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Tampa Bay Buccaneers standout right tackle Tristan Wirfs is questionable status for Sunday’s Divisional Round playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Wirfs remains on the mend from a right ankle injury. Center Ryan Jensen, who is also nursing an ankle injury, and is listed as questionable, as well.
Both were injured in the Tampa Bay’s wild-card playoff win over Philadelphia. Wirfs exited the game after just a few plays and did not return, while Jensen played through his injury. Neither participated in practice on Wednesday or Thursday. Their availability is of great importance if Tom Brady, one of the NFL’s most well-protected quarterbacks, is to have time to throw against a talented Rams defensive line.
Jensen and Wirfs are joined by linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul, cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting and receiver Cyril Grayson as players with questionable designations ahead of Sunday.
Running back Ronald Jones and wide receiver Breshad Perriman were both out for Sunday’s matchup.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen played superbly, connecting with Gabriel Davis for a 19-yard TD to put Buffalo ahead with 13 seconds remaining. But that was all the time Patrick Mahomes needed to lead a game-tying field goal drive, before following with an OT TD drive as Allen sat on the sidelines.
The Kansas City Chiefs had just 13 seconds to tie the game and force overtime. Head coach Andy Reid had a no-so-subtle message for QB Patrick Mahomes before the historic drive Sunday.
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes found Travis Kelce in the end zone on the first drive of overtime to beat the Bills and conclude a Divisional Round classic.
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In the biggest moment of career, Matthew Stafford’s deep completion to Cooper Kupp set the stage for Matt Gay’s game-winning field to lift the Rams to the NFC title game.
On the strength of a Matt Gay field goal with no time remaining, the fourth-seeded Rams defeated the No. 2 Buccaneers on the road Sunday to advance to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 2018 and end Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl repeat bid in the process.
Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu has entered concussion protocol and did not return against the Bills. Plus, other roster and injury news from Day Two of the Divisional Round.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without their best offensive lineman Sunday versus the Rams. All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs, who’s been battling an ankle injury, is inactive for the Divisional Round showdown.
The official inactives for Sunday’s Divisional Round playoff games between the Rams and Buccaneers, and the Bills and Chiefs.
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