The Tampa Bay Buccaneers concern beginning security Jordan Whitehead tore a pectoral muscle Sunday and can miss the remainder of the season, NFL Community reported Monday.
The group is awaiting MRI outcomes to substantiate the damage, which occurred in the course of the fourth quarter of the Bucs’ 30-7 street win in opposition to the New York Giants.
Whitehead, 27, has began all 11 video games since rejoining the Bucs this season, notching 76 tackles and three passes defensed.
He has 554 tackles and 11 interceptions in 104 video games (100 begins) with Tampa Bay (2018-21, 2024) and the New York Jets (2022-23). The Buccaneers drafted him within the fourth spherical in 2018.
A possible substitute is already on the roster after the Bucs claimed veteran security Mike Edwards off waivers from the Buffalo Payments final week.
The Buccaneers (5-6) are solely a recreation behind the NFC South-leading Atlanta Falcons heading right into a Week 13 street recreation in opposition to the Carolina Panthers (3-8).
–Discipline Stage Media
