Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin is due to have his suspension end on Monday, but coach Dirk Koetter is not exactly counting the days until his return.
Koetter offered little in the way of an endorsement toward Martin when asked Friday whether the running back would immediately return to the roster.
“Well, to be honest with you, I’m worried about Friday, Saturday and Sunday and when Monday comes, we’ll worry about Monday,” Koetter said, via JoeBucsFan.com. “Because every Monday, or every day after a game, Jason [Licht] and I get together and, you know, Jason’s got his ideas on what roster changes have to go. There is that possibility for next week. And, you know, if we are going to bring Doug back on Monday, then we’re going to have to make room somehow. And that could be dictated by injury this week, so that’s why, you know, we’ll worry about it on Monday.”
Koetter’s stance is more or less unchanged from where it was a month ago. Martin’s long-term future with Tampa Bay is looking extremely murky at this point.
