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The Bucs have signed 23-year old kicker Connor Barth. Barth played in 10 games last season for the Chiefs as a rookie and he made 10 of 12 field goals (83.3%) and all 24 of his extra point attempts. He averaged 5.4 points per game as a rookie. Barth doesn’t get great length on his kickoffs so they better make sure that they tackle well.
The Bucs have signed 26-year old cornerback Marcus McCauley. McCauley played in 10 games last season for the Vikings but he only made six tackles. He has now played in two seasons in his NFL career and he has made 70 tackles and has defensed 8 passes. The Buccaneers need all the help they can get so it was worth taking a chance on McCauley.
The Bucs have signed 27-year old WR Yamon Figurs. He is on the small side at 5′11″, 185 pounds but the Bucs need anyone who can catch a football. He played in 3 games for the Lions this season and he caught 1 pass for 7 yards. He has now played three years in the NFL and he has caught 3 passes for 86 yards (28.7 avg) with 1 TD grab which shows what kind of home run speed he has. Figurs is also good insurance in case something happens to KR/PR Clifton Smith. Figurs has returned 39 punts in 309 yards (7.9 avg) with 1 TD return and 75 kickoffs for 1,746 yards (23.3 avg) with 1 TD return. To make room on the roster for Figurs the Bucs have released backup linebacker Matt McCoy who made 1 tackle this season.
The Buccaneers have signed 29-year old placekicker Shane Andrus to replace Mike Nugent. He is 29-years old and he has never played in a NFL game. He played his college ball at Murray State. This is just another example of how cheap the Bucs are as they should have brought in a experienced kicker.
The Buccaneers have signed 25-year old CB Marcus Hamilton and 24-year old safety Corey Lynch from the Bengals’ practice squad. Hamilton played in 9 games (0 starts) as a rookie for the Bears and Bucs and he made 7 tackles and defensed 2 passes. Lynch played in 7 games (0 starts) as a rookie for the Bengals last season and he made 9 tackles, defensed 1 pass and he had 1 interception. Lynch could help out the Bucs at safety due to the injury problems they have there. The Bucs should have signed some veterans to help out in the secondary seeing how they are $30 million bucks under the salary cap.