Seahawks Week 5 Wed. injury report
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The final injury report of the week came out for the Bucs and Seahawks on Friday and each team is particularly hurting in the secondary. Tampa Bay will be without starting corner Jamel Dean, who has the the Bucs’ only interception on the season,
On Wednesday for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Mike Evans (hamstring), Logan Hall (groin) and Christian Izien (quad) did not participate in practice. In addition, Lavonte David (knee), Charlie Heck (knee), Baker Mayfield (right biceps) and Tristan Wirfs (knee) practiced in a limited fashion.
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Buccaneers nurse several injuries heading into Seattle
While it may only be Week 5, the Bucs have an injury report that has doubled from eight guys to 16 since last week. The list that includes the likes of Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans, Bucky Irving and more feels like a mile long. "We probably had more people that couldn’t practice than could practice," Bowles said.
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle is eligible to be activated off injured reserve to play in the team's Week 6 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but that doesn't necessarily mean a return will happen against Tampa Bay.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are beyond banged up right now. They had 19 players appear on their initial injury report of the week as they look toward a West Coast
Quarterback Baker Mayfield (knee/right biceps) was among the nine players who did not participate. He was on the practice report last week with the biceps injury but had three limited practices before playing all 72 snaps. Mayfield was on the report in Week 3 with a foot/toe injury but was a full participant in all three practices.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy suffered a setback with his toe injury during the team's Week 4 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars and is now considered week-to-week, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport.
We got some bad injury news on Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving on Wednesday that shows he is in serious danger of missing the Week 5 contest against the Seattle Seahawks, and quite possibly more.