The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began Wednesday with a lengthy catalogue of roster moves, one that rivals Santa's list in length, if not joyous anticipation. Like Santa's list, this one had good news for some and not so good news for others.
Most significantly, the Buccaneers placed five players on injured reserve, four of whom were hurt in Monday night's narrow loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Those five are safety Justin Evans, linebacker, Adarius Glanton, cornerback Vernon Hargreaves, tight end O.J. Howard and guard J.R. Sweezy. Hargreaves had missed the previous five games due to a hamstring injury, and he made an unsuccessful attempt to return to action last week.