Update:
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced that they have placed OLB Shaq Barrett on the injured reserve.
We've placed OLB Shaq Barrett on injured reserve.
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) October 28, 2022
Adam Schefter reports Friday that an MRI confirmed that Bucs’ LB Shaq Barrett suffered a torn Achilles last night.
Barrett will miss the next 7-9 months with this injury.
You can expect the Bucs to place him on injured reserve in the coming days and add someone to their roster.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Buccaneers DE Shaq Barrett is feared to have suffered a torn Achilles based on the initial examination of his injury.
The plan is for Barrett to undergo an MRI today, but teams often have a pretty good idea of where an Achilles injury is season-ending before the exam.
Should the MRI confirm the Buccaneers’ fears, Barrett would be placed on season-ending injured reserve.
Barrett, 29, signed with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent out of Colorado State in 2014. He was waived coming out of the preseason and re-signed to Denver’s practice squad.
After bouncing back and forth between the practice squad and active roster, Barrett landed on the active roster at the end of his rookie year. Barrett signed with the Buccaneers as an unrestricted free agent in 2019 to a one-year, $4 million deal and was franchised in 2020. He re-signed to a four-year, $68 million deal last offseason.
In 2022, Barrett has appeared in seven games for the Buccaneers and recorded 27 tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble.
We’ll have more regarding Barrett as the news is available.
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