The Tampa Bay Rays will be without the services of wide receiver Jalen McMillan for a period due to an upper-body injury . That also means that he's expected to sit out the Bucs' first game of the 2025 NFL regular season, according to head coach Todd Bowles.

“#Bucs HC Todd Bowles said WR Jalen McMillan suffered a severely strained neck and will miss time, including the start of the season. McMillan is currently in a neck brace,” wrote Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team via a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday morning.

The Buccaneers are scheduled to play the Atlanta Falcons on the road in Week 1 of the upcoming 2025 campaign

McMillan is also not on the practice field on Monday, reported Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, who noted that other wideouts in Trey Palmer and Kameron Johnson,

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