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Matt Matera joined Pewter Report as an intern in 2018 and worked his way to becoming a full-time Bucs beat writer in 2020. In addition to providing daily coverage of the Bucs for Pewter Report, he also spearheads the Pewter Report Podcast on the PewterReportTV YouTube channel. Matera also makes regular in-season radio appearances analyzing Bucs football on WDAE 95.3 FM, the flagship station of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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The Bucs will have to trim their roster down from 80 players to 53 for the active roster and 16 practice squad players after a final round of cuts. The deadline for all NFL teams to complete this is by Tuesday at 4:00 p.m ET.

There is competition at wide receiver, inside linebacker, cornerback and more that the Bucs will have to make a decision on to fill out the team. Here is a live and updated list of all the Bucs roster cuts that are reported.

Bucs Roster Cuts

Tuesday Cuts

• Pewter Report is reporting that the Bucs are releasing rookie wide receiver Deven Thompkins. He’s likely to return on the practice squad.

• Pewter Report is also reporting that the Bucs are waiving rookie tight end J.J. Howland, who had a promising preseason. He too could be back for the practice squad.

• The Athletic’s Greg Auman reports that wide receiver Tyler Johnson won’t be making the 53-man roster. A bit of a surprising move for the Bucs, but good news for veterans Scotty Miller, Breshad Perriman and Jaelon Darden.

• Auman also reports that running back Patrick Laird has been waived.

• Aaron Wilson reported that the Bucs are releasing center John Molchon. This move might mean that the Bucs feel good about the injury situation regarding center Robert Hainsey (ankle) and backup center Nick Leverett.

• Auman reports that the Bucs are waiving rookie cornerback Don Gardner, who had an interception versus the Titans in the preseason.

• Auman reports that undrafted rookie receiver Kaylon Geiger Sr. has also been waived.

• Pewter Report’s JC Allen is reporting the Bucs have waived defensive lineman Benning Potoa’e.

• Auman reports that undrafted inside linebacker J.J. Russell is also being waived.

• Auman has another wave of Bucs roster cuts, with kicker Jose Borregales, offensive tackle Dylan Cook, safety Nolan Turner, defensive linemen Mike Greene and Willington Previlon and outside linebackers Elijah Ponder and Jordan Young all waived. Meanwhile, quarterback Ryan Griffin, defensive tackle Deadrin Senat and outside linebacker Genard Avery were released.

Other Tuesday Roster Moves

• The Bucs traded backup linebacker/special teamer Grant Stuard to the Colts for a future draft pick. Click here to read the story for the full details.

• Auman reports that the Bucs are going to put cornerback/special teamer Rashard Robinson on injured reserve. The team will likely work out an injury settlement.

Monday Cuts

• The Bucs have waived rookie cornerback Kyler McMichael, per Auman. McMichael was an undrafted free agent out of North Carolina. Cornerback has been one of the more competitive groups when it came to fighting for a roster spot. McMichael found himself behind Zyon McCollum, Don Gardner and Rahsard Robinson in the battle.

• Auman has also reported that the Bucs released wide receiver Jerreth Sterns. Signing with Tampa Bay as an undrafted free agent from Western Kentucky, Sterns was part of a trio of impressive UDFAs with Deven Thompkins and Kaylon Geiger Sr. Sterns dazzled early on showing a ton of athleticism to make catches. However, Sterns is undersized and wasn’t able to translate his highlight plays from practice over to the game. As fast as he was, Thompkins is still faster than him and he was low on the depth chart with incumbent players in Tyler Johnson and Jaelon Darden.

Tampa Bay waived outside linebacker Andre Anthony, per Auman. Anthony was drafted in the seventh round this year by the Bucs out of LSU. While he had a slow start to camp, he really turned it on in recent weeks by recording a sack in each road game against the Titans and the preseason finale at the Colts. It’s merely a numbers game for Anthony. The Bucs are stacked at outside linebacker with Shaq Barrett, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and Anthony Nelson. They then signed Carl Nassib two weeks ago and Genard Avery the previous week. Anthony seems like a great candidate for the practice squad.

• Pewter Report’s J.C. Allen is reporting that the Bucs are waving offensive guard Sadarius Hutcherson. The offensive lineman rejoined the team after tearing his ACL as a rookie. With an important competition going on this training camp for starting left guard, Hutcherson wasn’t in the running for the reps that were shared between Luke Goedeke, Aaron Stinnie and Nick Leverett. With Stinnie out for the season, it’s down to Goedeke and Leverett for the job.

The Bucs turned their attention to the safety position. They waived Chris Cooper, who made the 53-man roster at the start of last season. This year with additions of Logan Ryan and Keanu Neal amongst others, Cooper has another good chance at returning to the practice squad. He’s a solid player on special teams, which will help. It’s a crowded room back there with Antoine Winfield Jr, Mike Edwards and Nolan Turner as well.

Auman reports that the Bucs also cut safety Troy Warner. That leaves the rookie Turner from Clemson as the only possible safety outside of the more established room that still has an opportunity to make the 53-man roster. With Ryan, Neal, Winfield and Edwards, it’s not guaranteed that the Bucs will keep a fifth player at the position.

• In the most surprising move yet, the Bucs are releasing wide receiver Tyler Johnson, per Auman. This was not expected after Johnson had a great training camp. He also was solid in the preseason games, recording 11 catches for 133 yards. The one blemish was an ugly drop in the preseason finale, but he quickly made up for it with a fourth down reception. Johnson has been on the team for the last three seasons and was expected to be the fifth wide receiver. That leaves Scotty Miller, Jaelon Darden, Breshad Perriman, Deven Thompkins and Kaylon Geiger Jr. in the running for the last two receiver openings.

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