The Tampa Bay Buccaneers open their 2017 preseason slate on Friday night in Cincinnati, and Head Coach Dirk Koetter has said on multiple occasions that every healthy player on the 91-man roster will get into the game. That includes the starters, but they'll give way to reserves relatively quickly.
"We’re going to play the starters about a quarter," said Koetter on Wednesday, after the team's last full-scale practice before the opener. "Pretty typical – a quarter the first week, a half the second week, into the third quarter the third week – that’s pretty typical for most teams.