Rashad Wisdom: Everything you need to know

Wisdom (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday's battle against Carolina, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports. Wisdom was activated from IR on Wednesday, but Tampa Bay has elected to hold him out of action against the Panthers. Though he appears to be past the quad injury that sidelined him for an extended period, Wisdom may not currently have a role on game days. When he did play earlier in the campaign, Wisdom logged all of his work on special teams across two contests.

The Buccaneers activated Wisdom (quadriceps) from injured reserve Wednesday, per the NFL's transaction log. Wisdom was placed on injured reserve in late September due to a quadriceps injury. He has fully recovered from the injury and was a full participant in Wednesday's practice, per Brianna Dix of the Buccaneers' official site. That puts Wisdom on track to play Sunday against the Panthers, when he'll likely serve as a contributor on special teams.

Wisdom (quadriceps) has been ruled out for Thursday's game against the Falcons, Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports. Wisdom won't be activated from injured reserve ahead of Thursday's game. He was a full participant in all three of Tampa Bay's Week 15 practices, which suggests he has a decent chance of being activated for the team's Week 16 game against the Panthers.