Logan Mankins Injury: Updates on Buccaneers Star's Knee and Return

Updates from Sunday, Sept. 14

Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune reported on Logan Mankins' status for Sunday's game:

Updates from Friday, Sept. 12

Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune provides an update on Doug Martin's status:

Pewter Report provides an update on Mankins' injury:

Updates from Thursday, Sept. 11

Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times has good news on Mankins' status:

Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 10

Logan Mankins updated his status on Wednesday (via Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune):

Updates from Monday, Sept. 8

Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com updated Logan Mankins' status following his injury on Sunday:

Original Text

Logan Mankins' debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers couldn't have gone much worse. 

After the newly acquired left guard and the rest of the offensive line struggled to open up running lanes for Doug Martin in the first half against the Carolina Panthers Sunday, Mankins was lost for the rest of the game with a knee injury.     

Buccaneers.com's Scott Smith provided the news:

The PewterReport provided an encouraging update after the Bucs 20-14 loss to the Panthers:

The Yahoo Sports Shutdown Corner Twitter account provided further details on what Mankins did to his knee:

This a rough blow for the Bucs, who gave up promising tight end Tim Wright to the New England Patriots for Mankins late in the preseason. 

If the veteran is forced to miss a significant chunk of time, Oniel Cousins will have to step up.