TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without two of their three cornerbacks Sunday when they open up divisional play against the Carolina Panthers. Four-time Pro Bowler Brent Grimes and veteran Robert McClain have both been officially ruled out.
Grimes suffered a shoulder injury against the Buffalo Bills last week, while McClain has been in the concussion protocol and has not been cleared. Neither participated in practice all week.
With Vernon Hargreaves struggling in both coverage and against the run in recent games, the Bucs moved McClain to the outside and Hargreaves to nickelback.