Tampa Bay Buccaneers relocating to South Florida forward of Hurricane Ian, will maintain practices at Miami Dolphins’ facility

TAMPA, Fla. — With Hurricane Ian set to maneuver over Florida’s west coast Wednesday into Thursday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can be briefly relocating to South Florida, the workforce introduced Monday night.

The Bucs will depart Tampa on Tuesday and can spend the week training on the Miami Dolphins’ Baptist Well being Coaching Complicated in Miami Gardens via the tip of the week, if crucial. The Bucs had beforehand hosted the Dolphins for 2 days of joint practices previous to their Week 1 preseason recreation.

A hurricane warning was issued for the Tampa Bay space Monday evening. Forecasters say the area will begin to see results of the storm as early as Tuesday afternoon, with the worst results coming Thursday. Ian is at present a Class 2 storm however is predicted to strengthen because it hovers off the coast.

“I do not assume that anybody’s actually ready for this. I do know I have been getting ready all morning and get all my stuff outdoors, attempt to put it inside, attempt to get all of the stuff on the bottom degree up somewhat bit increased,” Bucs quarterback Tom Brady mentioned Monday on his “Let’s Go!” podcast. “I am proper right here on the bay in order that they’re speaking about fairly excessive storm surges and it is a scary factor. I’ll say that it is a scary factor when it actually hits your step.”

The NFL continues to observe the scenario, however as of Monday night, the plan continues to be for the Bucs to host the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday evening at Raymond James Stadium. Within the occasion the Bucs are unable to host the sport, the NFL is unlikely to make use of Miami as the brand new recreation web site, league sources advised ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, although the Dolphins — who play at Cincinnati on Thursday evening — will not be utilizing their stadium on Sunday.

In response to sources, the NFL doesn’t need to danger taking on state sources to host a recreation in Miami that might be higher utilized in Tampa within the aftermath of the hurricane.

If Sunday’s recreation needs to be moved, it’s seemingly the Bucs and Chiefs would play at a impartial web site within the Midwest, equivalent to Minneapolis (the Vikings play the New Orleans Saints in London in Week 4). These plans stay fluid given the unknown path of the storm.