Michael Jordan is now the listed starter at left guard after Ben Bredeson landed on injured reserve on Tuesday. Jordan played the last 42 offensive snaps on Sunday against New Orleans after Bredeson suffered a knee injury in the second quarter. He has already made five starts for the Buccaneers this season, four at left guard and one at right guard. Bredeson will miss the rest of the regular season at a minimum.
Rookie Benjamin Chukwuma, an undrafted free agent out of Georgia State who had a total of 12 starts in his college career, drew his first starting assignment in place of an injured Tristan Wirfs at left tackle. Chukwuma played well, according to both Offensive Coordinator Josh Grizzard and quarterback Baker Mayfield, helping the Bucs allow zero sacks while rushing for 179 yards.
Tight end Payne Durham, who most commonly gets on the field in two-TE sets with Cade Otton, drew some playing time in place of Otton against the Saints, finishing with 23 snaps. Otton, who usually plays close to the maximum number of snaps, saw his percentage dip to 81% in the game and is on this week’s injury report with a knee ailment. Otton caught three passes for 19 yards in the game.
The Bucs used extra receivers on a high percentage of snaps, with rookie Emeka Egbuka leading the way with 65 of a possible 74 snaps, or 88%. Chris Godwn played 51 snaps, Sterling Shepard 42 and Tez Johnson 34. The Bucs also split the backfield duties very evenly between Bucky Irving, who made the start in his second game back from injury, and Rachaad White, both of whom played exactly 36 snaps. Irving had 81 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown while White added 55 yards. Sean Tucker turned his 12 snaps into seven carries for 29 yards and a score.
DL: Elijah Roberts *, Greg Gaines
NT: Vita Vea, Elijah Simmons *
DL: Logan Hall, C.J. Brewer
OLB: Yaya Diaby, Chris Braswell, Markees Watts
ILB: SirVocea Dennis, Deion Jones, Nick Jackson *
ILB: Lavonte David, John Bullock *
OLB: Haason Reddick, Anthony Nelson
CB: Jamel Dean, Benjamin Morrison *, Kindle Vildor
CB: Zyon McCollum, Jacob Parrish *, Josh Hayes
S: Antoine Winfield Jr., Christian Izien
S: Tykee Smith, Kaevon Merriweather
