Todd Bowles Brags About Jalen McMillen
September 4th, 2026
Receiver Jalen McMillan.
Last year was a complete and total waste for Bucs receiver Jalen McMillan.
Thanks to a piece of Steelers camp meat headhunting to make a splash, McMillan broke his neck and played in four games. But he had a 100-yard receiving game against Miami in Week 17. He averaged a hair under 15 yards a catch.
Despite being starting this summer with a banged up knee, KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles hailed McMillan as one of the Bucs’ hidden stars.
“He makes a bunch of plays,” Bowles said during a recent appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “Everybody doesn’t really get to see how good of a route runner this guy really is, and how much of a competitor he is.”
Now if only the Bucs can keep McMillan healthy …
Emeka Egbuka’s mysterious sprained toe (it may or may not be turf toe) is also a concern. NFL teams opening the season on Sunday, Sept. 13, are not required to offer injury information until Wednesday.
Joe was not comforted to learn yesterday the Bucs worked out two receivers. You only do that at a position unless if you think you may need to sign one. That tells Joe that either Egbuka or McMillan’s (knee) status for Week 1 at Cincinnati is in question.
McMillan, as Bowles said, is a helluva player. But unless he’s on the field, McMillan’s talent will continue to be untapped.
September 4th, 2026 at 7:44 am
that td catch he had from Baker the year before last, TB said it was a perfect throw and catch, dude is special, more of a vacuum than ee at this point, he even held onto the past that he broke his neck on. He’s freaking awesome.
September 4th, 2026 at 7:54 am
Expect big things from JMac this year
September 4th, 2026 at 7:58 am
What exactly is the knee injury? A sprain? Ligaments? Cartilage?
September 4th, 2026 at 8:02 am
Reminds me of Keenan McCardell who had some productive years with the Jags and the Bucs.
September 4th, 2026 at 8:10 am
Personally I wish we still had Sterling Shepard. And Christian Izien for that matter.
September 4th, 2026 at 8:19 am
Todd is selling tickets.
September 4th, 2026 at 8:46 am
Don’t blame Steelers camp meat, blame Todd for bringing in hospital ball Teddy.
September 4th, 2026 at 8:46 am
Not even week one and two starting WRs are banged up!? Man can we ever catch a break health wise
September 4th, 2026 at 8:47 am
Hopefully working out the receivers is just a precaution. The bigger concern is Ebucka. Turf toe can really linger and is easy to reinjure. This hopefully is not an issue the whole season. We need them both.