday at the Indianapolis Colts as they attempt to regain first place in the NFC South.

Coach Todd Bowles said Friday that inside linebacker Lavonte David and cornerback Jamel Dean will both be out after David suffered a groin injury and Dean an ankle injury last week against the San Francisco 49ers.

Bowles said it's unclear how long David and Dean will be out, and both are "day-to-day, week-to-week.