Bucs' Release Week Eight Depth Chart: Seeking Answers at Receiver

Each week during the regular season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' communications department publishes a "Game Release" to aid the media in coverage of their upcoming game. Within that release are a number of documents regarding the player roster, including a depth chart, which lists the pecking order at every position on offense, defense and special teams.

Each game week, we will be taking a closer look at that depth chart, pointing out any changes or relevant notes from the previous game. Let's start on offense. Rookies are marked with an asterisk. Players we will be discussing in depth are highlighted in bold text.

OFFENSE

WR: Mike Evans, Trey Palmer

WR: Chris Godwin

LT: Tristan Wirfs, Justin Skule

LG: Ben Bredeson, Royce Newman

C: Graham Barton*, Robert Hainsey

RG: Cody Mauch, Elijah Klein *

RT: Luke Goedeke

WR: Jalen McMillan *, Sterling Shepard

TE: Cade Otton, Payne Durham, Ko Kieft, Devin Culp *

QB: Baker Mayfield, Kyle Trask

RB: Rachaad White, Bucky Irving *, Sean Tucker

(On the practice squad: WR Marquez Callaway, OL Luke Haggard, WR Tanner Knue, OL Lorenz Metz, WR Ryan Miller, T Raiqwon O'Neal, QB Michael Pratt, TE Tanner Taula, RB D.J. Williams)

In the compressed week following a Monday night game, the Buccaneers put out their game release prior to some anticipated moves at wide receiver. Chris Godwin suffered a dislocated ankle on the game's final drive against Baltimore and is expected to have surgery and miss the rest of the season. Earlier in the game, Mike Evans aggravated a hamstring issue and he is scheduled to have an MRI on Tuesday to determine the severity of the injury. Godwin played 70 of a possible 82 offensive snaps and recorded seven catches for 65 yards. Evans played 23 snaps and caught one pass for a 25-yard touchdown.

Trey Palmer returned from a two-game absence due to a concussion and caught one 16-yard pass while playing 72% of the offensive snaps. Palmer, rookie Jalen McMillan and veteran Sterling Shepard figure to have expanded roles in the pass game after the injuries suffered by Godwin and Evans.

Tight end Cade Otton played all but two of the team's offensive snaps and finished with a team-high eight receptions for 100 yards. It was the first 100-yard game of his career, besting his previous high of 70. With Payne Durham sidelined by an injury, rookie tight end Devin Culp saw his first NFL regular season action but was on the field for just one offensive snap. He also played 10 snaps on special teams.

The Bucs managed to get the football to every running back in the new "three-headed monster" backfield, and the trio of Rachaad White, Bucky Irving and Sean Tucker combined for 226 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns. White logged 39 snaps of offense to 29 for Irving and 16 for Tucker.