The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots named their game-day inactives on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. ET, 85 minutes before kickoff of their Week Five contest at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. NFL teams are required to reduce their active rosters to 46 players for each regular-season game.
The Buccaneers will once again be without two of their starting linebackers, Kwon Alexander and Lavonte David, due to leg injuries. Alexander will miss his third game in a row, David his second. In addition, the team will be without safeties Keith Tandy and T.J. Ward, which means rookie Justin Evans will get his first NFL start opposite Chris Conte.