The Buccaneers have announced a series of transactions today, making multiple changes to both their 53-man roster and their practice squad, per Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com. In a series of Twitter links, Smith reports the following moves:

Added to 53-man roster:

Cameron Brate , TE (from practice squad)

, TE (from practice squad) D.J. Williams, TE

Waived:

Placed on injured reserve:

Jorvorskie Lane, FB

Added to practice squad:

Denicos Allen , LB

, LB Evan Rodriguez , FB

, FB Taylor Sloat, TE

Released from practice squad:

It’s no surprise that Thigpen and Lane were removed from the 53-man roster, considering Thigpen has muffed multiple punts in recent weeks, and Lane is out for the season with a leg injury. It’s interesting though that the team added a pair of tight ends to the roster to replace the departed players — that suggests that the club may rely on an in-house option to return kicks, and that perhaps one of the tight ends will play fullback, if necessary.