Emeka Egbuka is Lacing Up for Sunday Night Football, Foot Injury Be Damned
Tom Pelissero reported that Egbuka is expected to play tonight at Chicago.
Tom Pelissero just dropped the Sunday night bat signal. wide receiver is officially expected to play tonight in despite dragging a questionable tag and a bad foot into the weekend.
Playing through a foot injury as a wide receiver sounds like trying to type a novel with broken fingers, but NFL players operate on a completely different pain scale than the rest of us. If you are holding a questionable ticket on 's receiving props, you can finally exhale and stop refreshing the inactive list.
The Buccaneers desperately need him out there. has hauled in 28 catches for 240 yards and a pair of touchdowns this season, serving as a vital safety valve for . is coming off a bizarre 16-0 mud-wrestling win over the , proving they can win ugly, but they need actual passing weapons to keep up with competent offenses.
The are waiting for them in prime time, fresh off a 34-17 dismantling of the . The Bears are heavy favorites tonight, mostly because their defense has been suffocating on third down and they control the clock like they get paid by the minute.
is no stranger to the trainer's room, having survived a brutal injury scare back in October 2025 that temporarily wrecked 's depth chart. Throwing him into the wind on a bad foot is a massive gamble, but it is the exact kind of gamble a team makes when they are trying to steal a road win on national television.
We will see exactly how much burst actually has once the lights come on. If he looks like he is running in wet cement by the second quarter, the might have to pivot entirely to their ground game and hope their defense can pitch another miracle shutout.