The Tampa Bay Buccaneers originally intended to follow their normal practice schedule in Week Five, beginning with a two-hour full-speed workout on Wednesday. However, Head Coach Todd Bowles called an audible on Tuesday, changing that first practice into a 90-minute walk-through inside the team's indoor facility. When he was asked the reason for the switch, Bowles' answer was concise and, for Buccaneer fans, a tiny bit ominous: "We probably had more people that couldn't practice than could practice today," he said.
The walk-through speed of practice kept the players from running out any lingering frustration from their first loss, a 31-25 defeat at the hands of the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday, but quarterback Baker Mayfield says the team is in the right