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The Buccaneers received unfortunate news regarding wide receiver Jalen McMillan on Tuesday. McMillan will start the 2025 season on the injured reserve list after suffering a “severely sprained neck" vs. the Steelers in Saturday's preseason game, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.
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SB Nation on MSNSteelers film room: Derrick Harmon arrives vs. the Buccaneers
Steelers first-round rookie Derrick Harmon had a quiet preseason debut against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 9, ending the day with a blank stat sheet. He quickly corrected that in his second-career preseason game a week later against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, logging one sack, one tackle for loss, and three total tackles.
In the Steelers’ preseason Week 2 matchup, rookie DL Derrick Harmon ran through Buccaneers LG Ben Scott for his first sack in Pittsburgh.
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Bucs Wire on MSNBuccaneers receive a mixed bag of medical updates ahead of preseason finale
When the Bucs opened practice on Tuesday following their preseason win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, they were missing a laundry list of players from practice. The majority of them were on defense, but the offense is also not immune to the injury bug and the disease he has been spreading around the team over the last couple of years.
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Yardbarker on MSNBuccaneers QB Baker Mayfield loses another top target before Week 1
Per Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles confirmed Tuesday that McMillan will miss the start of the regular season with a strained neck that has him in a brace.
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Miles Killebrew (28) and defensive back Kyler McMichael (37) during a preseason game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA. (Karl Roser / Pittsburgh Steelers)
The Bucs' offense hit a lull after the first quarter, while the Steelers put up 17. Connor Bazelak took over at quarterback in the third quarter and finished completing 14 of 18 attempts for 106 yards. In the final three seconds of the game, Chase McLaughlin drilled a 43-yard field goal to give the Bucs a 17-14 victory on the road.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers need a strong pass rush in 2025, and to do that, second-year Chris Braswell will have to show out. Braswell was drafted by the Buccaneers in the second round of the 2024 draft,