Donteea Dye On Waived/Injured List
August 29th, 2016
Placed on waivers/injured list.
Color Joe rather surprised.
Per BSPN, it seems misplaced Calgary Stampeder Donteea Dye may no longer be a Bucs wide receiver. Jenna Laine of BSPN reports.
A league source tells ESPN that the team is expected to place wide receiver and kick returner Donteea Dye on the waived/injured list.
Dye suffered a hamstring injury Friday night against the Browns returning a kickoff. After the 21-yard return, he had to leave the game and did not return. An MRI revealed a Grade 1 hamstring strain, which will keep him out for approximately four weeks.
Per National Football Post, the waived/injured list means if Dye clears waivers, then the Bucs could place him on the team’s injured reserved list or pay him an injury settlement. So it doesn’t quite mean Dye’s days with the Bucs are done.
This tells Joe the Bucs are surely in the market for a wide receiver. You can’t tell Joe the Bucs are happy to have their No. 5 receiver come from the following crop on the roster: Kenny Bell, who has done nothing (an underwear football MVP with one catch in four preseason games and invisible when the pads come on in practice), Bernard Reedy, who is raw and green as grass, or Evan Spencer who, outside of practice, hasn’t done much, either. Reedy and Spencer have zero career regular-season catches.
Let’s not confuse Dye with Mike Evans, but he showed an ability to get open with 11 catches as a rookie last year. His problem was he had hands of stone and a grotesque catch rate of 36 percent last season.
August 29th, 2016 at 8:42 pm
That catch rate was 2015. He looked noticeably better this year and we’ve seen he has speed.
I’m all for an upgrade, but it seemed dye would surely make the team this year
August 29th, 2016 at 8:42 pm
This whole WR dept thing is getting kinda comical now😄.
August 29th, 2016 at 8:46 pm
I’m talkin bout you referred to him as a stampeder all summer now we got problems because he won’t be available. C’mon man.
C’mon, man. All Joe wrote here is that he’s better than the remaining crop, not that he’s any good. –Joe
August 29th, 2016 at 8:51 pm
I believe Bell was going to make the team anyway. He’s listed as the #1 kick returner…now we know why.
August 29th, 2016 at 8:53 pm
Ah…kind of a shame. He earned his spot on the roster more than most of the guys not named Jackson/Evans/Humphries. NFL is a brutal business…especially for fringe players.
August 29th, 2016 at 8:54 pm
This just could save a slot for Kenny Bell…
Vjax, ME13, Humphries, Shepard, Bell
Go with 5 receivers until Murphy is ready.
Or…..Pick up a receiver…..there will absolutely be some out there better than Bell…..
August 29th, 2016 at 9:03 pm
If bell and murphy make the bucs roster and are relied upon to produce this team is in a world of hurt at wr. especially at kr if the fumbler kenny bell is the best option. The only way bell makes the bucs roster is if he has a picture of jason licht in a compromising position….
August 29th, 2016 at 9:07 pm
There has to be at least two dozen WRs about to be released in the next week that are better than anything that we have beyond our top 3.
August 29th, 2016 at 9:11 pm
blessings come in many disguises
August 29th, 2016 at 9:13 pm
Now we gotta call roddy white and ask if he can still walk/jog a route and if he can still keep the bench warm…lol
August 29th, 2016 at 9:16 pm
Bringing in Roddy White now would be comparable to when the Bucs brought in an aged Tim Brown circa de 2004. Meh….
August 29th, 2016 at 9:23 pm
Roddy White is DONE! Hence why he isn’t on a roster.
August 29th, 2016 at 9:25 pm
What about Krause?
August 29th, 2016 at 9:30 pm
Hello Ruben Randle!!!
August 29th, 2016 at 9:36 pm
Ruben Randle has some locker room issues and I don’t think the Bucs need this right now..his work ethics have been questioned many times.. he’s got talent but I don’t think he will fit with this team..
That being said..I do believe we will pick a WR here soon..many coming off their rosters and I am seeing some decent names..
August 29th, 2016 at 9:40 pm
“That catch rate was 2015. He looked noticeably better this year and we’ve seen he has speed.”
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Obviously you haven’t been to training camp this year. I’m not saying he’s terrible, but to be polite, his hands aren’t very reliable.
August 29th, 2016 at 9:43 pm
There will be a couple of receivers to hit the waiver wire after this weeks games. Bucs gotta be proactive and scoop up one with promise. Kenny Bell’s smiling clip board carrying days are over!
August 29th, 2016 at 9:45 pm
I actually agree with Mike! The wire is the key this week..
August 29th, 2016 at 9:48 pm
I think this means Reedy makes the team. He’s looked the next best on kickoff returns, and might take some hits away from Hump in the punt return game.
August 29th, 2016 at 9:49 pm
Bonzai, just can’t see Kenny Bell making the team. He showed nothing last preseason and nothing this preseason. Personally like Krause the best of all the remaining WRs, but tend to think they’ll grab someone who gets cut to make the 5th receiver instead. Also most likely means we’ll keep 5 TEs and 4 RBs.
August 29th, 2016 at 9:53 pm
There is no way in hell Licht doesn’t have a plan at WR, and it will be someone not on the roster. There is no way Bell, Spencer, or Reedy makes this football team. Practice squad maybe, but no way will they make the 53. Even if they make it on cut day, they’ll be cut right after when they are replaced by someone else.
August 29th, 2016 at 9:56 pm
James Jones was just released by the Chargers!! He I would grab in a heartbeat!
August 29th, 2016 at 9:57 pm
Reedy is the best option experience has nothing to do with it and the best returner. Humphrie only scored because the kicker gave up reedy is a better slot then him
August 29th, 2016 at 9:57 pm
Let’s give up next years 2nd and take on Josh Gordon.
It will put pressure on V-Jax and Mike Evans and creates true competition.
We only have Adam Humphries, Russel Shepard, and Luis Murphy.
Bounce everyone else and you have true WR depth. It makes V-Jax play ball for the next 2 yrs at a lower rate and we get Josh for 2 more years.
I would love to put pressure on Evans as his butter finger problem will require an insurance an Gordon’s partying ways will be insured with Evans.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:12 pm
I’m all for James Jones.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:12 pm
Keep an eye on Cecil Shorts he might be the odd man out in Houston
August 29th, 2016 at 10:14 pm
Im so so sure with this injury that Bell doesn’t make the team. He’s a guy whose potential may buy him some more time.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:16 pm
I’m not so sure*
August 29th, 2016 at 10:16 pm
Everyone who has given up on Kenny Bell is going to be surprised when he makes an impact for the Bucs this year….
August 29th, 2016 at 10:21 pm
And Roddy White isn’t done. Nobody seems to understand that if he is signed b4 week 1 that his salary is FULLY GUARANTEED.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:23 pm
I agree Hire Jimbo…he’s going somewhere..and he’s been pretty chatty on Twitter lately..
August 29th, 2016 at 10:25 pm
Pickgrin
Sorry sir but bell has done nothing to justify your confidence. Bell was not a high pick for a reason. It was a long shot for him to begin with couple that with the mccoy like disapearing act when the pads came on and i highly doubt bell contributes anything for anyone but farmers insurance. No shame in that.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:26 pm
I love most of you guys I have never met in a ‘not gay’ way. The passion for Bucs Ball gives me shivers.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:32 pm
Bring back Mike Williams on Vet minimum or get Percy Harvin just for Punt and Kickoffs and one or two trick play a game. Don’t think either will happen plus I heard P.Harvin is a locker room cancer.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:33 pm
“Everyone who has given up on Kenny Bell is going to be surprised when he makes an impact for the Bucs this year….”
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You are free to have your opinion. But what are you basing that off of? Did you watch him in college? Have you been to any padded practices? Was he running great routes in the games? Was his one catch inspiring? Is he good in Madden? Or is it because you heard he’s fast? You have to have some sort of reasoning – I’m dying to know what it is.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:34 pm
I’m anxious to see what the plan is… Easy for us to say Bell is a bust and should be cut, but I could see him landing some place like New England and lighting it up. Maybe Koetter isn’t as concerned with WR as we are because he’s got Simms and all these TEs that he likes.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:38 pm
Dont like to see DD going down but now I can see more of my boy Ryan Smith getting return reps.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:38 pm
Joey Galloway would be good…..
August 29th, 2016 at 10:40 pm
Was a big KB fan, but the biggest impact he’s had is fumbling a kickoff. He simply disappears in games … There are flashes but no consistency from anyone down the WR depth chart. Lot of question marks, I don’t see any real help until next offseason. Just have to hope WR’s get and stay healthy this season.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:41 pm
LOL………….Leave it to my old friend TBBF to break the ice with Awesome humor. I think Pablo called him with that one.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:51 pm
As I have I said a million times, we have the WORST WR depth in the NFL.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:51 pm
I’m really pulling for Kenny but I have lost a little faith in him but boys the seasons so damn close I can smell it and I can’t wait
August 29th, 2016 at 10:52 pm
EspoSucks- is Mike Williams still alive? I would love to see him come in here with Dirk, Monken, and Jameis’ no BS policy and return to the badass receiver he was.
August 29th, 2016 at 10:55 pm
TampabayBaucFan lol I was just thinking we need to pull a 50 year old J. Galloway out of retirement
August 29th, 2016 at 10:55 pm
if jason licht says Dye is good enough to be in the NFL that’s all i need to know… too many monday morning GMs
August 29th, 2016 at 11:00 pm
Thank you for calling Bell, Murphy and associates your neighborhood Farmers Insurance agency kenny bell speaking how may i service you. Sorry sir mr murphy is home sick and unreliable can someone else service your needs may i suggest agent extraordinaire Mike Glennon…. oh the hectic life of insurance salesmen
August 29th, 2016 at 11:00 pm
I have said over and over. A GREAT QB can make average WRs look great. We have a Great QB. Stop focusing on the WR stable. I believe that is the least of our worries. But I build houses for a living so what do I know right?
August 29th, 2016 at 11:02 pm
SB with Jameis Says:
August 29th, 2016 at 10:26 pm
I love most of you guys I have never met in a ‘not gay’ way. The passion for Bucs Ball gives me shivers.
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Ours wouldn’t be in a gay way..lol…Am I still the only female here??
August 29th, 2016 at 11:07 pm
SB with Jameis dont really agree with you on that one. They still have to catch the ball.
August 29th, 2016 at 11:11 pm
What about Krause?
Can’t remember him doing anything that jumps out in the last two weeks. Flashed early.
August 29th, 2016 at 11:12 pm
Based on… a fumble on a kickoff? Or was it his lone catch in four preseason games? Or the fact that Jason Licht’s dad pushed his son to draft him?
August 29th, 2016 at 11:20 pm
How’d that work out last year when Jackson and Murphy went down and Evans dropped everything in sight? Jameis clearly struggled.
A great QB can make average receivers look good, yes. Crap receivers? Not so much. Jameis has no control over a WR catching/dropping a pass. #Stampeder #Evans
August 29th, 2016 at 11:36 pm
Hawaiian Buc Says:
August 29th, 2016 at 10:33 pm
” what are you basing that off of?… You have to have some sort of reasoning – I’m dying to know what it is.”
Bell’s College tape is pretty impressive. Good hands, good blocker, made big plays. Tough for his size. He’s got a natural asset that every NFL team covets and one which cannot be taught or coached – legit breakaway speed. I’ve personally seen him make very good plays a # of times at practices.
On top of that he is a good dude, a good teammate, everybody likes him – and he works very hard at improving his skills and has done every single thing that was ever asked of him since he walked into OBP 16 months ago. Also, he was Jameis Winston’s roommate and they are tight.
Call it a hunch.
I could be wrong – not everyone who has talent can make it happen in the NFL.
We’ll see what happens.
My prediction is that Kenny Bell will have meaningful stats and contributions for the 2016 Buccaneers. That may only mean 14 catches for 200 yards and a TD – similarish to what Humphries did last year. Lets just say I have a gut feel that Bell will either make the team outright, or get slipped onto the practice squad only to be brought up later in the year and wind up helping this team one way or another.
August 29th, 2016 at 11:56 pm
Green Bay is going to have to make some REALLY tough decisions at WR. They are DEEP. I have a feeling we’ll be scooping up their scraps when 52-man cuts come along.
August 30th, 2016 at 12:08 am
Anybody is better than the bell. We have some cash to move, can we please just bring in a WR and give all of our blood pressure a rest.
August 30th, 2016 at 12:25 am
I think Humphries becomes so important to the potential high powered passing game here. We absolutely need to find depth but what if Humphries really became a solid #3? Instead of fearing who else we have, I look to Humphries and hope he picks up the missing slack from potentially losing Dye.
August 30th, 2016 at 12:51 am
[First, your comment is rather lame. Second, you are trying to use the same comment under two different usernames. Buh-bye. — Joe]
August 30th, 2016 at 12:56 am
Even if he became a star I would hate to see him give a post game interview and breakout that intolerable feminine Disney insect character voice of his.
August 30th, 2016 at 1:16 am
Sign Alvin Harper. I think he’s better than Micheal Irvin.
August 30th, 2016 at 6:59 am
Maybe the Bucs will trade for Josh Gorden
August 30th, 2016 at 8:21 am
With a 4 week shelf time no one will sign him so he will clear waivers. My guess is he is headed to the practice squad once healthy. Waiving him now opens a roster spot to take a look at somebody else
August 30th, 2016 at 8:59 am
Well if Galloway isn’t Awnser ing his phone Moss and Terrell Owens haven’t officially retired yet…in all seriousness I think Owens would be a better option than R.White lol.
August 30th, 2016 at 9:31 am
Bell makes the team. Fans are down on the guy more than coaches are. I’m agnostic about they guy because the coaches see a lot more than fans do. Koetter is on record stating that he’s played well, especially in the Jags game.
That doesn’t mean the team won’t be watching the wire for a WR because they will.
Sad for Dye. I thought he was going to be a “breakout” guy this season.
August 30th, 2016 at 10:13 am
Humphries will be the #3 receiver before season’s end if Buc Luck doesn’t bite him. LifeOfABucFan, welcome to the Club. I’m a fellow (no pun intended) long-time, female Buc fan. 🙂 🙂