Rob Gronkowski (back) officially out again for Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski (back) is out for Week 10 agains the Washington Football Team.

What It Means:

Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said Gronkowski will be "back to normal" in two-to-three weeks. O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate will continue splitting tight end snaps on Sunday. Brate ran more pass routes (28) than Howard (16) in Week 8 after Gronkowski exited early with back spasms, but he only had a 4-3 target advantage.

Howard has drawn a target on 19.4% of his routes this season while Brate has only been targeted on 11.3% of his routes. Howard is the TE8 and Brate is the TE22 in numberFire's Week 10 fantasy rankings. The Football Team is ranked 19th in FanDuel points allowed per game to the tight end position this season.