Great News On Tristan Wirfs
December 6th, 2022
All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs
Yes, there was a big-time update yesterday on Buccaneers All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs, who played cheerleader last night while Josh Wells held down his position.
General manager Jason Licht delivered the great news on the Buccaneers Radio Network.
Wirfs’ high-ankle sprain, the kind that sometimes keeps a player out four to six weeks, appears to be coming along quite well. Per Licht, he expects Wirfs’ injury to be “day-to-day pretty shortly here.”
Maybe that happens this week, but Joe isn’t in a hurry. The Bucs have a 1 1/2-game lead in the NFC South and are in great shape when it comes to tiebreakers. No need to rush back Wirfs and push his ankle against NFL sacks leader Nick Bosa (14 1/2) and the 49ers on Sunday.
Wells more than held his own last night against a good Saints defense and top edge rusher Cameron Jordan.
Forgetting about Sunday, Wirfs healing fast is a phenomenal sign.
December 6th, 2022 at 1:25 pm
Great news!
December 6th, 2022 at 1:27 pm
Awesome news
December 6th, 2022 at 1:32 pm
Great now move Wirfs to LT and keep Wells at RT
December 6th, 2022 at 1:34 pm
Only if Jensen can have a godspeed recovery this offense will hum without Brady having to climb the pocket every pass that’s not a hurry up offense play. I’m scared Mike Evans might lose his 1k yardage streak.
December 6th, 2022 at 1:36 pm
Leave him out Sunday. Don’t need him reinjuring going against Bosa.
December 6th, 2022 at 1:37 pm
Exactly BFFL trade Smith for a draft pick in the 2023 draft. Draft an offensive tackle for depth with a mid round pick.
December 6th, 2022 at 1:37 pm
BFFL – Good idea.
December 6th, 2022 at 1:40 pm
Heal fast big man, the Bucs need you!
December 6th, 2022 at 1:41 pm
Bosa >>>>>>> Jordan
December 6th, 2022 at 1:45 pm
He needs 4 weeks to get to 100%. Give him the 4 weeks.
December 6th, 2022 at 1:49 pm
Looked season ending when it happened, so terrific news. It must be quite a mild high ankle. It’s usually 4-6 weeks depending on the grade.
December 6th, 2022 at 1:55 pm
Give mom back her phone jefferey
December 6th, 2022 at 1:57 pm
Jeff what hospital do you practice Med. At that you no more than team doctors?
December 6th, 2022 at 2:06 pm
Jeff is a troll guys. No need to even give a response. Right now he is yelling “mom meatloaf” in his parents basement
December 6th, 2022 at 2:10 pm
I think if Brady wins out against the Panters and Chickadees they are in the playoffs.
December 6th, 2022 at 2:26 pm
Bffl………….that is akin to asking a QB to learn to throw left handed.
Dude is a Right Tackle. Not a Left Tackle. It would take AT LEAST and entire offseason to come close to perfecting his trade.
December 6th, 2022 at 2:36 pm
Donovon Smith Stinks
December 6th, 2022 at 2:47 pm
There’s Cam Jordan and then you have Bosa, who’s a different player entirely.
December 6th, 2022 at 2:47 pm
wish our 10 million a year slot receiver had wirfs healing ability…
December 6th, 2022 at 2:48 pm
and Gage please catch when its thrown to you.. you stink!!
December 6th, 2022 at 2:50 pm
Cameron Jordan is no longer a top edge rusher, his best days are well behind him. I still support fully resting Wirfs until he is a 100%. If we cannot win the division because of him missing a couple more games, we should not even bother playing rest of this schedule and simply refund prices for tickets.
December 6th, 2022 at 2:50 pm
With or without Wirfs, the Bucs aren’t beating the 49ers at home.
But they don’t have a QB! Nobody QBs destroy Bowles’ defenses. Need me to list them?
December 6th, 2022 at 3:08 pm
Good news on Wirfs. Absolutely love his hair in the pic above – it’s all crazy and cool at same time. LOL.
December 6th, 2022 at 3:13 pm
Bosa plays D Smiths side mostly.
December 6th, 2022 at 3:22 pm
Kentucky Buc
Until he sees Wells on the other side..
December 6th, 2022 at 3:51 pm
Don’t see it happening. The guy on that side is good too.
December 6th, 2022 at 3:52 pm
Nick Bosa is an order of magnitude better than Jordan at this point. Sure no need to rush Wirfs back, if you don’t care about Brady dying of his own death right on the field. Mostly kidding. We will REALLY see where Tampa is these next few weeks with Sam Francisco and then Burrow coming to town looking to throw for about 750 yards on us
December 6th, 2022 at 4:06 pm
Kentucky
Yup. I see a lot of Brady dirt balls in our future.
Would be nice to try and run tempo and see if you can get SF on their heels. Might be our only chance.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:18 pm
Hey guys. Guess what. The Bucs have won 3 out of the last 4. And barely lost the one.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:31 pm
Yeah Russell Gage has been day to day since training camp so take that w a grain of salt.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:31 pm
49ers pass rush is on a completely different level from the Saints, so good luck to Mr. Wells and co.
I’ll be shocked if D Smith has less than 4 penalties against them.
Hopefully Brady isn’t carried out on a stretcher.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:44 pm
The only thing worse than Todd Bowles…………..is Todd Bowles.
December 6th, 2022 at 4:52 pm
Donovan Smith is getting fan reactions like Jeremy “Hands to the face” Trueblood
December 6th, 2022 at 4:57 pm
Hurry up is definitely the best option. Keep them on their heels. Bosa has been known to wear down .
December 6th, 2022 at 7:04 pm
I believe we’ll run the ball quite a bit against Frisco and quite possibly use more play action. Yes we definitely need Wirfs back. This is an important and winnable game. Bowles typically does well against rookie QB’s and they have a game’s worth a tape on the kid They definitely need to build some momentum off the win.
December 6th, 2022 at 7:05 pm
This guys recovery is amazing from being carted off to day to day pretty shortly.
December 6th, 2022 at 10:51 pm
Bucschamp Says:
December 6th, 2022 at 7:05 pm
This guys recovery is amazing from being carted off to day to day pretty shortly.
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You can’t hurt steel
December 7th, 2022 at 12:03 am
I would not get cozy with the division lead.
They still have only played 4 good halves and couple last second drives of good football on offense.
Now SF and Cincy are upcoming.
December 7th, 2022 at 12:38 am
We’ll need him in the playoffs. I’d let him rest up
December 7th, 2022 at 6:13 pm
To all the people who are making positive comments on here , thank you for being a good fan . I see we still have a few fake bandwagon fans on here though. Spoiled brats from the last two years. Bucs WILL win the division and nobody wants to play the Bucs with Brady in the playoffs. Go look at Brady’s records with NE . He didn’t win 13 game’s every year ! They were a 10 win team most of the time and yet they won in the playoffs ! Go Bucs
December 7th, 2022 at 9:54 pm
Best O lineman in football. Any word on Jensen’s return?
December 7th, 2022 at 11:53 pm
@SB Wirfs was a left tackle in college actually mate we moved him to right tackle, based on how that went the switch back is likely smooth
December 8th, 2022 at 4:42 pm
TampabayDJ82: With the Patriots, Brady won 12 games 6 times, 13 games twice, 14 games 4 times and 16 games once! All the rest were either 10 or 11.
December 11th, 2022 at 10:34 am
We must do everything possible to make sure Wirfs makes it to the playoffs! That was a huge hole in our game last year.