Bucs fans right now are praying with their rosaries, lighting candles, looking for rabbits’ feet, hunting for four-leaf clovers and trying any good luck charm they can come up with.

Josh Freeman has injured the thumb on his throwing hand.

In the only series he played, Freeman hit a helmet of a Chiefs defender on a follow through and it was the last the Bucs saw of him for the game.

The Buccaneers Radio Network announced they could see Freeman wincing after his thumb hit the helmet. Dave Moore on the Buccaneers Radio Network noted Freeman was “in a good bit of pain.”

If Freeman cannot go against Cleveland, this will be terrible news for the Bucs.

The good thing is, if there is such a thing, Josh Johnson looked the best he has ever looked as he played the remainder of the first half.

[UPDATE: Per Buccaneers Radio Network, Freeman has a fractured tip of his right thumb. Bucs “optimistic” he can practice this week.]