Tristan Wirfs Is Out Sunday For Miami Game
December 26th, 2025
Out.
It seems to be getting darker all the time.
Bucs All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs will not play Sunday against Miami in a game critical to keeping the Bucs’ postseason hopes alive.
That’s the word from Bucs coach Todd Bowles today. Also, Bowles said outside linebacker Anthony Nelson (knee) will be out and defensive lineman Calijah Kancey, who is in the 21-day window to return from injured reserve, will not be activated.
Wirfs has a bum toe. In his place, rookie tackle Ben Chukwuma is expected to start. He made his first career start three weeks ago against New Orleans and help up rather well.
December 26th, 2025 at 12:47 pm
We had our win streak early on without Wirfs.
December 26th, 2025 at 12:57 pm
I like Ben. He’ll be fine.
December 26th, 2025 at 12:58 pm
Two tight ends, help protect the QB, and throw the ball 35 of the first 45 snaps and we win going away. Hurry and get well Tristan, we need you.
December 26th, 2025 at 12:58 pm
Why are NFC South teams so consistently bad. We play barely .500 ball yet win the division, year after year. Is it bad drafting of players, bad coaching or both?
December 26th, 2025 at 12:59 pm
Chukwuma’s gonna be a stud when he gets more playing time. This will be good for him.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:03 pm
Looking forward to seeing Chuk again. I think he’ll eventually replace Wirfs.
On a side note, every gameday since the bye week I’ve said, “Maybe this will be the game that gets Bowles canned.” Maybe this is the one. I can’t look forward to next year knowing the same mediocrity will be on full display.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:10 pm
There is some very wrong at one buc
December 26th, 2025 at 1:16 pm
Chuky did fine last time,
He’ll be a starter somewhere on the OL next year
December 26th, 2025 at 1:21 pm
7-10 is coming.
The research department is already setting up interviews.
Chef Bowles cooked 2025 for us. That’s right is well done according to chef Bowles. SMH
December 26th, 2025 at 1:27 pm
Bucs better win in Miami. And, I wouldn’t pencil in a Seattle win in Carolina tomorrow.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:28 pm
Meant Sunday
December 26th, 2025 at 1:29 pm
SB~LV Says:
Chuky did fine last time,
He’ll be a starter somewhere on the OL next year
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I look forward to seeing more of him, but hope Wirfs is OK to play by the
playoffs (if we should make it there) 😉
December 26th, 2025 at 1:29 pm
It could get pretty ugly Sunday. Not in a good way. Would a Dolphins blow out get Bowles fired that day….
December 26th, 2025 at 1:31 pm
doesn’t matter
chalk up L #4 and then #5 in a row and call it a wrap on the year
full reboot in 2026
December 26th, 2025 at 1:36 pm
Watched raise the flags , glazers made a statement while bringing in new coaches by saying its their obligation to the fans to have a winning team. Bowles’ record is inflated due to a terrible division. He also calls the shots for the defense which has been trash. Now the latest skid out of the playoffs has lost the locker room and the fan base. Retaining him will make next year a failure even before it starts.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:36 pm
This team is fundamentally flawed everywhere. It starts in the training room. These guys all need to be canned every single trainer coach every last one
December 26th, 2025 at 1:49 pm
Dolphins 28 – 20!
December 26th, 2025 at 1:49 pm
Wirfs just plagued with injuries this year huh? Hope this doesn’t become a long-term issue with him, or that contract will become almost as bad as Winfield’s…
December 26th, 2025 at 1:51 pm
@Ufc – our training / medical staff has been subpar for years, if not decades at this point.
Ever notice how most other teams just appear so much more physical and imposing compared to the Bucs? Almost all our guys (besides Vea, Wirfs, etc.) just look skinny and small on the field. It’s no wonder we get pushed around.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:52 pm
Quick lose this sunday and lets thunk about the new coach and the draft.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:53 pm
Rub some “Tussion” on that toe or cut it off . Let’s Go !
December 26th, 2025 at 1:53 pm
Fish are in tank. Draft
December 26th, 2025 at 1:53 pm
Can’t get any darker when the team is blind.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:54 pm
unbelievable
How much is that on Licht, and the “ superior athletes “ he drafts?
Winfield is short, SVD is small, Kancey is undersized, etc etc.
December 26th, 2025 at 1:59 pm
At least we are set at OT for a while. We need that LB from Georgia or Ohio State
December 26th, 2025 at 1:59 pm
@jmark – Oh it’s def on Licht as well, though he’s not drafting anyone the HC doesn’t want on the team. We know that Todd Bowles loves fast, undersized players on defense (besides tall corners).
It’s worked out spectacularly, huh?
December 26th, 2025 at 2:03 pm
Fish have nothing to lose. Watch out for cheap shots.
December 26th, 2025 at 2:16 pm
INTERESTING THIS ISN’T DISCUSSED MORE
If the Bucs lose and Carolina wins the season is over. This Sunday could be it.
December 26th, 2025 at 2:34 pm
Been a forgettable season for Wirfs
December 26th, 2025 at 2:44 pm
UGotRobbed Says:
December 26th, 2025 at 1:49 pm
Dolphins 28 – 20!
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So another game where Baker can’t score more than 20 points? Sounds about right unless he snaps out of this prolonged 2+ month funk.
December 26th, 2025 at 2:50 pm
Our line is checked out, Chukwuma made some bad mistakes versus the Saints but was otherwise not bad
December 26th, 2025 at 2:50 pm
Dolphins linebacker Bradley Chubb is 1.5 sacks away from a $900,000 incentive bonus. He’s already pocketed over 1 million for his 6 sacks. Sunday might be a rough day for Baker!
December 26th, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Can’t believe I read someone say Chukwuma si replace Wirfs eventually.. lol Wirfs isn’t going no where she’s our best tackle. He’ll probably replace Luke G.
December 26th, 2025 at 2:53 pm
The Miami game is meaningless unless the Panthers somehow defeat the Seahawks. Rest the players so they will be full strength for the Panthers game the following week.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:00 pm
4 wide and start slinging it ,,, build momentum!!! Dolphins have nothing to gain and Bucs got everything to lose
December 26th, 2025 at 3:01 pm
Mhystc Says:
December 26th, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Can’t believe I read someone say Chukwuma si replace Wirfs eventually..
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Yeah, the hype on Chewbacca based on very few snaps, and then the hate on Wirfs, it’s just really stupid.
Chewy might end up being a good player, but Wirfs is 26 and literally the best offensive lineman in the NFL, and these dopes act like he’s washed up. Very very low IQ individuals.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:08 pm
I swear the majority of so-called Bucs ‘fans’ are rooting for the team to lose and not make the playoffs because they’re so stupid they think whatever is behind door 2 is going to be fantastic compared to now. It’s almost like these morons haven’t been Bucs fans for long, since any long-time Bucs fan knows what is about to happen once the Bucs start their overdue rebuild, and that’s many many many years of losing and not even being mentioned as being in the playoff picture.
You dummies shouldn’t be so eager to move on. This isn’t Dirk to Arians, where he’s being given a young talent loaded team with a bunch of future HOFers, this is going to be Gruden to Morris – an older team that goes 500, might sneak into the playoffs, then falls off a cliff when they do a rebuild and don’t sniff the playoffs for decade (well outside of 2010).
December 26th, 2025 at 3:13 pm
Wirfs is the best OL in team history already. And the idiot that keeps saying move him to G should just watch soccer.
The depressing slow decline of this team is an illusion. The first few games, breaks went their way. Now they are not. So the team was not good from the start.
I was fooled. You were fooled. Licht fooled himself. Bowles is just not capable of motivating these guys.
So thy need to debride the wound, clear out the detritus and infection and necrotic tissue — mostly on Defense and the ones are well known because they are on tape. As for the coaches, all of them need to go.
2026 may be rough with a new regime. But it may not. Some guys can deliver immediately. I never thought that much of Coen. Just did not see him in front of microphone. But he has delivered. So has Vrabel.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:18 pm
I hope I’m wrong. I hope the switch is flicked, and they beat Miami and Carolina and win two playoff games.
But what have they shown to suggest they could go on a 3-4 game winning streak?
December 26th, 2025 at 3:20 pm
I think Wirfs is gonna pull a Marpet. Smart guy who’s tired of abusing his body.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:29 pm
I’m diehard Buc!! I Hate this season SO FAR? but I think us fans have become a tad greedy!!! Try being a Lion, Cowboy, Chiefs, Raven diehard fan! They are not happy. Us as fans should root them on regardless of our great coach. Go Bucs
December 26th, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Teacher Man is the one hyping up Chuck. He gets his dream scenario against Miami. Well, minus our All pro left tackle playing left guard, haha.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:30 pm
ModHairKen. “But what have they done to suggest they could go on a 3-4 game winning streak”? How about the fact we’ve beaten the current 1 and 2 seeds already this year in the NFC? And the hottest team in the AFC going into the playoffs? Houston and Buffalo. We’ve beaten Houston and the only reason we only scored 32 against Buffalo is because we gave away 2 extra points. New England looks pretty good too. Didn’t we throw 3 td passes against them with ZERO turnovers? ModHairKen, surely you feel like a doofus asking dumb questions like that.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Yes please throw the damn ball Tampa! Go Bucs!
December 26th, 2025 at 3:32 pm
Big Ben LFG!
December 26th, 2025 at 3:34 pm
Enough with the fascist ICE ads
December 26th, 2025 at 3:34 pm
If it is one of those turf toe things, he may not be back for whatever is left of this season. Wirfs is as good as they get, saw him hustle several yards downfield last Sunday to pick off a second or third level defender. Dude is a Mountain with legs. Change is a coming next season, no matter what happens the rest of this year. I can’t see the Bucs allowing Todd to continue as the DC, and he might not want to continue as HC, if he is relieved of DC duties.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:36 pm
Bill in Seminole, the NFC South hasn’t always been bad. When the realignment took place, all the talking heads said the NFC South was the weakest division. The NFC South had a representative in the NFC Championship game and Super Bowl for the next few years. All divisions go through this type of ebb and flow.
December 26th, 2025 at 3:52 pm
Kenton
Going a little heavy on the Christmas libations?
December 26th, 2025 at 4:03 pm
More ICE ads pleaser
December 26th, 2025 at 4:04 pm
Fire Todd
December 26th, 2025 at 4:04 pm
There are 4 divisions in the NFC. The last three years( correlating with Mayfields arrival) we have played, nfc north 4 games in 2023, nfc east 4 games in 2024, nfc west 4 games in 2025. 9-3 against the rest of our conference. We are killing them. 9 wins-Vikings, Bears, Packers, Commanders, Eagles, Giants, Seahawks, Forty Niners, Cardinals. Our 3 losses were Lions, Cowboys, and Rams. Put simply, Baker Mayfield is one bad son of a Bltch.
December 26th, 2025 at 4:20 pm
Trade Wirfs while his value is it’s highest, same with Vea, and Winfield. Start the rebuild. Bringing it back again hasn’t worked, need a new direction.
December 26th, 2025 at 4:30 pm
The Bucs were playing good football earlier on with their backups
Bucs 27 Miami 17
Next week
Bucs 28 Carolina 24
Bucs win a playoff game
All is well at One Buc Place once again