Bucs get good injury news on receivers; bring in Romello Brinson for a visit
Greg Auman reports several dinged-up Tampa Bay receivers are not as banged up as feared, and the team took a look at unsigned wideout Romello Brinson without signing him.
The Buccaneers appear to be dodging a receiver scare. Greg Auman reported Monday that the news on several of Tampa Bay's banged-up wideouts is not as bad as it could have been — to the point where the team doesn't even need short-term help to get through the week.
Greg Auman (@gregauman): Sounds like good news on injury front for Bucs, as they brought in unsigned receiver Romello Brinson (Miami/SMU) for a visit today but didn't sign him, with the news on several dinged-up receivers not as bad where they don't even need short-term help to get through the week.
That's a meaningful update for an offense that can ill afford to lose pass-catchers during the final stretch of camp. Auman's framing — that the situation isn't serious enough to chase emergency reinforcements — suggests the receiving corps should be closer to whole than the recent injury chatter implied.
As a precautionary swing, Tampa Bay did bring in unsigned receiver Romello Brinson (Miami/SMU) for a visit Monday, but Auman notes the team did not sign him. That's the kind of low-risk look a staff takes when it wants a name on file without committing — and the fact that no deal followed reinforces the read that the in-house receivers are trending the right way.