{"id":422005,"date":"2026-10-08T06:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422005\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T06:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:40:51","slug":"tampa-bay-buccaneers-news-bucs-injury-report-looks-bleak-vs-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422005\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers news: Bucs injury report looks bleak vs. Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have seven players limited in practice ahead of their Week 5 matchup on Thursday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Bucs know they will be without quarterback Baker Mayfield, but he might not be the only starter the team will be without.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Bucs Nation, who needs to step up for the Bucs going into Week 5 against the Cowboys? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Buccaneers news<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Bucs could be without kicker Chase McLaughlin, defensive back Antoine Winfield Jr., cornerback Benjamin Morrison, and linebacker SirVocea Dennis against the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Veteran defensive back Sean Murphy-Bunting is leaving the Buccaneers to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Cowboys also have their fair share of injuries going into their matchup against the Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Former Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon was nearing a return to the NFL by agreeing to a deal with the Seattle Seahawks, but he failed his physical, likely due to a foot injury that held him out for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have seven players limited in practice ahead of their Week 5 matchup on Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,2989,137,136],"class_list":["post-422005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}