Tag: Mike Greene

Bucs DL Mike Greene’s IR 21-day practice window expires

Greene was not called back to the active roster, so he will end his season on Injured Reserve.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are at near-full strength for their Divisional Round matchup against the Detroit Lions, but there’s one player they definitively will not have back.

Bucs defensive tackle Mike Greene was placed on Injured Reserve on Dec. 1 in 2023 just a few days after the team played the Indianapolis Colts in Week 12 with a calf injury. The team opened his 21-day window to return to the roster on Dec. 27, but on Wednesday, that window expired, so he will remain on IR for the rest of the postseason.

In the 10 games Greene played, he recorded six tackles. Greene’s spot after heading to IR was replaced by longtime Bucs defensive end Pat O’Connor. He was an undrafted free agent out of James Madison, one of many on the Bucs roster for the 2023-24 season.

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Bucs send DL Mike Greene to injured reserve, call up DL Pat O’Connor

The Bucs are making some changes to their defensive line depth.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are making some roster moves ahead of their Week 13 game against the Carolina Panthers.

The team announced on Friday that it is sending defensive lineman Mike Greene to injured reserve. Greene has been battling a calf injury and will now miss at least four games with the injury, and he’s the second Bucs player to be moved there in recent weeks behind wide receiver Rakim Jarrett.

The corresponding move to shore that depth up is to promote DL Pat O’Connor to the active roster. O’Connor has yo-yo-ed back and forth between the active roster, the practice squad and being released entirely, and because O’Connor has been released and hit waivers this season, he’s still allowed to be elevated from the practice squad without being signed to the 53-man roster. As it stands, this will be O’Connor’s fifth promotion to the active roster this year.

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Bucs’ Rachaad White added to injury report, Mike Greene ruled out

Bucs RB Rachaad White was added to the injury report, and DL Mike Greene was ruled out.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Rachaad White was added to the injury report with a knee injury and is questionable for the Week 12 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. Also, defensive tackle Mike Greene was downgraded to out due to a calf injury.

The Buccaneers already ruled out two key defenders in Lavonte David and Jamel Dean due to injuries. White has been a key part of the offense from a receiving standpoint.

His 354 receiving yards are the second-most among running backs, behind only Christian McCaffrey, and his 41 receptions rank third among running backs behind McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara.

The Bucs have struggled to run the football, and the Colts have struggled to stop the run on the defensive side with Grover Stewart suspended. If White can’t play, it will likely be a combination of Chase Edmonds and Ke’Shawn Vaughn.

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New player added to Bucs injury report ahead of Week 12 matchup

Additionally, another player has been downgraded from questionable to out.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had some last-second adjustments to their injury report ahead of their Week 12 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts.

The team announced Saturday that defensive lineman Mike Greene has been downgraded from questionable to out due to an illness. There was also a new name added to the injury report — running back Rachaad White has been added with a knee injury and is now questionable to play Sunday.

Greene’s absence is a depth hit on the defensive line rotation, but White’s absence would be far more pressing. If he isn’t able to go, his ability as a pass catcher and workhorse back would be missing from the offense. If recent trends are an indication, RBs Chase Edmonds and Sean Tucker could get more playing time. That being said, he’s questionable, not doubtful, so there’s still a decent chance he plays on Sunday.

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5 ruled out, 4 questionable in Colts vs. Buccaneers

These are the players with injury designations ahead of the Week 12 matchup between the Colts and Bucs.

The Indianapolis Colts (5-5) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6) are just about set for a Week 12 matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday.

Both teams released their final injury reports of the week, included with designations for the game. The Colts ruled out three players and have one listed as questionable while the Bucs ruled out two players and have four players listed as questionable.

Here are the players with injury designations ahead of the Week 12 matchup:

The worst Bucs defensive players in 2023 so far, per PFF

These Tampa Bay defensive players have underperformed in the eyes of Pro Football Focus:

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had a stifling defense in 2023, and it’s hard to pick out players who haven’t contributed to it in some shape or form.

The Bucs are doing well on defense, getting turnovers at a rate as good as anyone else in the NFL and boasting a particularly stifling running defense that has shut down numerous teams in their first four games. Despite that, though, not every Tampa Bay defensive player is a superstar, and in the eyes of Pro Football Focus, some of them have underperformed.

Here are the five lowest-graded defensive players on the Bucs (minimum 30 snaps) so far in 2023, per PFF:

The worst defensive players in Tampa Bay’s loss to Philadelphia, per PFF

These five players were graded the lowest by Pro Football Focus in the Bucs’ Monday Night Football loss:

There was some good and bad in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive performance against the Philadelphia Eagles.

While the team managed to stop the Eagles on third down in the red zone numerous times over the night, Philly seemed to be there quite often. On top of that, the Bucs gave up 472 total yards of offense on the night, 201 of which was purely in rushing yards. While the Eagles only scored 25 points in their win, it was a bit of a rough outing for head coach Todd Bowles’ unit.

Pro Football Focus took a look at every Bucs player’s performance and graded their efforts, and even their highest-graded players didn’t amaze. Here are PFF’s five worst defensive performers from Tampa Bay’s game against the Eagles:

The worst defensive players in Tampa Bay’s win over Chicago, per PFF

Pro Football Focus had these five players as the worst on defense in the Bucs’ victory Sunday:

It was a dominant defensive performance for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean that every defensive player was dominant.

The team won 27-17 in Raymond James Stadium to fall the Bears and move to 2-0, and while numerous defensive players had an impact, some didn’t have the same impact. Pro Football Focus took to grading every Bucs player who had meaningful snaps on Sunday, and while we looked at the best defensive players already (and there was a lot), we’re now looking at the players who contributed the least.

Here are the five worst defensive players in Tampa Bay’s win over Chicago, according to PFF: