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Jenna LaineAug 19, 2025, 11:35 AM ET<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Jenna is a former cheerleader at the University of South Florida and speaks to the consistency of the program as being one of the top best in the nation.<\/p>\n TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> wide receiver Jalen McMillan<\/a> has what coach Todd Bowles described as a “severely strained neck” and the second-year player is “going to miss time” during the regular season, Bowles said Tuesday.<\/p>\n McMillan fell awkwardly on the back of his head and neck area while leaping up to make a catch in the Bucs’ second preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> on Saturday night. McMillan’s body folded in midair after he collided with defensive back Daryl Porter Jr<\/a>.<\/p>\n After being attended to by the medical staff, McMillan was able to walk off the field under his own power before being taken to a local hospital for evaluation, a source said. He was cleared to fly home with the team in a neck brace.<\/p>\n Further testing back in Tampa revealed the extent of the injury, which Bowles said “shouldn’t be” career threatening.<\/p>\n One of two third-round draft picks for the Bucs in 2024, McMillan led the NFL with seven touchdown catches in the final five weeks of the regular season.<\/p>\n The Bucs are already without one of their top wide receivers, Chris Godwin<\/a>, who is recovering from ankle surgery and is still on the active\/PUP<\/a> list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jenna LaineAug 19, 2025, 11:35 AM ET CloseJenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-94876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bucs wide receiver Jalen McMillan was upended by Steelers cornerback Daryl Porter Jr. in Saturday’s preseason game.\u00a0AP Photo\/Sue Ogrocki<\/p>\n