The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host the Green Bay Packers on Sunday with Jalon Daniels making his first career NFL start. Daniels is replacing Baker Mayfield, who is sidelined with his injured thumb.
The Buccaneers have started giving David Walker more opportunities, and the young edge defender has responded with production. His season began without a defensive snap against Cincinnati.
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Vita Vea asked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a trade in July. The Bucs answered a few weeks later with a one-year, $30 million extension that tied the defensive tackle to Tampa Bay through 2027, and the matter looked settled.
The Bucs defense was the bright spot in the team’s third consecutive loss last Sunday with outside linebacker David Walker and defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson leading the way.
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The Green Bay Packers will travel to take on the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, looking to bounce back after a 35-14 thrashing against the Atlanta Falcons in their Lambeau Field season opener.
The Green Bay Packers enter Week 4 with a disappointing 1-2 record and are looking to turn things around. To do so, they’ll have to overcome a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team desperate for a win, sitting at 0-3.
Bucs undrafted rookie QB Jalon Daniels talked about the advice that QB Baker Mayfield gave him as he heads into his first career start. “He simply put it as, ‘You’ve been dreaming of this opportunity,‘” Daniels said, via the team’s website.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin returned to practice on Thursday after missing Wednesday’s session because of an ankle injury, giving the team a positive development before Sunday’s Week 4 matchup against the Green Bay Packers.
While the Bucs injury report is still rather long, there was much more good news on Thursday’s report. Two defensive players that did not participate at all in Wednesday’s practice were back to being limited today.
The Bucs lost a lot with two veterans this past offseason. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a hot mess right now after falling to 0-3 last weekend with a loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
Buccaneers wide receiver Jalen McMillan suffered a PCL sprain in Sunday’s loss to the Vikings, according to ESPN’s Jenna Laine, with an early projection of a six- to eight-week absence.