Luke Goedeke

After two months on the shelf with a bad foot, Luke Goedeke magically returned Sunday and got through the entire game.

Todd Bowles hopped on radio to evalute his return.

“He did better than I thought he was gonna do out there,” Bowles said. “You know, he was a little ginger at first but he went out there and he played a very good ball game. He played a very solid ball game and he came out okay, too, which was more important than anything else. But to have your right starting right tackle out there after missing him the whole year, very comforting to see.”

Indeed, Coach, “very comforting.”

Bowles’ comments came on the Buccaneers Radio Network.

Unfortunately, Goedeke’s heroic return was matched by starting left guard Ben Bredeson leaving Sunday’s game early with an injury. That was reported early as a hamstring issue but yesterday Bowles said it was a “sprain” without providing more detai.