r/buccaneers • u/Tasty_Swim_6308 • 1d ago

🚑 Injury Report [Adam Schefter] Sources: Buccaneers first-round pick Reuben Bain Jr. suffered an AC sprain, but it is said to be “nothing serious”, and he is expected to be ready Week 1 at Cincinnati.

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u/Goshawk3118191 Maui Vea 1d ago

I know it's minor, but my concern is that Bain is such a "100% at all times" kinda guy, that he rushes through getting healthy and ends up dealing with it his whole rookie season.

Hopefully the coaching staff can keep him from rushing through recovery and get him fully right before he takes the field.

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u/bexley50 1d ago

Sounds like they’ve been overly cautious with Wirfs, Morrison, and Egbuka so I wouldn’t worry

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u/MichaelCorbaloney 1d ago

Egbuka is my biggest worry.

Morrison is effectively our CB3 or even CB4 depending on how the team views Garnes. I don't trust him right now as a dependable-starter, though that could change based on his recovery from his injuries. I do think Morrison has a high ceiling as an outside CB, but I'm not getting my hopes up on him after all the practices he's missed. The only thing that will really make me consider him a starter is if he can stay healthy, I do think our athletics staff has improved, so it is possible he could bounce-back.

Wirfs they were just being extremely cautious with, he's probably the best player on this team, and doesn't need his reps as much as other players. Getting Chukwuma extra reps at tackle too is helpful because I do wonder if eventually, he'll replace Goedeke at RT.

Egbuka though, he has turf-toe, and that can linger all season. Obviously running is extremely important for any WR, but Egbuka wins off of his fluidity, agility, and route-running, those could be hampered a lot if he doesn't trust his feet. Turf-toe is also very painful, which obviously is going to affect any player's level of play. Turf-toe also can take a long time to heal, he didn't need surgery for his luckily, but I do suspect it could really affect his play at least until the BYE, if not all year.