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Economos

Sims was an undrafted rookie out of Iowa State. He’ll probably return to the practice squad. Economos, 29, is coming off a torn Achilles’ tendon. He’s been the Bucs’ deep snapper since the start of the 2007 season.

The inference is that long-time LS Andrew Economos (Achilles) will ready to come off the PUP list after the Week 8 bye.

It continues to be a good offseason for long snappers. Economos has been holding down the fort in Tampa since 2007.

Not bad for a long snapper. Economos took over for Dave Moore a few years back.

Economos started every game at long snapper for the Bucs last year. Exclusive rights free agents have to sit out a year if they don’t sign their tender offers.

Dominik is not sure yet of the severity or how the injury happened. Even a partial tear would put Economos in doubt for the start of the season. He’s been the Bucs’ longsnapper since the 2007 season.

Economos tore the Achilles’ about six months ago, so there’s an outside chance that he could be back for Week 7. We suspect a long snapper would have a better shot at a quick return from this kind of injury. The Bucs are forced to roll with undrafted rookie Christian Yount as their Week 1 snapper.