Buccaneers’ Scotty Miller placed on IR, expected to miss significant time with toe injury, per report

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will reportedly be with out one in every of their slot receivers for fairly a while. On Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Scotty Miller has a toe harm and can miss important time. On Wednesday, the crew officially placed him on IR, which can drive him to overlook a minimal of three video games. 

Miller suffered the harm through the Bucs’ 34-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He caught two of three targets for 11 yards, and was getting his first important taking part in time of the season with Antonio Brown on the reserve/COVID-19 record. Earlier than this matchup, Miller had not recorded a catch in 2021.

Miller had a profession yr in 2020, as he caught 33 passes for 501 yards and three touchdowns in 16 video games performed with 5 begins. This season, it is second-year wideout Tyler Johnson who has been the “No. 4” wideout behind Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Brown.

With Miller sidelined, the door will probably be opened for rookie wideout Jaelon Darden or return specialist Jaydon Mickens to get some reps at receiver. The Buccaneers are making ready for a giant matchup this week, as Tom Brady returns to New England to sq. off towards Invoice Belichick and the Patriots.