"TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans has been placed on injured reserve after suffering a broken collarbone in the team's 24-9 Monday Night Football loss to the Detroit Lions, the team announced. A source told ESPN that Evans will undergo surgery to repair his collarbone this week, as first reported by NFL Network. He also suffered a concussion during the game. The hope is that he will be back before the end of the regular season, Coach Todd Bowles said on Wednesday, but that he is "doing well.""
"The team will be without running back Bucky Irving (foot sprain, shoulder subluxation) and wide receiver Chris Godwin (fibula) in this week's game at the New Orleans Saints. Bowles was asked if the fibula injury being on the same leg as Godwin's surgically-repaired left ankle puts his season in jeopardy. He responded, "It's a week-to-week thing right now. I don't think it puts his season in jeopardy.""
""It's going to be touch and go," Bowles said. "We'll see as we get toward the end of the year. It's definitely going to be the end of the year - hopefully it's before that - if we get to the playoffs, we go from there. It may be in the playoffs - it depends on how it heals.""
Mike Evans has been placed on injured reserve after suffering a broken collarbone and a concussion in the Buccaneers' 24-9 Monday Night Football loss to the Detroit Lions. Evans will undergo surgery this week to repair the collarbone. Coach Todd Bowles said Evans is "doing well" and hopes for a return before the end of the regular season, though the timeline is "touch and go" and could extend into the playoffs depending on healing. Outside linebacker Haason Reddick sustained an injury and will miss time pending MRI results. Bucky Irving and Chris Godwin will be out this week, and Jalen McMillan remains on injured reserve with a sprained neck.
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