The Tampa Bay Buccaneers sit comfortably in first place of the NFC South. But there's a high un-comfort level due to notable NFL injury news involving Baker Mayfield and Emeka Egbuka .
The quarterback and wide receiver, respectively, landed on the lengthy Week 8 league's injury report Wednesday . Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network revealed the Bucs are taking a cautious approach.
“QB Baker Mayfield was officially limited in practice today because of a knee injury,” Pelissero posted on the social media website X, formerly Twitter.
Egbuka is dealing with a hamstring and didn't practice ahead of the New Orleans Saints contest. Even backup QB Teddy Bridgewater is dealing with a rare teeth ailment and wasn't a Wednesday participant .
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