ESPN: Tests Confirm Tristan Wirfs MCL Sprain
November 11th, 2024
Test results are in.
[UPDATE: 1:21 p.m.] It seems the best-case scenario for Tristan Wirfs and the Bucs came true.
Per Jenna Laine of ESPN, tests on Wirfs’ right knee confirm yesterday’s reports that Wirfs has an MCL sprain. He will miss time but Laine said her sources tell her Wirfs will be out one or two weeks. Todd Bowles said today that Wirfs is “week-to-week.”
Vita Vea against the Lions suffered what is referred to as a “Grade 2” MCL sprain. He missed one game. Joe has no idea what grade of MCL injury, Wirfs suffered.
And of course, everyone has a different body and healing vibes and pain tolerance. At least Wirfs has a bye week to help mend.
It looked uglier in person than it turned out to be. Wirfs at first was flat on his back. After trainers worked on him, he tried to stand up and initially could not.
Once upright, Wirfs clearly couldn’t put weight on his right leg. He draped each arm around a trainer and heavily limped off the field.
It almost seemed like Wirfs may have ordered trainers not bring out a cart.
Though backup left tackle Justin Skule did a solid job in his place (you didn’t hear too much of Nick Bosa, did you?) it seemed Wirfs’ injury changed the Bucs offense, especially late. Because the Bucs wanted Rachaad White in the game late, not Bucky Irving, in part to help block.
November 11th, 2024 at 12:11 pm
See ya next season! 2024 plagued by injuries and clueless Todd
November 11th, 2024 at 12:13 pm
Not using Bucky doomed us he was running hard and explosive
November 11th, 2024 at 12:23 pm
Hopefully next year will be less injuries and new coach along with more talent. Bucky is clearly the best RB on the team and needs to be starter.
November 11th, 2024 at 12:24 pm
Tank for Travis Hunter
November 11th, 2024 at 12:38 pm
I deff have lashed out at Bowles for his down right terrible defense and the lack of adjustments made. Guys running wide open all over the field is unacceptable. Like some we need to give him some grace. JOE has mentioned injuries to CG14, ME13 now wirfs and vea. Let’s not forget goedke kancey hall dean smith have all missed significant time. All starters hall I think it was that is super underrated cause he was suppose to fill in for dean when he goes down for his yearly missing games act. Lots and lots of injuries and to star players not all are stars but deff a few studs and some good starters. Can’t remember a time we were hit this bad ever. Dean in my opinion should have bin the one traded not CD111. He really was a shut down corner only time fans hated on him is when Bowles had him in zone then he was terrible
November 11th, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Best case scenario? WRONG! Best case scenario is NO injury. It seems Joes of the mindset that one or more injuries in each game is a forgone conclusion.
There must be something flawed in the Bucs’ preparation that makes them more vulnerable to injury. Have no idea what it might be. But what has occurred this season is far from normal.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:03 pm
Well, Wirfs got injured. Joe is unable to turn the clock back and have Wirfs pulled from the game to avoid his injury. So, since his injury happened, the best-case is that he won’t miss much time.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:16 pm
Derek – would love that. I was wrong about him too. He’s a good kid, doesn’t drink, doesn’t do clubs. He just jokes to fish and play football. Shaddeur in the other hand is a world class douche. The Bucs surely need to look for a future number 1 and a number two for the immediate term to help and unlock Baker, I’m just not sure that he’s the “best” solution and he won’t be a top 10 big anyhow. He’s going top 3-5. Notre Dame has the number one ranked corner in America, Benjamin Morrison. He’s out for the yr and thus may fall a bit, someone like that so we can put Josh Hayes back on the streets ASAP would go a far bigger need
November 11th, 2024 at 1:31 pm
Thankful it’s not as bad as it looked. Thought for sure he should be carted off too. He looked even bigger to me with the two guys holding him up off the field
November 11th, 2024 at 1:33 pm
good news…but yeah he will miss basically a quarter of the season… 🙂
here we go again with skooly dee
November 11th, 2024 at 1:34 pm
oops wrong face ^^^
🙁
November 11th, 2024 at 1:48 pm
You don’t need the pass blocking back when you throw it two yards downfield all the time. In any case, White was getting all the carries and targets and wasn’t blocking much at all.
November 11th, 2024 at 1:51 pm
Great, Wirfs will return just in time for the last three or four losses of the Lovie regime.
November 11th, 2024 at 2:27 pm
view from 40, 000 ft…. a team, riddled with injuries to key players, none the less takes the chiefs and 49ers to the edge, losing both on the last possession. Some would argue that’s great coaching. Its like watching Federer get to the Wimbledon final without a backhand, and wondering why he lost….smh.
November 11th, 2024 at 2:31 pm
Every o lineman should have two knee braces and a gazoo helmet on
November 11th, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Very valid point #1bucs fan, and to this Joe as well, since the injury did happen very fortunate they seems to be a minor 1 to 2 weeks and very fortunate to happen just in time through the bye week. Might be fortunate enough to not even miss playing in 2 weeks
November 11th, 2024 at 4:55 pm
With a QB that only gets 118 yards passing, what do you need lineman for?
Oh that’s right, so White can run up the middle on first and goal then again on second and goal.
Then an errant pass by Faker. Followed by a FG to tie.
Just enough time for TB defense to spit the bit.
No need for water boarding, this is torture.
November 11th, 2024 at 5:55 pm
Absolutely do not rush to come back Tristan. We may have lost the battle, but we’re going to win the war brother take your time.
November 11th, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Seriously about Skule? Guess I have to go back to watch the tape, which I probably won’t but watching it live, it appeared that Otton lined up with Skule to double team Bosa on the passing plays. Rarely did I see Skule successfully fly solo vs. Bosa. I think it’s one of the main reasons Otton wasn’t getting the targets. Skule is not good, and if this team wasn’t screwed before, well we’re screwed now relying on Skule to hold down the blindside, Jesus, just terrible luck this year. Why couldn’t a freaking guard get injured, just seems like we’d have a better chance of a stop gap with Guards… I mean damn it’s that difficult to find tackles in the NFL?
November 12th, 2024 at 12:49 am
The solution for fans is, drink heavily, induce a coma, and wake up when Bill Belichick, Robert Saleh and Liam Coen are the best triumvirate of coaches ever assembled and are preparing the Bucs for 2025. Oh, and don’t read anything the fruit loops pontiff writes.
On second thought, that would accelerate the inducement of the coma.
November 12th, 2024 at 2:19 am
Well if White was after Wirfs went out for blocking purposes, then why the hell did they keep calling plays where Baker would hand the ball off to White heading right into Skule’s left side of the line where he would be stopped for a loss or no gain time after time?
Instead, let him block, but hand the ball off to Irving at the same time, at least he knows how to find and redirect on a dime into line gaps. White just runs like he doesn’t know how to change direction once he gets a head of steam and just ran right into Bosa every time!
November 13th, 2024 at 1:01 am
White and Irving so deserving of the $$$$! Really stepping up…..Barton, not so much deserving of the dollars. Clumbsy @ best, does not read the D well, Baker has been sacked so many times this year. Look at this year’s percentages compared to the last three years, let’s watch the film closely.
Looking forward to next year!!!!!
TB