Bucs Cuts Are Done...For Now

The Bucs finished getting their roster down to 75 by placing Terry and Matt Herian on IR, while also picking up LB Leon Joe. Jeb Terry is really the only notable player in the roster moves to get down to 75, and he's just going on IR, as opposed to be cut. The rest of the cuts really had no names of note, save Chad Owens, who failed to unseat Mark Jones for the return duties. Of course, Jones isn't a lock to make the squad either.

The Bucs will have to cut down to the final 53 man roster by 4PM Saturday. I expect to see a bunch of cuts announced not too long after the Texans game. Some of the cuts will come down to the wire, and it will be interesting to see what the Bucs do at some of the positions where they seem to have a lot of talent stacked up, like receiver. Of course, the big one to watch for will be Simms. The Bucs aren't totally opposed to carrying 4 QB's, so he may make the roster, but who knows. The Bucs have 7 receivers that have played really well, but I can't see them keeping all of them, so the spots are going to be tight.

What's encouraging, at least too me, about the direction of this squad is that, as you look at the back-ups that were starters, and you see the depth forming on this team, it gets harder to make cuts. When that happens, that's when you know the team is starting to get back to where it was. I remember the years when most of the cuts were easy because the talent only went so far. Now the team has some really hard decisions in a lot of positions.

I can just smell the regular season now. One more warm-up game and it's countdown to kick off time!