The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a logjam in the wide receivers room this offseason. And Sterling Shepard could get cut.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a logjam in the wide receivers room this offseason.

The team re-signed Chris Godwin for three years and $66 million, coming off a severe ankle injury in Week 10 last season, as Mike Evans enters the final year of his two-year, $41 million deal signed last year.

General manager Jason Licht also drafted receivers Emeka Egbuka and Tez Johnson earlier this month, adding to a room that already included eight other wideouts on the offseason 90-man roster.

That’s why Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox predicted at least one of them would be the odd man out. The team will have to cut more than one to make the final 53-man roster in August, and of the 12 total players on the team now, maybe five make it.

Knox thinks one of those to be cut could be veteran Sterling Shepard. And it helps with money, too.

“The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took a chance on Sterling Shepard last offseason, reuniting him with college quarterback Baker Mayfield,” Knox wrote. “While the 32-year-old largely served as a tertiary target, he did have an impact on Tampa’s playoff campaign. Shepard caught 32 passes for 334 yards and a touchdown in 14 games. While Tampa re-signed Shepard this offseason, they also used a first-round pick on Emeka Egbuka and drafted Tez Johnson in Round 7.

“If Chris Godwin is fully recovered from last year’s season-ending ankle injury, Shepard could be expendable. Tampa would save $1.7 million by releasing him.

Shepard will be entering his 10th NFL season and second with the Bucs. In Tampa Bay last year, again, he posted 32 catches for 334 yards and one touchdown. … good enough to be a fan favorite. But maybe not good enough for a roster spot.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a logjam in the wide receivers room this offseason. And Sterling Shepard could get cut.

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