Brian Baldinger Sold On Emeka Egbuka
August 18th, 2025
Glimpse of the future.
Joe is both scared and totally stoked about Emeka Egbuka’s rookie season with the Bucs.
Stoked in that Joe thinks this guy is absolutely the real deal. Stoked because Joe thinks Egbuka may be a star for quite a few years.
So why is Joe scared? With the injury to Jalen McMillan on Saturday in Pittsburgh and the continued shroud of mystery concerning Chris Godwin, if Mike Evans’ tradition of summertime hamstring string injuries continues, the Bucs will have a rookie No. 1 receiver.
That’s not ideal.
But still, all it took for one tremendous touchdown catch Saturday night for NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger to jump on the Egbuka bandwagon. He raved about the concentration Egbuka displayed on his route, which ended in six points.
Baldinger also noted that there was good defense on Egbuka but he found a way to get in position to make a superb catch of a superb throw from Teddy Bridgewater.
You can see the video below.
.@Buccaneers @EmekaEgbuka with concentration and patience v tight coverage. the Bucs WR room is as good as anybody's #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/hgts8Y9lLf
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) August 17, 2025