Greg Auman
@gregauman
Covering the NFL for @FOXsports. On Bucs since 2013, previously @TheAthleticNFL, @TBTimes_Sports. email [email protected].
Didn’t see these but a strong day for Antoine Winfield. “Tweeze is everywhere. He’s a ninja on the field,” receiver Jalen McMillan said after the Bucs’ first practice of training camp.
Antoine Winfield makes an incredible interception on the sideline with Zyon McCollum tipping the ball in coverage on Mike Evans. Winfield kept two feet in to complete the INT. Winfield on the NEXT play intercepts Baker Mayfield again biting on Mike Evans’ route. Have a day…
Video: Bucs guard Cody Mauch talks about his confidence in Charlie Heck stepping in at left tackle while Tristan Wirfs recovers from knee surgery.
Video: Todd Bowles says linebacker Lavonte David is a “godsend” as like another coach on the field, helping line up others and still making plays himself.
Bowles, asked about Deion Sanders being at practice today to watch his son Shilo: "Normal day for me, as far as I'm concerned. A father coming to see his son, like all of us would be doing."
Coach Prime is in Tampa Bay for Day 1 of Training Camp 🌴
Todd Bowles, asked about rookie DT Desmond Watson, who opens camp on the non-football illness list, working on the side trying to lower his weight: "It's just about trying to get him better, to be a healthier player and getting him on the field. That's where I'm at right now."
Todd Bowles today on Tristan Wirfs' having knee surgery late in the offseason: "It didn't heal. It had to be done. This is not a murder mystery where we need to find out what happened. It's about him getting better. He's in great spirits."
Video: Lavonte David said the Bucs defense has a focus on forcing more turnovers, coming up with picks when you have the chance.
Video: Lavonte David says he wouldn’t have come back for a 14th NFL season if he didn’t think the Bucs were capable of making a Super Bowl run.
No specific injury updates today on Tristan Wirfs or Chris Godwin. Bowles said he remains hopeful of Godwin being able to play in Week 1, still too early to know a timetable for Wirfs.
Bucs corner Bryce Hall with a nice pick on a throw by rookie Connor Bazelak late in practice.
Tristan Wirfs here at practice but watching from a golf cart, crutches in hand.
Charlie Heck working as the Bucs’ first-team left tackle in first 11-on-11 looks. Ben Chukwuma as second-team left, Elijah Klein second RT.
And here’s Shilo Sanders (28), working with safeties coach Nick Rapone at first practice of training camp.
Deion Sanders is here at first practice of Bucs training camp, watching his son Shilo, an undrafted rookie safety from Colorado.
Punt units on both fields. Deep for returns on main field: Emeka Egbuka, Jalen McMillan, Rachaad White; on the other, Tez Johnson and Trey Palmer.
New Bucs defensive line coach Charlie Strong talking with Robert Ayers, who will be a coaching fellow in training camp and preseason.
Bucs have QB Michael Pratt, DL Greg Gaines, DT Desmond Watson working on a side field with trainers ahead of first practice of training camp.
