The Buccaneers introduced Monday that they positioned long snapper Zach Triner on the NFL's COVID-19 list. The preliminary concept is that Carson Tinker -the same participant who took over Triner's tasks after Triner injured his finger in opposition t Dallas in Week 1- would return to the lineup, however the Bucs launched after their Week 10 matchup in opposition t the Washington soccer team. To make concerns worse, Tinker signed with the Oakland Raiders a few days ago after the Raiders had to area their own long snapper, Trent Sieg on the Reserve/COVID-19 list.
hence, the Bucs signed long snapper Garrison Sanborn to their follow squad Tuesday to now not only help mitigate the loss of Triner, however to provide them an alternative in case Triner is rarely purchasable.
The Bucs launched here remark on Tuesday:
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers today signed long snapper Garrison Sanborn to the team's practice squad.
Sanborn (6-1, 240) returns for his third stint with the Buccaneers after most lately spending time on Tampa Bay's apply squad from Week 15 of the 2020 season through the group's run to a super Bowl LV title. He previously played in all 32 video games for the Buccaneers from 2017-18. Sanborn performed his first eight professional seasons with the Buffalo bills (2009-2016) before happening to play for Tampa Bay (2017-18) and San Francisco (2019). because coming into the league as a college free agent out of Florida State in 2009, he has seemed in 163 career video games, recording 32 special groups tackles. The Tampa native, and Jesuit excessive college product, will wear No. 89 for the Buccaneers.
Triner is considered to be vaccinated, so he'll have to display that he is symptom-free and additionally produce two bad exams within a 24-hour span if he desires to play Sunday towards the bills. If he cannot play, the Bucs can then bring up Sanborn to the 53-man twice earlier than they ought to sign him to the energetic ros ter. So, the veteran lengthy snapper now not only gives the Bucs with experience, however he can fill in over the subsequent two weeks in case things don't go as hoped with Triner.
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