Only a few days after joining the Buccaneers practice squad, Cole Beasley has been promoted to the active roster. The Buccaneers announced that they’ve elevated the veteran wideout to the game-day roster. Rookie offensive guard John Molchon was also promoted from the taxi squad.
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After going unsigned through training camp, preseason, and the first couple of weeks of the regular season, Beasley finally landed on Tampa Bay’s practice squad on Tuesday. The 33-year-old started to show signs of age during his final season in Buffalo in 2021, with his 693 yards and one touchdown serving as his lowest marks during his tenure with the Bills.
Still, he managed to tie a career-high with 82 receptions. With a career catch rate of 71 percent, he’ll at least provide Tom Brady with a sure-handed option this weekend against the Packers. Plus, for what it’s worth, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler tweets that Beasley joined the Buccaneers in excellent shape and has already established a connection with his QB.
Beasley’s presence will be sorely needed tomorrow, as the team is eyeing a questionable WR grouping for the second-straight weekend. We know for sure that Brady’s top two wideouts will be out on Sunday, with Mike Evans serving a one-game suspension and Chris Godwin still sidelined with a hamstring injury. Julio Jones is a game-time decision with a knee injury, and Russell Gage is questionable while dealing with a hamstring issue. With such a depleted WR corps, Beasley could end up leading a depth chart that also consists of Breshad Perriman, Scotty Miller, Jaelon Darden, and Kaylon Geiger.
Molchon was undrafted out of Boise State in 2020. He’s spent much of his professional career on Tampa Bay’s practice squad.
He started showing signs of decline in his last season with the Bills? He tied his highest number of receptions for a season, and had his fourth highest yardage mark out of 10 seasons.
Writing doesn’t always have to make sense.
Especially when the writer doesn’t check their facts or proofread their work
Prob still has a hang up on his resistance to the covid shot
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This is ironic. The Packers’ entire WR corps (almost the entire corps) is questionable with various injuries, and Sammy Watkins is on IR. Beasley would have been a decent fill-in for them, even though he would likely play a similar position to Cobb and Doubs. Now, he’ll be playing against the Packers on Sunday.
I do wonder what Green Bay’s plan is at WR. For a while, I thought that they may be monitoring free agency or trade rumors for a number one WR to acquire, or at least a quality two. But their response to losing Watkins was apparently to elevate a running back from the practice squad, and another WR that they’ve cut in the past. Tampa has injuries and suspensions to consider for next game, and they signed a decorated veteran to fill-in in the meantime. I suppose the Packers will continue to rely on Aaron Rodgers to fix everything.
He could not play a similar role to Doubs or Watkins. He can only play in the slot, where they also like to play Lazard.
Isn’t Lazard questionable himself ?
I didn’t say Watkins. I said Cobb. Cobb plays in the slot and Doubs is best there as well.