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By | | Pioneer PressTampa Bay rookie safety Antoine Winfield Jr. had the best debut among former Gophers in the NFL in Week 1. The second-round draft pick had six tackles, one pass breakup and a quarterback pressure in the Buccaneers’ 34-23 loss to the Saints.When Winfield Jr. took the field in his first start Sunday, some observers took to Twitter to tweet about how old they felt because they remember Antoine Winfield Sr., who played in the NFL from 1999-2012.Before the opener, Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles said of Winfield Jr.: “He’s smart, he’s heady, he makes plays and he makes you trust him. He just goes out and plays football.”Five other former Gophers started in Week 1, with Texans safety Eric Murray playing 95 percent of defensive snaps and making seven tackles in a 34-20 loss at Kansas City. He nearly had an interception of Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes.On the other side of Thursday’s opener, Kansas City linebacker Damien Wilson had two tackles in 20 snaps for the defending Super Bowl champs.Linebacker De’vondre Campbell had seven tackles in the Cardinals’ 24-20 victory over San Francisco. Arizona teammates, quarterback Chris Streveler had one rush for three yards on his first NFL play Sunday, while tight end Max Williams had two targets in his 43 offensive snaps.Second-year linebacker Blake Cashman started the Jets’ opener and made one tackle in his three snaps before leaving with a groin injury.Giants rookie linebacker Carter Coughlin had 12 special teams plays on Monday Night Football.Bucs rookie receiver Tyler Johnson was inactive after suffering an injury in training camp that stunted his acclimation to the NFL and ability to play next to Tom Brady at the outset of his career.Eagles cornerback Craig James suffered a “significant” injury in a 27-17 loss to Washington.The Packers’ Kamal Martin, a candidate to start against the Vikings on Sunday, is out for an estimated six to eight weeks after having knee surgery in early September.We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Sign up for Newsletters and AlertsFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | | Pioneer PressTampa Bay rookie safety Antoine Winfield Jr. had the best debut among former Gophers in the NFL in Week 1. The second-round draft pick had six tackles, one pass breakup and a quarterback pressure in the Buccaneers’ 34-23 loss to the Saints.When Winfield Jr. took the field in his first start Sunday, some observers took to Twitter to tweet about how old they felt because they remember Antoine Winfield Sr., who played in the NFL from 1999-2012.Before the opener, Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles said of Winfield Jr.: “He’s smart, he’s heady, he makes plays and he makes...

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