{"id":12680,"date":"2025-07-22T06:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12680\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T06:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:01:08","slug":"todd-bowles-provides-an-update-on-tristan-wirfs-hell-be-ready-sooner-than-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/12680\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Bowles provides an update on Tristan Wirfs: He&#8217;ll be ready sooner than later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buccaneers left tackle Tristan Wirfs <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-tristan-wirfs-to-miss-start-of-regular-season-after-knee-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">underwent arthroscopic surgery<\/a> on his right knee earlier this month. Wirfs could miss the start of the season, but coach Todd Bowles isn\u2019t ready to rule Wirfs out.<\/p>\n<p>Bowles expressed optimism despite uncertainty about whether doctors will clear Wirfs for Week 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat I cannot tell you,\u201d Bowles told Joe Bucs Fan about Wirfs\u2019 availability for the season opener. \u201cI just know <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joebucsfan.com\/2025\/07\/todd-bowles-talks-about-the-tristan-wirfs-injury-recovery\/#more-377553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he\u2019ll be ready sooner than later<\/a>. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s Week 1, 2, 3. He\u2019ll definitely put the work in, so I don\u2019t have a problem with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wirfs recently posted a workout video on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would feel better if you told me he put out a video jumping out of a pool on one leg,\u201d Bowles said. \u201cThen I\u2019d know he\u2019d be close to being ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wirfs\u2019 knee was expected to be fine with rest, with Bowles saying during the offseason program that Wirfs would be full-go at training camp. Instead, Wirfs required surgery after the offseason program, and additional damage was found during the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Bowles, though, defended the team\u2019s medical staff. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, there have been talks since the season ended and for it to heal,\u201d Bowles said. \u201dAnd [the medical staff and Wirfs] each other decided to get the surgery done. Sometimes when you let things heal, they don\u2019t heal the right way. That\u2019s just part of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just like going for it on fourth down. Either you get it or you don\u2019t. Either it heals or it doesn\u2019t and you have to get surgery. But there was great communication throughout and Tristan\u2019s in great spirits right now. And if I was a bettin\u2019 man, I\u2019d bet he\u2019d be back sooner than later. And we can do is get the next guys ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Heck is expected to fill in for Wirfs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buccaneers left tackle Tristan Wirfs underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee earlier this month. Wirfs could miss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-12680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}