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Buccaneers get Tristan Wirfs and Chris Godwin back at the perfect time

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been ravaged by injuries early in the 2025 season. Starting right guard Cody Mauch is out for the year with a knee injury. Calijah Kancey is lost for the season with a torn pectoral muscle. Mike Evans will miss a few weeks with a tweaked hamstring. To say the team is banged up would be an understatement.

Luckily for Tampa Bay, with a litmus-test game looming against the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, two of its core offensive stars are expected to make their season debuts Sunday.

Tristan Wirfs and Chris Godwin expected to return for Buccaneers vs.