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It was a double dose of good news for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just ahead of what should be one of their toughest road games of the year, getting good news on a pair of players who were looked at as game time decisions. Shortly before kickoff against the Detroit Lions in a Week 7 Monday Night Football matchup, the Buccaneers learned leading wide receiver Emeka Egbuka would play shortly after news broke NFL All-Pro wide receiver Mike Evans would play after missing the previous 2 games with a hamstring injury. Egbuka injured his hamstring and had to leave a 30-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 6. The 2025 first round pick leads the Buccaneers with 27 receptions for 469 yards and 5 touchdowns. “Bucs WR Emeka Egbuka checked out OK pregame and is considered ‘good to go’ tonight vs. Lions, per source,” ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler wrote on his official X account. “Bucs WR Emeka Egbuka will play tonight, despite a hamstring injury,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport wrote on his official X account. “Early last week, this appeared to be a long-shot. But a pregame workout went well, and now he’ll play.” Egbuka Decision Flies in Face of ‘Experts’ It was widely thought — essentially just after hearing the word “hamstring” — that Egbuka would miss his first NFL game in Week 7. Dr. Jesse Morse, a sports medicine expert, initially predicted Egbuka wouldn’t return until Week 10.
