Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Bryant is expected to start on Sunday against the surging Saints. He has missed the past two games with a knee injury. "It's encouraging. There is no guarantee (about his progress)," coach Raheem Morris said. "There is nothing that is going to happen overnight as far as the knee. We've just got to be hopeful and wishful, but it was an encouraging week for Antonio compared to the last couple." Bryant had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee in August.