Mankins among Bucs injuries The Tampa Tribune, published 8 September 2014 New Bucs G Logan Mankins' debut didn't last long. He headed to the locker room after injuring his left knee in the second quarter Sunday. He wore a knee brace when he returned to the sideline later in the quarter, but he wasn't seen on the bench in the second half and did not return to the game. "We don't know how bad right now," coach Lovie Smith said. Mankins has a mild hyperextension and a bad bruise, profootballtalk.com reported, and it's not considered a long-term injury. The Bucs inserted Garrett Gilkey for Mankins, whom they acquired from New England before the final preseason game. Offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford, sidelined for two weeks after a heart procedure, attended Sunday's game against Carolina but did not call the plays. "Jeff was involved a little bit," said coach Lovie Smith, who had quarterbacks coach Marcus Arroyo handle the play-calling. "He was, of course, in the press box giving input when he could. ... We were in a position to make plays. We just didn't." Tedford, 52, said he recently underwent a coronary angioplasty early last week to have two stents placed in an artery near his heart. Arroyo, who spent two seasons at California as quarterbacks coach/passing coordinator when Tedford was head coach of the Golden Bears, called the plays against the Panthers from field level. Tedford said he was relieved just to rejoin the coaching staff. "I had a couple stents," Tedford said. "...It's nice just to be up and around. We'll see how much I can do next week and kind of ease back into it." In other injuries, CB Mike Jenkins left in the fourth quarter with what appeared to be an upper-body injury. An update on his condition wasn't available. • Starting RB Doug Martin left after someone hit his leg on a rush, but he said he was fine after the game. Bobby Rainey took his spot, scoring on a 6-yard touchdown catch but also fumbling on the team's second-to-last drive. • Rookie TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins left the game with an undisclosed injury but said he felt all right after the game, and CB Johnthan Banks went to the locker room with an injury but returned to action.