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TAMPA, Fla. -- An incredulous expression spread across Jameis Winstons face.Yes, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face a difficult challenge of getting themselves back on track without injured leading rusher Doug Martin . However the young quarterback is confident the team is more than capable of winning while the two-time Pro Bowl running back is out.Doug Martin means a lot to this team. ... Hes one of our best players, Winston said Wednesday as the Bucs (1-1) began preparation for Sundays home opener against the Los Angeles Rams (1-1).Martin injured his right hamstring during the first half of last weeks 40-7 loss at Arizona. Hes expected to be sidelined at least three weeks.In his absence, backups Charles Sims and Jacquizz Rodgers, whos only been with the team for a week, figure to assume a heavier workload.Sims accounted for 1,090 all-purpose yards in 2015, but mainly has been a situational, change-of-pace back.Rodgers has started five of 69 games hes appeared in during a six-year career thats included stints with the Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears. He made his debut for the Bucs last Sunday, breaking a 24-yard run on his first carry and finishing with a team-best 29 yards on two attempts against the Cardinals.Chuck is a playmaker and Jacquizz made some great runs (last week), Winston said. Im looking forward to seeing them in a full-game atmosphere.Martin was the NFLs second-leading rusher behind Adrian Peterson a year ago, when he ran for 1,402 yards and six touchdowns. Meanwhile, Sims rushed for 529 yards and gained another 561 yards on 51 receptions to give the Bucs a nice one-two tandem.Martin, who signed a five-year, $35 million contract during the offseason, is a two-time 1,000-yard rusher effective running between the tackles as well as in the open field.The 6-foot, 213-pound Sims has more of an upright running style that serves him best when the Bucs are able to get him the ball in open space. The third-year pro has never carried more than 13 times in a game, raising the question whether hes capable of being a featured back.Coach Dirk Koetter and offensive coordinator Todd Monken are confident he can handle the role.Chucks been here long enough and has earned the opportunity, Monken said.There certainly are things that Chuck does differently than Doug. Every running back does, Monken added. There are a few things we may have to do a little bit differently, but really we have to be who we are. ... We anticipate him playing well, and weve got to play well around him.Martin wasnt alone in sitting out practice Wednesday. Defensive end Robert Ayers (ankle), receiver Cecil Shorts III, left tackle Donovan Smith (hip) and tight end Luke Stocker (ankle) are all on the injury report after facing the Cardinals.Koetter offered little in the way of an injury update, especially on Martin, who rushed for 85 yards on 25 carries the past two weeks.Im sure you can understand my point of view is Im not going to sit up here and tell our opponents everything were going to do, the coach said after practice.On Monday, though, he acknowledged that playing without Martin would impact the offense significantly.Even though we feel like we have really good backups at that positon ... when you take a top-level player out, you usually dont have exactly the same caliber player behind him, Koetter said. 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Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR.INDIANAPOLIS -- The Rocket Man got his fuel back. Finally. Ryan Newman snatched the pole away from Jimmie Johnson with a blistering lap of 187.531 mph around Indianapolis Motor Speedway to set a track record for NASCAR races at the Brickyard. Newman was the last of the 45 drivers to make a qualifying attempt Saturday as Johnsons No. 48 was atop the scoring tower for well over an hour with a lap of 187.438. Driver after driver had failed to knock Johnson from the pole, and the four-time Brickyard winner watched and waited to see if Newman could get the job done. Newman, an Indiana native, pulled it off as Johnson smiled his approval. "You cant count Ryan out, and he put up a whale of a lap," Johnson said. Added team co-owner Tony Stewart, "They dont call him Rocket Man for no reason. He had an awesome lap." Its the 50th pole for Newman, who established himself as an elite qualifier with six poles his rookie season. He set a NASCAR record with 11 poles in 2003, and won at least one pole a year for 11 seasons. But hed been in a drought of late, and Newmans last pole was late in the 2011 season. "I just am ecstatic. Its awesome because its my 50th. Its awesome because its Indy, and its a track record on top of that, so its like a double triple bonus," Newman said. The normally stoic Newman admitted he got emotional on the backstretch of his cool-down lap. "Its more special to me because its the Brickyard, because its Indy, because of the history of auto racing at this facility," he said. "So many drivers who are my heroes, so many drivers Ive admired, so many drivers that have worked so hard in their career to get to here on this day, to be the fastest one, thats whats the most special to me." The drought on poles had weighed on Newman over the last year. "Its been bothering me for a long time," he said. "I feel like Im a driver that can still hit his marks each and every lap and put it all together, and we didnt win a pole last year.dddddddddddd. We were close at times." The 50th pole of his career is good enough for ninth on the career list, and it comes at a critical time for Newman. Stewart told Newman hes not being re-signed for next season two weeks ago, and Newman is currently looking for a job for 2014. "No hard feelings. They made a move, and that move makes me move, and theres no hard feelings," Newman said. "I dont know what Im going to do. Obviously this is a good step in publicity for me on the positive side, so well see what we can do tomorrow." Carl Edwards qualified third at 187.157, and was already seated for the post-qualifying news conference when he watched on television as Newman knocked Johnson and Edwards down a notch. "I felt really good -- second is the worst," Edwards said about qualifying third. "Its the worst to qualify second, and nobody wants anybody to go through what Jimmie just had to go through. We all dont feel too bad for Jimmie, but that was pretty dramatic. I didnt really expect that." Johnson, who on Sunday will try to win his fifth Brickyard and tie Formula Ones Michael Schumacher as the winningest driver at Indy, said his lap wasnt perfect. "I did miss Turn 2 a little bit on my turning point, and felt like I made that mistake," Johnson said. "But Ryan hit all four corners great and got it done. Happy for him. Its got to be a big day for him, being a hometown boy and all. Very happy for Ryan and very happy for our team." Denny Hamlin qualified fourth and was followed by Stewart, a two-time Indy winner, as Stewart-Haas Racing has two cars starting in the top five. Kurt Busch was sixth and followed by Kasey Kahne, Juan Pablo Montoya, four-time Indy winner Jeff Gordon and Marcos Ambrose. ' ' '