The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were definitely ready to take advantage of the biggest waiver wire of the year. Their "second draft" was almost as big as their first one.
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On Sunday, the Buccaneers announced the claims of a whopping five players off waivers, the day after the NFL's 32 teams trimmed their rosters from 75 to 53 players each and sent hundreds of hopefuls to the wire. Those claims necessitated five additional cuts for the Buccaneers. Here's the entire list of Sunday's waiver wire activity in Tampa:
PLAYERS CLAIMED:
- DE Kourtnei Brown (from Houston)
- LB Jeremiah George (from Jacksonville)
- QB Ryan Griffin (from New Orleans)
- LB James-Michael Johnson (from Kansas City)
- C Eric Kush (from Kansas City)
PLAYERS WAIVED/RELEASED:
- TE Cameron Brate
- G Kadeem Edwards
- T Reid Fragel
- WR Rannell Hall
- LB Jason Williams*
* As a vested veteran, Williams was released and is not subject to waivers.