Antonio Brown (ankle) sidelined at Buccaneers practice again

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown (ankle) was not seen Thursday during the portion of practice open to the media.

What It Means:

The Buccaneers have had additional days off after playing on Thursday last week, so Brown appears to be truly questionable for Week 7. He will likely need to get in at least a limited session on Friday to be cleared for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears. Mike Evans and Chris Godwin could see an uptick in targets if Brown sits, and the additional snaps would likely go to Tyler Johnson and Scotty Miller. Evans led the Buccaneers with 10 targets in Week 3 when Brown didn't play. Johnson out-snapped Miller by a slim 34-32 margin.

Brown is leading the Buccaneers with a 27.8% target share over the last three weeks since missing a game due to health and safety protocols. numberFire's models project him for 10.9 FanDuel points on Sunday and AB is the WR15 in our weekly fantasy rankings.