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The Bucs held their first joint practice against the Jets at Florham Park, NJ on Tuesday after a travel day on Monday. The two teams will go at it again on Wednesday before a day off on Thursday and then meeting once more in the preseason opener on Friday night.

Following another day of training camp, let’s take a look at the list of studs and duds from the action on Tuesday in Tampa Bay’s first joint practice of 2026. Matt Matera was on hand at the Bucs-Jets practice and contributed to this report.

Studs From Day 10 Of Bucs Training Camp

OLB Al-Quadin Muhammad

Although he’s had a quiet start to camp, new outside linebacker Al-Quadin Muhammad had his best practice yet and was easily the Bucs’ best edge rusher on Tuesday. Muhammad beat Max Mitchell in one-on-one drills for a would-be sack, knocking his hands down and moving right past him. Then in 11-on-11 team drills he made a stunt to the inside of the line and got directly in the quarterback’s face. It wasn’t a bad day for the other edge rushers, but Muhammad stood out most.

CB Pepe Williams

Pepe Williams continued his impressive play in training camp with his first interception in practice, this time coming at the hands of Jets quarterback Geno Smith. The 28-year old Williams, who was on the practice squad last year, saw increased playing time with starter Zyon McCollum and reserve Benjamin Morrison both sitting out Tuesday’s practice and made the most of it. Not only did Williams pick off Smith, he took it the distance for a pick-six early in practice.

Bucs CBs Pepe Williams, Zyon McCollum and Roman Parodie – Photo by: Matt Matera/PR

ILB Alex Anzalone

Speaking of first camp interceptions, new linebacker Alex Anzalone notched his first pick as a Buccaneer on Tuesday. Anzalone’s interception also came off Geno Smith, this time in 7-on-7 drills when he cut in front of  Jets tight end Jelani Woods. Anzalone is known for his coverage ability and it was on display on Tuesday against New York.

ILB Josiah Trotter

Josiah Trotter nearly had his first NFL interception in practice on Tuesday, also at the hands of Jets starter Geno Smith. Trotter, the team’s second-round pick, was running the same direction as Smith was as he read the rollout perfectly. Smith tried to throw the ball behind Trotter, but the rookie got his hands on it for a second, but couldn’t haul it in.

With coverage being the biggest question mark about Trotter’s game, it would have been nice to see him come away with the INT. But at least he was in the right place at the right time and broke up the pass with tight coverage. Trotter continues to see more reps with other starters on the defensive side. SirVocea Dennis is still the starter, but Trotter’s going to eventually be the starter in time.

WR Chris Godwin Jr.

Chris Godwin Jr. continues to have a very steady, impressive training camp. He just finds ways to get open and catch the ball and has great chemistry with Baker Mayfield. Like he was on Sunday, Godwin was the most active Bucs receiver and probably received the most amount of targets, working the middle of the field and picking up first downs.

WR Emeka Egbuka

On a day when there weren’t many splash plays to be made against a stingy Jets defense, Emeka Egbuka hauled in a nice touchdown from Baker Mayfield in the red zone. Egbuka was the primary red zone target for Mayfield on Tuesday and it was good to see him cash one in for a score after an up-and-down start to training camp.

Duds From Day 10 Of Bucs Training Camp

OT Ben Chukwuma

Will MacDonald hit him with a gnarly spin move to move right by him and get to the quarterback. Then David Bailey showed why he is was the top edge rusher in the draft. Bailey blew right by Chukwuma and wound up sacking Baker Mayfield on the play.

Bucs QB Play

Baker Mayfield was solid, but not great against the Jets on Tuesday. However, there is nothing for Bucs fans to panic about. Mayfield did throw a deep ball to Ted Hurst on a one-on-one play, but the rookie receiver was well covered and the ball was underthrown. Hurst couldn’t come down with an acrobatic catch like he did twice on Sunday. Mayfield was good with his underneath and intermediate throws, but there were no splash plays downfield on Tuesday.

Bucs WRs Chris Godwin Jr. and Emeka Egbuka and QB Baker Mayfield – Photo by: Matt Matera/PR

To add insult to injury, Jake Browning suffered a back injury and had to leave the joint practice early with the team’s trainers. But before that, Browning’s deep passes were awful on Tuesday. During the play where Browning tried to scramble and hurt his back, there were four Jets defenders around him and instead of throwing the ball away he tried to juke the New York players and injured himself. Browning is not a dud because he got injured, but his decision-making on that play was questionable and his performance on the field prior to the injury wasn’t good.

With Browning out, backups Connor Bazelak and Jalon Daniels got more reps, but neither did anything to stand out with those extra opportunities. Both quarterbacks struggled with accuracy down by the goal line in practice with their passes going wide of the intended targets.

RT Luke Goedeke

We’re not putting Luke Goedeke on this list because of his performance on the field, nor is he on this list because he got into a heated brawl with Jets rookie edge rusher David Bailey. It was the fact that he chucked a Jets helmet 20 yards down the field like a discus. It was reminiscent of former Saint offensive tackle Kyle Turley doing something similar back in the day. It was poor judgment by Goedeke and could have gotten someone hurt.

It’s one thing to do it in a joint practice during training camp. But if that happened in a game Goedeke would have been penalized, ejected, fined and probably suspended another game. Goedeke has led the Bucs in penalties over the last couple of years and has to learn to control his temper a little better.