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Social media has been buzzing with Bucs fans irked or mad because [Tristan Wirfs had surgery](https://www.joebucsfan.com/2025/07/report-tristan-wirfs-to-miss-start-of-season/) on his bad knee yesterday instead of months ago. They think the Bucs screwed up.
Some of that sentiment made its way to _NFL Live_ on ESPN this afternoon.
Panelist Booger McFarland, the former Bucs defensive tackle (1999-2006), explained that Tampa Bay players have end-of-season talks with the Bucs’ medical team. A typical conversation for an injured player, he said, will include whether to heal the injury through rest or to have surgery.
Barring an offseason aggravation of Wirfs’ knee (or a different injury altogether), McFarland said he’s smelling a screwup. “Sounds like they may have made a mistake as far as when and if to do this surgery on Tristan Wirfs.”
ESPN’s Dan Graziano reported on the show that the Bucs and Wirfs decided on resting the knee and it wasn’t a winning choice.
“This offseason it didn’t really respond to rest the way they hoped it would,” Graziano said, noting Wirfs made the decision to get the knee issue “fixed” under the knife.
Booger called the Wirfs injury another “hurdle” the Bucs have to jump over.
“New playcaller, the consistency that you want to have around Baker Mayfield just isn’t there right now,” Booger said, noting Baker Mayfield needs to stay comfortable to be successful.
Joe isn’t going to play doctor here, especially without knowledge of whether Wirfs injured or re-injured himself after the 2024 season.
The cold reality is Wirfs has played 88 games in a Bucs uniform including playoffs. That’s a lot of wear on a very large man.
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