Tag: Josh Wells

Report: Bucs OT Josh Wells out for season with knee injury

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers appear to have lost another offensive lineman to a season-ending injury

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers appear to have lost yet another offensive lineman to injury for the rest of the season.

Offensive tackle Josh Wells suffered a torn patellar tendon in his knee during Sunday night’s win over the Arizona Cardinals, and will miss the rest of the 2022 campaign, per Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.

Wells was carted off the field in the second quarter, and was quickly ruled out for the rest of the game. He was starting at left tackle in place of Donovan Smith, who missed the game with an injury of his own.

Tampa Bay lost Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen on the second day of training camp, and guard Aaron Stinnie during the preseason, both to knee injuries.

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Bucs OT Josh Wells (knee) carted off, won’t return vs. Cardinals

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have lost yet another offensive lineman to injury

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have lost yet another offensive lineman to injury.

Offensive tackle Josh Wells went down early in the second quarter with a knee injury, and had to be carted off the field. He was quickly ruled out for the rest of the game, which is never a good sign.

Wells was starting in place of the injured Donovan Smith, which leaves third-stringer Brandon Walton protecting Tom Brady’s blind side for the remainder of Sunday night’s game against the Arizona Cardinals.

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Bucs make roster moves heading into Week 7

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are shuffling their roster a bit as they prepare for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are shuffling their roster a bit as they prepare for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers.

Offensive tackle Josh Wells has been designated for return from injured reserve, and tight end David Wells has been re-signed to the practice squad, the team announced Wednesday.

Wells’ return will give Tampa Bay added depth in the trenches, while Wells’ return to the practice squad fills the spot vacated by the release of offensive tackle Justin Skule earlier this week.

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Bucs DL Akiem Hicks (foot), OT Josh Wells (calf) won’t return vs. Saints

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have to finish Sunday’s game without a pair of starters

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have to finish Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints without a pair of starters in the trenches, one on each side of the ball.

Defensive lineman Akiem Hicks (foot) and offensive tackle Josh Wells (calf) both left the game in the first half, and have been ruled out for the rest of the game.

Wells was already starting for the injured Donovan Smith at left tackle, so third-stringer Brandon Walton will have to finish the game protecting Tom Brady’s blind side.

With Hicks out of the lineup, expect to see rookie second-round draft pick Logan Hall on the field in the second half.

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Bucs OT Josh Wells (calf) questionable to return vs. Saints

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers might have to finish Sunday’s game without yet another offensive lineman

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are already down their starting left tackle, and might have to finish Sunday’s game without their top backup.

Josh Wells left during the first half of Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints, and is questionable to return.

Donovan Smith is out with an elbow injury, and third-stringer Brandon Walton will now take over with Wells out of the game.

That’s more bad news for Tom Brady and a Tampa Bay offense that has been shut out by the Saints defense in the first half.

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Aaron Donald does Aaron Donald things against the Buccaneers’ weak link

The Buccaneers were going to have a bad matchup if Aaron Donald lined up as an edge-rusher. If didn’t take long for that to happen.

In our divisional round preview detailing how the Buccaneers could fend off the Rams, we posited that Aaron Donald had a season-high 18 snaps at the edge in Los Angeles’ 34-24 Week 3 win over the Bucs, and with right tackle Tristan Wirfs out of the rematch due to a high ankle sprain, backup Josh Wells could be the Bucs’ vulnerability — especially if defensive coordinator Raheem Morris decided to put Donald on the defensive left side, leaving one-on-ones with Wells that could not work at all for Tom Brady.

It did not take long for Morris to stack this one up. With 7:30 left in the first quarter, Donald lined up right over Wells with no help (!!!), and the utterly predictable thing happened. Brady barely escaped a sack on an incomplete pass to Mike Evans.

Donald had a sack of Brady off the edge from the other side in Week 3, beating Rob Gronkowski and left tackle Donovan Smith…

…and Wells got absolutely demolished by Eagles pass-rusher Ryan Kerrigan for this sack in Tampa Bay’s wild-card win.

The Bucs are either going to have to give Wells some kind of chip help when Donald aligns outside, or up the level of Brady’s life insurance.