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Reddick missed the Bucs’ Week 8 against against the Saints with the same injury and was unable to practice this week following the team’s bye. The veteran pass-rusher will now target a Week 11 return against the Bills. Reddick has totaled just nine tackles and 1.5 sacks this season. In addition to Reddick, LB Markees Watts (hand) will also be held out of Sunday’s contest.

The Buccaneers are without three of their top players this week. While Irving and Godwin continue to miss games, long-time No. 1 WR Mike Evans (collarbone/concussion) was recently placed on injured reserve. Rookie WR Emeka Egbuka will continue to operate as a fantasy WR1, while fellow rookie WR Tez Johnson can be started as a high-upside WR3/FLEX. Reddick’s absence is a plus for the Saints’ offense. His 27 quarterback pressures lead all Buccaneers defenders by three. Fortunately, DT Vita Vea (foot) is active.

Reddick, along with OG Luke Haggard (shoulder), have been ruled out for Sunday’s game. Reddick has totaled 1.5 sacks in seven games for the Buccaneers this season while also breaking up one pass. It’s the first missed game of the season for Reddick, who was unable to practice this week and now sets his sights to Week 10 with the Buccaneers having a Week 9 bye on tap.

It seems like, with Wednesday’s practice being a walkthrough, the Buccaneers opted to go easy on some of their veterans. Lavonte David (knee/rib) and Winfield both upgraded from DNPs to limited sessions on Thursday, putting them in line to play. The same can’t be said for EDGE Haason Reddick (ankle/knee), who remained a DNP and could be in line to miss more weeks. We’re a little surprised Todd Bowles didn’t rule out Reddick when he said that Bucky Irving and Chris Godwin weren’t going to play this week, but he did say they were still waiting for the results of his MRI when asked about it on Wednesday.

Several Tampa Bay defenders did not practice on Wednesday. Lavonte David and Antoine Winfield are among the most notable names on the list. David is dealing with knee and rib issues while Winfield has a toe injury. Coming off a Monday night game, the Bucs might be giving their veterans some maintenance days because of the short week. Still, it’s notable just how many big names they have on the injury report. A banged-up Bucs defense could help Spencer Rattler get back on track after throwing three interceptions in Week 7.

$12 million of this is guaranteed per Adam Schefter. Reddick famously held out for the first seven weeks of the season after the Jets wouldn’t give him a contract extension. He ended the year with just three sacks in 392 snaps for the Jets after a slow ramp-up period — it took him until Week 14 to be announced as a starter. Reddick is a decent bet to bounce back on this deal entering his age-31 season, and the Buccaneers are in desperate need of pass-rush help.

The Jets must still activate Reddick from the exempt list, but that will happen soon. With a reworked contract for the remainder of this season, the star pass rusher will now look to add to a defense that was bludgeoned for 409 yards and 37 points by the Steelers last week. Reddick has totaled 38 sacks in his last three seasons and has four straight seasons with double-digit sacks under his belt. He should have plenty of chances to get after the quarterback in this week’s game against the Patriots.

Reddick recently agreed to a reworked deal and reported to the team after a protracted absence. While Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich said Monday that it was too early to say if Reddick could play this week against the Patriots, Rapoport suggested “if all goes well,” Reddick will suit up. He would join a Jets front seven with the NFL’s eighth highest QB pressure rate.

Reddick agreed to a reworked contract Monday and will practice, but it’ll be his first action after holding out for the first seven games and missing camp. The 30-year-old should be a factor going forward, but it wouldn’t be a shock if his season didn’t begin until Week 9.

Per Schefter, this is the first time a player has held out beyond Week 1 and received an adjusted contract. It’s not, however, a contract extension, which Reddick was initially seeking after the Eagles traded him to New York. Part of the adjustments include New York waiving over $12 million in fines that Reddick racked up while holding out. Reddick has double-digit sacks in each of the past four seasons despite playing for three different teams over that stretch. Finally getting him in the fold will be a big boost for an already-talented Jets defense.