The Bucks conducted another walk-through at the AdventHealth Training Center on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s game against the Lions in the NFC divisional round in Detroit. And despite having two players not participating and two others participating in limited numbers, Tampa Bay is mostly healthy heading into the second weekend of the postseason.
The Bucks’ health is impressive considering where they are this season. In order to make the playoffs, he will need to avoid injury symptoms. This team benefited en route to the Super Bowl in 2020, only to fail the following year. They had a long list of injuries as they were sent off in the same round going into this weekend.
Bucks QB Baker Mayfield – Photo courtesy of USA Today
The Bucks, who played Monday night and had Tuesday off, took it easy this week with walkthroughs on both Wednesday and Thursday.
“Due to the quick response on Wednesday, [it was a] Walkthrough – we’re on a good schedule,” quarterback Baker Mayfield said Wednesday. “Just recover and work on the game plan like everyone else. Do the mental work and get your body ready.”
Shaq Barrett (ankle) and Chase Edmonds (toe) are not participating in either walkthrough this week, but there doesn’t appear to be any major concern at this point about them being unavailable on Sunday.
Yaya Diaby (shoulder) and Chris Godwin (knee) have both been upgraded to limited participants After missing Wednesday Meanwhile, Mayfield (ankle/ribs) was once again a full participant after announcing on Wednesday that he had returned from Monday’s win over OK against the Eagles.
“By Wednesday standards, yes,” he said. “We didn’t take too many hits. I feel pretty good. It was a physical game, but for the most part we were okay.”
The Lions are in much the same situation as the Bucks, and will enter the weekend in pretty healthy shape.Rookie tight end Sam LaPorta (knee) will participate fully in Wednesday’s walkthrough Participation in Thursday’s practice will be limited. He played in last week’s win against the Rams despite being off the field in Week 18 with a knee injury. It remains to be seen whether Thursday was a setback, but Friday’s injury report will tell the full story for Detroit. To Tampa Bay.
Full Bucks injury report for Thursday
Bucks OLB Yaya Diaby – Photo by Cliff Welch P/R
OLB Shaquil Barrett (ankle) did not play.
OLB Yaya Diaby — Shoulder — Limited participation
RB Chase Edmonds — Toe — did not play.
WR Chris Godwin — Knee — Limited participation
QB Baker Mayfield — Ankle/Ribs — Full participation
Full Lions Thursday injury report
LB Alex Anzalone — Shoulder/Ribs — Full participation
DB Brian Branch — Knee — Full participation
DE James Houston** — Ankle — Full participation
S Kirby Joseph — Knee — Full participation
TE Sam LaPorta — Knee — Limited participation
C Frank Ragnow — Knees/Back/Toes/Rest — Full Participation
WR Kalife Raymond – Knee – Did not participate.
TE Block Right — Hip — Full Participation
**Currently in reserve/injured
