Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed guard Carl Nicks
and rookie tight end Danny Noble on injured reserve Tuesday.
Nicks has been playing with a toe injury for most of the season but
apparently the issue has become severe enough to end his year. He is
scheduled to have surgery for the ailment -- a torn plantar plate.
A Pro Bowl selection in 2010 and 2011, Nicks started each of the Bucs' first
seven games at left guard. He had a string of 68 consecutive games started.
Noble had been inactive for Tampa Bay's last three games.
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