The deadline for NFL teams to cut from 90 players to 53 is Saturday at 4 p.m., but the Bucs aren't wasting any time, letting players know they've been cut right away this morning.
The biggest name, as first reported by NFL Network, is DE George Johnson, who started last night's game and had two tackles, but has a $2.25-million salary that becomes fully guaranteed if he's on the opening-week roster. It's a move that suggests DE Jacquies Smith, who has missed all of preseason recovering from knee surgery, could be healthy enough to make the opening 53-man roster.