New Bucs CB Chase Lucas.

Joe’s not trying to be mean in any way. Anyone making an NFL squad is in the top-one percent of humanity. So Joe is guessing these signings are strictly for special teams.

The Bucs yesterday, per Adam Schefter of BSPN, signed veteran Kemon Hall, a cornerback by trade. Later, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reported the Bucs signed fellow corner Chase Lucas.

Don’t worry if you are not familiar with them. Despite Hall entering the league in 2019 and Lucas entering the league in 2022, neither has started an NFL game.

Last year Hall played for one of the most talentless teams in the NFL, Tennessee. And he didn’t start one game. In the offseason, the Titans hired defensive guru Mr. Clean and he apparently wanted to wipe the slate clean of Hall.

In three of his seven years in the league, Hall has been a practice squad guy. Only once has he played in more than six games in a season; that was 2021 when Hall played in 16 games for the Chargers.

While Hall has never started a game, he has played a lot of special teams. So Joe has to guess Hall was signed by the Bucs specifically for special teams purposes.

Same with Lucas. At least with Lucas, he was on a playoff team, San Francisco. Lucas played in 15 games last year with just over double the snaps on special teams as Lucas had on defense.

If Joe had to guess, Lucas would see the field as a corner before Hall would.

These signings demonstrate the Bucs are placing a lot of effort into beefing up a truly sorry special teams unit in 2025 (there was nothing sorry about kicker Chase McLaughlin, the lone bright spot for the 2025 Bucs not-so-special teams).