Bucs-Rams Inactives: Ayers, Martin Out

The Bucs will play their Week Three game against L.A. without RB Doug Martin, DE Robert Ayers, TE Luke Stocker and WR Cecil Shorts, all out due to injury.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles named their game day inactives on Sunday at 2:35 p.m. ET, 90 minutes before kickoff of their Week Three contest at Raymond James Stadium. NFL teams are required to reduce their active rosters to 46 players for each regular-season game.

After two relatively injury-free weeks to start the season, the Buccaneers found their Week Three inactive list mostly populated by ailing players. Tampa Bay will have to try to win their home opener without three key starters: RB Doug Martin (hamstring), DE Robert…