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Tampa Bay waives DL Pat O’Connor

The move is a corresponding one to make way for Bucs QB John Wolford on the active roster.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are making room for their QB3.

Tampa Bay signed quarterback John Wolford to the active roster on Monday to avoid him being poached by the Los Angeles Rams, and that move had to come with a corresponding roster move. The Bucs made that move today, waiving veteran defensive tackle [autotag]Pat O’Connor[/autotag]. Should O’Connor go unclaimed on waivers, he can return to the Bucs practice squad after being signed back.

O’Connor was used frequently as a special teams player in prior years with the team, but he didn’t make the initial 53-man roster. He was elevated to the 53-man roster from the practice squad earlier in the year but has been a healthy scratch in Tampa Bay’s last three games.

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Bucs make three roster moves Wednesday ahead of Week 3

Chase Edmonds headed to Injured Reserve and two other corresponding moves were made Wednesday.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have made a few different roster moves ahead of their Monday Night Football matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The team announced Wednesday that it is putting running back Chase Edmonds on Injured Reserve, which is set to sideline him for at least four weeks. In corresponding moves, the team signed defensive lineman Pat O’Connor to the active roster and re-signed DL Deadrin Senat to the practice squad to fill the spot that Connor leaves.

Edmonds suffered an MCL injury against the Chicago Bears that put him on IR — prior to that, he had two carries for 12 yards in the game. O’Connor has been a notable special teams player for Tampa Bay in recent years, and he finds himself on the active roster after initially being left off of it before the season started. Senat returns to the Bucs’ practice squad after being cut from the team entirely in 2023, re-entering the role he had with Tampa Bay at the beginning of 2022.

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Tampa Bay re-signs DL Pat O’Connor

O’Connor joined the Bucs in 2017 and is a consistent special teams contributor.

It’s been a defensive line and special teams kind of Saturday for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

After bringing back Cam Gill and bringing on Greg Gaines, the Bucs have re-signed defensive lineman and special teams player Pat O’Connor according to The Score’s Jordan Schultz. O’Connor will get a one-year deal worth the veteran minimum of $1.08 million.

O’Connor has served as both a notable special teams player and as defensive line depth in his time in Tampa Bay. He has the most special teams snaps on the team in the last four years (1,115), so the signing is further emphasis on keeping the special teams unit together this offseason. On the defensive side of the ball, O’Connor has amassed 1.5 sacks and 20 total tackles since entering the NFL in 2017.

The Bucs appear to be addressing the team’s cap situation by focusing on depth signings with the players the team currently has, and O’Connor certainly falls into that notion as the longtime special teamer returns to Tampa Bay.

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WATCH: Bucs block Justin Tucker’s 61-yard FG attempt

Bucs defensive lineman Pat O’Connor denied the NFL’s most automatic kicker just before the half Thursday night

The most automatic kicker in NFL history tried to add another 60-plus-yarder to his record Thursday night, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just wouldn’t allow it.

Justin Tucker attempted a 61-yarder on the final play of the first half, but Bucs defensive lineman Pat O’Connor blocked it, preserving a 10-3 lead for Tampa Bay as they headed to the locker room.

The Ravens have only managed a field goal off a muffed punt inside the Bucs’ own 10-yard line, as Tampa Bay’s defense has clamped down, and their special teams units came to play, too.

Now, let’s see if the offense can match it in the second half.

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