Rakeem Nunez-Roches – Noteworthy – Transaction
DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches signed a contract with the Buccaneers, the team announced Tuesday. Nunez-Roches originally entered the league as a sixth-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2015 NFL Draft. The 6-foot-2, 307-pound Nunez-Roches spent three seasons with Kansas City and collected 51 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 34 career games. He spent this past offseason and preseason with the Indianapolis Colts.
Ryan Fitzpatrick – Noteworthy
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has accepted his role with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite becoming the first quarterback in the NFL to throw for over 400 yards in three straight games. Jameis Winston was named the starting quarterback of the Buccaneers on Monday, thus relegating Fitzpatrick to a backup role. While Fitzpatrick didn’t love the idea of ceding his starting job to Winston, he also knew what was at stake entering the season with Winston set to serve a three-game suspension. “What I said to my dad after how Week 1 went, and Week 2 and Week 3, was basically… ‘I’m either gonna win the NFL MVP this year or I’ll be back at the bench at some point.’ That’s just the reality of the situation,” the 35-year-old Fitzpatrick said, per ESPN. “I wish I could still be out there but that’s the way that it goes and I’ll accept my role.”