Status update.

How optimistic is Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians?

He believes there is a shot  that for the first time since the first half of the season-opener against Dallas, the Bucs may have their full starting secondary available.

While Arians wasn’t yet about to declare starting corner Carlton Davis ready to rock and roll, Arians was very upbeat about his progress to reclaiming his spot with the Bucs’ starting defense.

“There is a good chance,” Arians said of having his starting backfield play against Atlanta on Sunday.

“Carlton looked real good again today. His volume is picking up a little bit. Sean [Murphy-Bunting] did well last week. Fingers crossed, we will get them all back.”

But it is not just Davis, who hasn’t played since the win over the Belicheats in Week 4, who is dinged up. Mike Edwards is nursing a sore knee suffered when he made a potential game-saving tackle on a kick return Sunday. And Jamel Dean has a banged-up shoulder that Arians yesterday said is more of a pain-tolerance issue.

The Bucs’ pass defense crumbling when Dean left the field with his injury, and the porous way the pass defense played without SMB in November, demonstrates just how important it is for Davis and the rest of the gang to be game-ready.