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It was the common-sense thing to do.
The Bucs were staring at a borderline crisis at cornerback. After the Bucs announced their 53-man roster last night, the starting outside corners for the Bucs facing Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins were Jacob Parrish, who has limited experience at outside corner and bored Zyon McCollum.
Depending on who you are in the Bucs’ organization, the CB3 was either oft-injured Benjamin Morrison, who frankly is unproven, and a rookie undrafted free agent in Ayden Garnes.
Hey, Garnes is a great story but stories don’t win football games. Not against elite opponents.
Joe last night banged the keyboard for the Bucs to sign former Bucs corner Sean Murphy-Bunting, who was a starting corner in 2020 when the Bucs won the Super Bowl. He already knows the defense so there would be minimal adjustment.
Well, the Bucs did just that. Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager [Jason Licht plucked SMB](https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/2094543718774710322) off of waivers this afternoon. So he is back with the Bucs, typed Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.
No word yet on a corresponding move from the Bucs to make room for SMB.
This, to Joe, was just smart. Now if you want to argue it is a red flag to pick up Arizona’s trash, that’s reasonable. Or you could say the Bidwill clan has a rich history of dumb moves that dates back to the Harry Truman administration.
So for Joe, it is just as likely Arizona made a mistake turning loose SMB.