Is Emeka Egbuka playing in Week 3 fantasy vs. Jets? Buccaneers WR injury update, Baker Mayfield outlook

Billy Heyen

Is Emeka Egbuka playing in Week 3 fantasy vs. Jets? Buccaneers WR injury update, Baker Mayfield outlook image

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 2-0, and rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka has been a big reason why.

The Bucs want to keep it rolling in Week 3 when they take on the New York Jets, but Egbuka's injury status was a question mark.

Egbuka has been listed on the injury report with both hip and a groin injury heading into Sunday, and he's officially questionable.

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Is Emeka Egbuka playing in Week 3?

Buccaneers rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka is "expected to play" in Week 3 against the New York Jets, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

You'll want to keep an eye on the injury report that will come out Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET just to be sure.

It's good news all around.

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If you have Egbuka on your fantasy roster, he's worth using at least as a FLEX play. He's already got three touchdowns through two games. 

This also slots in Baker Mayfield as a clear QB1.

The Jets won't show as having been beat too badly last week by Josh Allen, but the Bills never really needed Allen to be Superman. In Week 1, Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdowns against the Jets. Mayfield can do that, too, especially if Egbuka plays.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle