Shoulder Still Affecting Josiah Trotter (Video)
September 24th, 2026
Rookie linebacker Josiah Trotter.
Rough start for two Bucs rookies.
Inside linebacker Josiah Trotter continues to deal with a shoulder issue. (Thursday video below from WFLA-TV’s Aileen Hnatiuk). Meanwhile, Miami Mauler edge rusher Rueben Bain remains sidelined by a groin problem.
The Trotter injury especially troubles Joe. Through two games, Trotter is the big Bucs playmaker on defense. If he can’t go Sunday, that likely means the Bucs will turn to SirVocea Dennis, the guy they worked hard to replace as a starter in the offseason.
Rookie LB Josiah Trotter who has led the team in tackles the first two weeks of season, dealing with a shoulder is working off to the side #Bucs pic.twitter.com/4ghCLp76uT
— Aileen Hnatiuk (@AileenHnatiuk) September 24, 2026
September 24th, 2026 at 2:02 pm
Please get him healthy. He’s the only one who tackles. Just start Voss and Roseboom for a week or two.
September 24th, 2026 at 2:04 pm
He’ll be alright
September 24th, 2026 at 2:14 pm
Don’t worry, Bowles says linebacker is our deepest position on the team.
And after watching Anzalone for 2 weeks, it really can’t get much worse behind him, can it?
:: inserts “Right? Right?!?” meme ::
September 24th, 2026 at 2:39 pm
SirVocea and Anzalone roaming the middle of the field will be all time hilarious. Kyler Murray will throw for 650 yards and 11 Touchdowns. Vikings -1.5? As if an away team quarterbacked by that dwarf isnt embarassing enough. Bucs lose 30-7 and then 90% of Rayjay will be packer fans. Circling the drain already baby!
September 24th, 2026 at 2:43 pm
Why hasn’t Roseboom sniffed the field yet?
September 24th, 2026 at 2:45 pm
That will hurt, he’s my favorite player on this team since he got an interception and a touchdown. He’s doing his job.
September 24th, 2026 at 3:28 pm
This is not entirely on point here, but I just read this in the Athletic:
“… it is harder to play linebacker in coverage right now than it has been at any point since I started covering the sport.
“And we’re going to really feel the difference between the teams that have skimped at that position and have no answers and the teams that have guys that can live in the conflict that offenses are creating for them.”
I believe the term is prescient – or for the meatheads, they see it coming.
September 24th, 2026 at 3:33 pm
I’d like to see more hurt shoulders on this Bucs defense please.
September 24th, 2026 at 3:45 pm
I don’t know that I would call that “working” off to the side. More like “standing around” off to the side.
September 24th, 2026 at 4:15 pm
It’s about that time that Caliijah Kancey get injured for a bunch of games.
September 24th, 2026 at 4:54 pm
I think it,s time to see if Rozeboom really is a tackling machine. It,s obvious that Anssalone ain’t, as advertised! Go Bucs!
September 24th, 2026 at 4:58 pm
Omg, who will cover the tight ends? Never mind I just remembered we don’t cover tight ends with our defense.
September 24th, 2026 at 7:18 pm
@LakelandSteve,
We don’t cover players. We cover spots of grass.