The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' very lengthy Week 15 injury report was distilled on Friday to three members of the active roster definitively ruled out for Sunday's road game against the Los Angeles Chargers, plus another six listed as questionable. The two players identified by Head Coach Todd Bowles as being game-day decisions were running back Bucky Irving and defensive back Christian Izien.
In that context, the Buccaneers got good injury news on Sunday afternoon when both Irving and Izien were cleared to play. Irving leads the team in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and yards from scrimmage. Izien has been a valuable chess piece in an injury-riddled secondary, filling it at multiple positions, sometimes in the same game, such as in last week's win over Las Vegas.
That secondary will still be without safeties Antoine Winfield Jr. and Mike Edwards, both of whom were ruled out on Friday. In addition, starting safety Jordan Whitehead remains on injured reserve. The Bucs will also be without starting linebacker K.J. Britt for a second consecutive game but will be getting back linebacker J.J. Russell, who sat out last week's game. Outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka returns to action after missing two contests with an ankle injury.
The Buccaneers and Chargers submitted their list of inactives at 2:55 p.m. ET on Sunday, 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff of their Week 15 game at SoFi Stadium. After elevating punter Jack Browning and safety Ryan Neal from the practice squad on Saturday, the Buccaneers had 55 available players and thus had to name seven inactives to get down to the game-day limit of 48.
BUCCANEERS INACTIVES
- LB K.J. Britt
- DL Earnest Brown
- TE Devin Culp
- S Mike Edwards
- G Royce Newman
- OLB Jose Ramirez
- S Antoine Winfield Jr.
Britt, Edwards and Winfield are out due to injury.
CHARGERS INACTIVES
- TE Will Dissly
- DL Justin Egboigbe
- OL Brenden Jaimes
- OL Jordan McFadden
- LB Denzel Perryman
- QB Easton Stick (3rd QB)
Dissly and Perryman out due to injury.
