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He lasted just nine days with the team. Shepard was signed before the Kayshon Boutte trade and the Boutte trade can be looked at as the end of any real chance for him to make the team. Shepard’s free agency was fairly slow and at 33 years old it wouldn’t be surprising if he had to sign to a practice squad if he wanted to keep playing.

Jones and former Buccaneers WR Sterling Shepard have been brought in to help shore up the Texans’ wide receiver corps. Second-year WR Jayden Higgins (knee) was placed on injured reserve today. The Texans are also still trying to figure out what they have in WR Tank Dell (knee), and WR Jaylin Noel (finger/hamstring) missed time in training camp with a pair of injuries. Jones is coming off a season-ending Achilles tendon rupture. Neither he nor Shepard are worth drafting.

Reynolds, 31, was joined by WR Sterling Shepard, 33, today. Reynolds caught 11 passes for 101 yards with the Jets last year. Shepard caught 39 passes for 371 yards and one touchdown with the Buccaneers last year. Neither player would be on the fantasy radar if they were signed.

Moore caught 11 passes with the Commanders last season. He initially entered the NFL as a 2016 fourth-round pick with the Ravens, and spent five seasons in Baltimore. The Ravens brought him aboard today after a workout that also included free agent WRs Sterling Shepard and Dante Pettis.

Shepard and Culp headline the Bucs’ healthy scratch list for Week 16. With a fully healthy wide receiver group and Cade Otton back in the lineup, neither are needed against the Panthers. There are no injury inactives for the Bucs.

He got in full sessions on both Thursday and Friday. Shepard would retain some low-end PPR scam juice if Chris Godwin remains sidelined this weekend.

Shepard and OT Tristan Wirfs popped up on the injury report with shoulder injuries on Wednesday. The Bucs held a walk-through, so practice designations were estimates, but still important to note. Shepard has a role as long as Chris Godwin (fibula) remains out, while Wirfs is the team’s franchise left tackle. Neither are in danger of missing Week 12 yet, barring setbacks later in the week.

Shepard was tied for second on the team in targets and led the team in receiving yards. Much of his work was done on third-and-long, where he was able to find soft spots in the Bills’ overly soft zone defense. Shepard has stepped into a bigger role with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin injured, but it hasn’t led to much fantasy value.

Shepard is now an afterthought, with Tez Johnson having assumed a larger role, though QB Baker Mayfield did give Shepard one, albeit errant, opportunity to make a play in the end zone. The Buccaneers’ quarterback looked the veteran wide receiver’s way from the Saints’ one-yard line but the pass was inaccurate and Saints CB Kool-Aid McKinstry nearly intercepted it. Shepard does not need to be in starting lineups following his team’s Week 9 bye.

The 36-yard strike that Shepard had in the fourth quarter amounted to more yards than the veteran receiver had in either Week 4 or Week 5. More of a zone-buster at this stage of his career, he would seem to be a tough fit in Week 7’s matchup against the aggressive Lions. Then again, he also might be the most veteran receiver left in the room if rehabs go poorly in the run-up to Monday night. Tampa’s injury report leaves the whole situation as something that’s hard to forecast so far out.