Teddy Bridgewater

Mayfield suffered a sprained AC joint in his non-throwing shoulder and left the game in the first half of Week 12's loss to the Rams. The 30-year-old quarterback has progressed throughout the week, taking all of the first-team reps in practice on Friday. Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Mayfield was trending towards playing, which is confirmed by Fowler's report. It's good news for fantasy managers and the Buccaneers as Teddy Bridgewater seemed borderline disinterested in playing quarterback in relief of Mayfield last week.

Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield (shoulder) did not practice on Wednesday. HC Todd Bowles said QB Teddy Bridgewater will take most of the reps this week and that they'll see how Mayfield is feeling when they get closer to Sunday's game vs. the Cardinals. He shouldn't be in your fantasy plans, but Mayfield's absence would be bad news for all of Tampa Bay's skill-position players.

This is hardly surprising. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles told reporters earlier today that backup QB Teddy Bridgewater will get most of the first-team reps this week. Thus far, he has taken all of them. Mayfield has a chance to suit up and play through the pain against the Cardinals, though it would be nice to see him resume practicing soon.

Mayfield left Sunday night's loss in the second quarter and did not return

The Buccaneers will spend their practice week getting Teddy Bridgewater ready to play against the Cardinals, but they won't make a call on their starting quarterback until closer to kickoff.