As training camp gets underway for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, one notable name will be absent from most of the action. All-Pro offensive lineman Tristan Wirfs will be reporting to camp but offseason knee surgery will limit what he’ll be able to do.
Wirfs is too important to rush back before he’s ready, which is one of the reasons the expectation is he’ll begin the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list. It’s not an ideal situation, but isn’t a total nightmare scenario — that would be a world in which he doesn’t play at all.