Demar Dotson has a groin, as winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said and what former Bucs commander Greg Schiano would have said.

In plain English, that means he has a groin injury.

Dotson is out “at least a week,” per Koetter, who would not reveal any additional information on the injury.

Today, Joe asked Dotson when Thursday night he suffered the injury and Dotson said it was actually in Tuesday’s practice with the Jags.

Dotson had every intention of playing Thursday night but at the last moment, the Bucs held him back, Dotson said, because it wasn’t worth aggravating the injury.

Dotson said it is the same groin issue he dealt with in last summer’s training camp.

Leonard Wester worked with the first team offense in Dotson’s place today and Koetter did not rule out free agent rookie Michael Liedtke, who has impressed coaches.

Caleb Benenoch played in place of Dotson on Thursday night but hasn’t practiced since. Benenoch told Joe yesterday he has “an issue” but refused to elaborate on this mysterious issue.

Of course, the Bucs could move Kevin Pamphile to right tackle and plug in Evan Smith at left guard. But there is still a whole lot of time to hash this out and Dotson just may be ready for Miami.