While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers prepare for their third preseason game, the team's linebackers are in the midst of their own numbers game.
The numbers in question, of course, are 10 – the number of linebackers currently on the roster – and five, the likely number of linebackers that will be on the roster come September 10. Talent and production will obviously drive the Buccaneers' decisions on cutdown day, but so too will the reality that the 53-man regular-season limit puts a cap on how many players the team can keep at each position.
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"We can't just say, 'Alright, we've got 10 linebackers we want to keep, we're going to keep no wide receivers,'" said Head Coach Dirk Koetter after practice on Tuesday.