The Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium and on Tuesday their upcoming opponent made another transaction worth noting.
According to the Buccaneers on Tuesday, outside linebacker Genard Avery has now been signed to the team’s 53-man roster from the practice squad. That’s interesting because Avery was with the Steelers this offseason and most of the preseason. That move also comes on the heels of the Buccaneers signing former Steelers inside linebacker Ulysees Gilbert III to their practice squad.
Avery, who signed a one-year veteran benefit contract with the Steelers in late March, missed quite a bit of training camp time this summer with a groin injury but did manage to play in the team’s second preseason game.