HEAD COACH TODD BOWLES
(On if any Buccaneer players have been ruled out for Sunday's game)
"[Antoine] Winfield [Jr.] will be out, Cam [Brate] will be out for sure. Obviously, Russ [Gage] and [Luke] Goedeke will be out. Everybody else, we'll see."
(On how S Antoine Winfield Jr. responded to his return to practice on Thursday)
"It was good to see him out here running around. He's going through the process right now, but he's trending in the right way."
(On if he has seen anything on film from the Rams that could be an advantage)
"I don't think we've seen anything to give us an advantage. We know we're going to get the best Rams team we can face. We're in the same boat – we're both trying to win a ballgame. They've still got all their star players and high production, obviously, so it's going to be a battle."
(On if there is a sense that the NFC is wide open because some expected powers like the Packers, Rams and Buccaneers haven't played to expectations)
"No, we don't look at it like that. We look at it as wide open. We look at it as us just trying to win a ballgame and try to get on a roll, and we'll let everything else shake out at the end."
(On if the pressure of winning has become overwhelming)
"The pressure of winning comes every week, every game – whether you win them all or lose them all. You want the pressure of winning every week. That's what the job is."
(On how it helps to potentially get DL Akiem Hicks back in action)
"It helps because it puts everybody back in their roles. It puts everybody back in their roles and they can get the amount of time and play how they're used to playing, and it helps us up front because it gives us a dimension we haven't had over there."
(On the Rams double-teaming Hicks in the past)
"Well, I'm not sure yet because it's our first time having him and I think we play a different scheme than what he's played in, so we'll have to see how it shakes out."
(On how the team has regrouped this week)
"We're fresh, talkative. Everybody's communicating, trying to get the win, working hard. You know – trying to get the win, trim down the mistakes and learn how to get better."
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