“Huge Loss” Of Ben Bredeson
November 12th, 2025
Usually, when a Bucs player has an in-game injury, head coach Todd Bowles will respond publicly with a next-man-up cliché and talk about how it was unfortunate but the backup was ready and capable.
Bowles didn’t go there when asked about the loss of left guard Ben Bredeson, who left Sunday’s game early in the first quarter with what initially was labeled a hamstring injury.
“It was huge loss for us there,” Bowles said on his official team radio show.
“Because Bredeson, obviously he played center early in the season, when all the guys were down then he went back to guard,” Bowles continued. “He is very smart, he communicates very well. He’s one of our big communicators up there, very tough, built low to the ground, very stout.
“So when you lose somebody like that, it kind of takes some outta you.”
On Monday Bowles said Bredeson suffered a sprain. So was it a hamstring or a sprain, or both?
Replacing Bredeson was guard Michael Jordan, who started multiple games at left guard this season when Bredeson was at center. The Bucs already head backup guard Dan Feeney in the game at right guard replacing Cody Mauch, who is out for the year.
It wasn’t Jordan’s best game, but he’s certainly ok for a No. 4 guard.
The Bucs’ first official injury report of the week comes out late this afternoon. Joe expects Bredeson to be on it and eventually ruled out for Sunday in cold and rainy Buffalo.