Two In, Three Out

September 15, 2009 at 11:11am by Scott   •  9 Comments »

As we all guessed yesterday, the Bucs re-signed Sean Mahan to give them a little more flexibility on the offensive line after losing Jeff Faine for a while and Jeremy Zuttah getting banged up. You know, the Bucs really should use a high draft pick on a good guard sometime. That would really help. *hits self with brick* To make room, the team cut Kyle Arrington because they were already so satisfied with the defensive backs that did play. And with that, I think I’ve already hit my sarcasm quota for the day.

The Bucs also signed DE Tim Crowder, whom you may remember as the kid from Texas who lit up the 2007 combine and was drafted in the second round by Denver. He did nothing last year because of injuries, but there’s some potential there. Chances are that the Bucs are signing him as insurance against Kyle Moore being out for very long.

Crowder was a second-round draft pick in 2007 and he put together a fine rookie season for the Broncos, appearing in 13 games with one start and recording 22 tackles, four sacks, one forced fumble and two fumble-recoveries.

It’s not such a surprising move. He’s certainly got to be an upgrade over Maurice Evans, who they cut to make room for Crowder. And Crowder was drafted by Denver when Jim Bates was the defensive coordinator over there, so he should know what he’s getting. Bates may even know what happened to Crowder’s original shoulder bones.

Oh, and because punters aren’t real people, the Bucs released A.J. Trapasso from the practice squad. They didn’t replace him with anyone, they just wanted to hurt him.