Gay will now go on waivers, where the other 31 groups will have the chance to put in a claim on him if they want a young kicker who didnt work out in his very first chance.
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The decision to prepare Gay was a bad one, and its compounded by the reality that the Buccaneers of all groups should have understood not to draft a kicker. In the last five NFL drafts, the two highest-picked kickers were Gay (145th general in 2019) and Roberto Aguayo (59th general in 2016). Both were chosen by the Buccaneers, and both were big disappointments.
A year after spending a fifth-round draft badger him, the Buccaneers are biding farewell to kicker Matt Gay.
Gay is being waived and Ryan Succop will be the Buccaneers kicker in Week One, NFL Network reports.
