Bucs released WRs Derek McCoy and J.R. Russell, QB Jared Allen, K Xavier Beitia, P Brian Simnjanovski, FB Robert Douglas, LS Jordan Hicks, TE Matt Kranchick, RB Jacque Lewis, DE Kevin Lewis, C Daniel Martz, CB Justin Phinisee and LB Jermaine Taylor.
Phinisee was a seventh-round pick. Beitia couldn’t oust Matt Bryant for the starting placekicker job. Russell had a preseason TD.
