Payne Durham Suffers Knee Injury
August 14th, 2024
UPDATED: The Bucs really lucked out with YaYa Diaby’s sprained ankle, which at the time of the injury weeks ago looked much worse than it is. Will the Bucs be so lucky with Payne Durham?
The second-year tight end out of Purdue suffered a knee injury today at practice in Jacksonville against the Jaguars. Durham caught a short pass in red zone work and got up slowly. He walked to the Bucs’ sideline under his own power. Head coach Todd Bowles confirmed the injury after practice.
Bowles said Durham is undergoing tests to determine the severity.
Durham this summer has been getting a bunch of work with the Bucs’ first-team offense. Not as much as starter Cade Otton, but if the number of snaps a player gets with the first team in training camp is an accurate barometer, Durham looked to enter the season as the team’s No. 2 tight end.
Based on practice snaps, if Durham can’t go, rookie seventh-round pick Devin Culp will be the No. 2 tight end and veteran Ko Kieft will be the No. 3 tight end.
Culp and Keift have different skillsets. Kieft is more like a fullback and is very good blocking defenders on the second and third levels. Culp is more of a pass-catching tight end who works the seams.
August 14th, 2024 at 1:15 pm
I have really high hopes for Durham this year. Hope it’s nothing serious. The way you described it Joe, it sounds like a non contact injury. Yea?
August 14th, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Oh no. Non contact injuries are never good.
August 14th, 2024 at 2:02 pm
I agree with Leopold on that. Joe didn’t specify so we can’t know, but it doesn’t sound too bad. Mighta just bumped it a little.
August 14th, 2024 at 2:28 pm
Silver lining, if there is one, is more snaps for Culp.
August 14th, 2024 at 2:54 pm
Unless he was carted off – I’m going with a minor injury so I don’t puke.
August 14th, 2024 at 3:13 pm
Well, cut-downs are coming. get a TE reject on the cheap. This is worse group on the Bucs this year so it shouldn’t be difficult to upgrade.
August 14th, 2024 at 3:14 pm
Hopefully a sprain. That’s quite enough injury scares before week one, thanks.
August 14th, 2024 at 3:34 pm
I like Culp’s workout numbers, but a guy with those numbers doesn’t drop to the 7th round without a reason – and his reason was that he couldn’t actually catch the ball. Hopefully he’s figuring that out if he’s put into this position – but I think the Bucs would likely need to sign someone who is more of a straight up blocker to fill that #2 role if Durham is out. Hopefully he’s fine, it sounds like he’s leveled up over the offseason.
August 14th, 2024 at 3:44 pm
Kieft is appearing to be useless
August 14th, 2024 at 4:10 pm
SC Bucs Fan Says:
August 14th, 2024 at 3:44 pm
Kieft is appearing to be useless
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Not worthless at all – his role is as Joe stated, more of a fullback, who can play in the backfield and on the line, can block pretty well and catch the ball once in a while. Just does all the dirty work no one notices, really, and teams need guys like that. In his role, he’s a good fit. But he’s not a guy you want as your #2 TE.
August 14th, 2024 at 4:11 pm
This is too bad. Hopefully, only a sprain like YaYa.
August 14th, 2024 at 4:23 pm
Don’t like that. Another of our guys that seemed primed for a 2nd year leap.
August 14th, 2024 at 4:40 pm
SC BUC FAN: Are you serious? His family reads this. How rude could you possibly be?
August 14th, 2024 at 5:38 pm
Guy did basically nothing on our team this loss is a wash
August 14th, 2024 at 6:43 pm
@Pryda
Maybe you should try out? My guess is your ceiling was co-Ed flag football in the church league. Coached by your dad of course so you got playing time.
August 14th, 2024 at 6:44 pm
Devin Culp has a 90 speed rating on madden that’s the same speed as trey palmer I like it…HD sucks at blocking
August 14th, 2024 at 6:59 pm
Durham’s injury is that it is not severe and one team source told Pewter Report that Durham is likely day-to-day.
Good news.
August 14th, 2024 at 7:09 pm
Bucsalltheway Says:
August 14th, 2024 at 6:44 pm
Devin Culp has a 90 speed rating on madden that’s the same speed as trey palmer I like it…HD sucks at blocking
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Damn, I didn’t even realize it was out – I thought it was next week.
Having a fast TE is huge in Madden as you can just run go routes vs zone and get you an easy 10-15 yards on pretty much any play, or in man just run deep corners towards the sidelines and that’s good for like 20-25 yards.
August 14th, 2024 at 8:57 pm
Cancey’s injury last year was a non-contact injury and it cost him about 2 months to recover. I remember the video. He was dancing with a tackling dummy and then just went down in pain. I wonder if this years mystery ailment is some sort of relapse?
August 14th, 2024 at 10:15 pm
@rod munch
Pre ordered and got it a week earlier…our stock depth chart scares me and bakers overall is whack compared to the season he had.