Buccaneers’ chances of upsetting Rams take massive hit due to illness in locker room

Many Tampa Bay Buccaneers are under the weather heading into a crucial road game against the Los Angeles Rams on “Sunday Night Football.”  After a walk-through at Wednesday’s practice, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles revealed a mystery illness has broken out in Tampa Bay’s building. The coach believes the bug has affected 20 people.  “Unfortunately, this Wednesday a lot of people have taken ill,” Bowles said, via Matt Matera of PewterReport.com. “There is a bug going around the building. We had about five coaches and about 15 players down, so that helped aid in this walk-through. There’s nothing we can really do about that today.”  Even more concerning for the Buccaneers is that the illness has affected star players. Tampa Bay QB Baker Mayfield and rookie WR Emeka Egbuka were among those limited because of sickness during Wednesday’s practice.  Upsetting the Rams already looked difficult enough for the Buccaneers. L.A. (8-2) is second in the NFC behind the Philadelphia Eagles (8-2) and has won five straighRead More