All the excitement about having Bucky Irving and Chris Godwin Jr. back at practice has vanished as each player was ruled out for the Bucs game on Sunday at the Buffalo Bills. There were five players ruled out, which included starters Haason Redddick and Ben Bredeson along with Markees Watts.

Irving and Godwin were limited in practice all week long. Tampa Bay’s running back was seen at their walkthrough on Wednesday. And while Godwin wasn’t seen when media was out there, he was on the injury report as participating. Each player was quickly identified on Thursday and Friday with them running around, but apparently they’re still not ready enough to go for Sunday.

Bucs WR Chris Godwin Jr. – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

“I feel very good about them,” head coach Todd Bowles said about the progress of Irving and Godwin. “We’ll see next week. There’s a process they [have] to go through, but they’re out running around well and they [are] moving well. We’ll go through the process to make sure they are 100% before they get out there. [It’s] not this week, but we’ll see how it goes next week.”

This is the third game in a row that Reddick is missing. Bredeson was injured on the extra point of the Bucs’ opening touchdown scoring drive last week. They’ll likely have a combination of Dan Feeney and either Michael Jordan, Luke Haggard or Elijah Klein at the guard positions.

Here is the full injury report with status designations for the Bucs and Bills going into their big matchup.

Bucs Friday Injury Report

G Ben Bredeson – Hamstring – Did Not Participate – Out
WR Chris Godwin Jr. – Fibula – Limited Participation – Out
RB Bucky Irving – Shoulder/Foot – Limited Participation – Out
OLB Haason Reddick – Ankle/Knee – Did Not Participate – Out
OLB Markees Watts – Hand – Limited Participation – Out
OLB Anthony Nelson – Illness – Full Participation
NT Vita Vea – Back – Full Participation
S Antoine Winfield Jr. – Foot – Full Participation

Bucs LT Graham Barton, LG Mike Jordan, C Ben Bredeson and QB Baker Mayfield – Photo by: Jeffrey Jones/PR

Bills Friday Injury Report 

TE Dalton Kincaid – Hamstring – Did Not Participate – Out
DT Phidarian Mathis – Shoulder – Did Not Participate – Out
CB Taron Johnson – Groin – Limited Participation – Questionable
DB Cam Lewis – Calf – Limited Participation – Questionable
DT T.J. Sanders (IR) – Knee – Full Participation – Questionable
LB Shaq Thompson – Hamstring – Full Participation – Questionable
CB Christian Benford – Groin – Full Participation
LB Terrel Bernard – Ankle – Full Participation
DE Joey Bosa – Wrist – Full Participation
DE A.J. Epenesa – Concussion – Full Participation
WR Joshua Palmer – Knee/Ankle – Full Participation
DT Jordan Phillips – Wrist – Full Participation
WR Khalil Shakir – Ankle/Ribs – Full Participation
LB Dorian Williams – Groin – Full Participation