Wide receiver Jalen McMillan hasn't played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since he suffered a gruesome neck injury in the preseason.

As Ashlie Abrahams of Buccaneers Wire/USA Today noted on Wednesday, McMillan was seen wearing a neck brace shortly before the club's Week 9 bye. During the latest episode of the "Ira Kaufman Podcast," Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles revealed that McMillan actually broke bones in his neck back in August.

Buccaneers still don't know how close Jalen McMillan is to returning

"It’s just a matter of the bones healing the right way," Bowles said about McMillan’s recovery. "And those are such difficult bones to judge inside the neck. And I’m not in the medical profession, but he’s coming along. I think he’s in good spirits. And I thin

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