Tez Johnson returned to practice.
Today was technically the final practice of training camp at One Buc Palace for the summer.
There were no fans today but the bleachers were still up. And the Bucs were back to underwear football.
Cade Otton, Josh Williams and Tez Johnson were practicing. It was only the third practice for Otton this summer as he was dealing with a hamstring issue.
And for August in Tampa, it was unusually… cool for practice. A comfortable temperature in the low 80s with low humidity and a brisk wind. It almost felt like (gasp!) fall. Football weather!
\* There’s Logan Hall! Kyle Trask goes back to pass and Hall bullrushed his way through the middle of the Bucs’ offensive line and would have had a sack if hitting was allowed (underwear football rules). Trask dodges Hall and throws the ball away to the right.
\* Sean Tucker runs up the middle. With [Rachaad White sidelined](https://www.joebucsfan.com/2025/08/rachaad-white-is-day-to-day/), Tucker got a bunch of work this morning.
\* Tucker runs between the left tackle and guard.
\* Josh Williams is back to practice and he has two straight runs up the middle, the second he weaved through traffic.
\* Mike Evans is wide ass open down the right sideline and Connor Bazelak hits him in stride (!).
\* Bucky Irving up the middle.
\* Baker Mayfield overthrows Emeka Egbuka over the middle. Warren Peeples applied pressure.
\* Mayfield looked to be throwing to Bucky Irving and Peoples tipped Mayfield’s pass at the line. Mayfield did not like this at all and hollered the third of George Carlin’s seven dirty words.
\* Trask throws to Sterling Shepard in the left flat and the pass was high and outside, Ball 1.
\* Tucker up the middle for not much.
\* Trask connects with Ryan Miller down the right sideline.
\* Teddy Bridgewater takes his first snap in 11-on-11 drills. He connects with Garrett Greene along the left sideline.
\* Tucker runs up the middle.
\* Uh, oh. Looks like practice is over super early, but it’s not. Instead, it’s a team huddle at midfield and it seems someone (Joe couldn’t tell who was doing the talking) is doing some arse-chewing. Why does Joe think this? Practice was very loud and chatty before the team huddle. Immediately after the team huddle, all the players became eerily quiet.
\* Mayfield rifles a pass to Mike Evans down the left seam.
\* Mayfield with a quick pass to Egbuka on the right sideline near the line of scrimmage.
\* Whoa! Mayfield threads a needle, connecting with Jalen McMillan in a crowd of Bucs defenders.
\* Tucker runs to the right.
\* Williams up the middle.
\* Trask throws to the right and Markees Watts (!) was so determined to get to the intended receiver Watts never noticed he had a chance for a pick-six. When coaches say to keep your head up, they mean it.
\* Bridgewater connects with Tucker along the right sideline.
\* Williams tries to run up the middle but is dropped for a two-yard loss.
\* Bucky catches a screen pass to the left from Mayfield. It was so perfect. Mayfield looked like he threw a changeup. The ball just got over defenders’ heads and Bucky ran under the ball for the catch.
\* Bucky runs up the middle.
\* Tucker runs to the right.
\* Williams up the middle.
\* Joe senses the Bucs are running the ball a lot this morning. Especially up the middle.
\* Tucker runs right and then cuts inside for a nice gain.
**Red zone**
\* Bucky runs twice up the middle.
\* Mayfield throws an absolute bullet of a pass over the middle and Egbuka catches the ball on about the two-yard line, cuts upfield, takes two steps and scores.
\* Mayfield had a ball tipped at the line.
\* Mayfield hits Devin Culp in the back of the end zone.
\* Same play this time the pass is off Culp’s hands as the pass was a little high.
\* Ryan Miller catches a Trask pass along the left sideline.
\* Williams catches a screen pass for a touchdown as he runs right up the left hashmarks.
\* After Tucker runs up the middle, he catches a touchdown pass to the right.
\* Williams runs to the left for very little.
\* Rashad Wisdom blitzes Trask and Trask tries to unload it to Culp to the right in the end zone but the ball was too short.
**11-on-11**
\* Mayfield pumps three times wanting to go to the right but he instead checks down to Williams on a short pass to the left.
\* Bucky up the middle for very little.
\* Mayfield steps up in the pocket and throws deep for Rakim Jarrett down the right sideline. But Jarrett couldn’t hang on as he takes a tumble.
\* Bucky to the right.
\* This was a fun play. Egbuka cleared out the left side as he went deep to the left. In the void, Mike Evans exploits the green grass and catches a short pass to the left from Mayfield.
\* Trask throws for Tez Johnson along the right sideline but Kindle Vildor knocks the ball away. Joe thought that maybe Vildor got away with interference.
\* Jarrett gets behind the defense on the left side but Trask couldn’t get the ball out in front enough. As the ball floated, it gave Tyrek Funderburk time to recover and swat the ball away.
\* Bridgewater throws to Tucker for a catch on the left side.
\* Bridgewater throws low to Shepard to the left but Shepard goes to the ground to scoop the ball up for a catch.
\* Bucky gets a big gain running to the right.
\* Mayfield throws a pass maybe 20 yards downfield to the right sideline for Evans and Jacob Parrish is able to knock the ball away.
\* Mayfield tries to connect with McMillan on the left side and Jamel Dean dives out to knock the ball away. McMillan’s momentum carried him to just in front of the bleachers and once his cleats hit the slick plastic flooring, McMillan took a tumble on his behind. Bucs staffers had already taken down the snow fence in front of the bleachers so McMillan had little chance for help to slow down.
\* All these batted down passes by the defense to kill a play and get off the field likely has Todd Bowles furious.
\* Trask tries to get a pass to Miller but he had two defenders in his face. Incomplete.
\* Bucky rips off a big gain to the left.
\* Trask way overthrows Johnson. Today is typical Trask. While Trask is not horrible today, he’s taken a step back. That’s what Trask does. He may have two good outings and then the third practice, he takes a step back. Trask looked good in the joint practice against the mighty Titans and pretty good in the worthless preseason game on Saturday night. Just like clockwork, he comes out this morning and isn’t his best.
\* Trask hooks up with Tucker for a big gain.
\* Jose Ramirez is alive! He breaks through and charges Trask who gets off a pass to Jaden Smith (UDFA WR Nevada) but it’s incomplete.
\* Bazelak ends practice with a deep pass over the middle for Garrett.
No practice for the Bucs tomorrow as they fly to Pittsburgh. On Wednesday, the Bucs will practice at Carnegie Mellon University. Thursday, the Bucs and Steelers will have a joint practice. Friday is a day off. The Bucs’ second worthless preseason game is Saturday against the Steelers at the House That Antonio Brown Built.