Two-time Professional Bowl move rusher Shaq Barrett is returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a late-season playoff push. Barrett cleared waivers after being launched from the Miami Dolphins reserve/retired listing.
Barrett spent 5 seasons in Tampa Bay earlier than his launch final offseason. He signed a one-year contract for as much as $9 million with the Dolphins in March however by no means performed a snap for the franchise after saying his retirement in July.
“I believe it was [general manager] Chris [Grier] and I speaking, and I believe general, it didn’t current a aggressive drawback for us, so it made sense within the timing of it,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel stated of the choice to launch Barrett.
He utilized for reinstatement in late November and was open to taking part in for Miami. The franchise realized of Barrett’s intentions simply days earlier than the reinstatement deadline and finally selected to go in a special path.
The Dolphins enter the ultimate two-game stretch with rookie Chop Robinson main the move rush off the sting with six sacks. Whereas Miami may’ve used Barrett’s companies this season, the main focus now shifts to Robinson’s emergence and his pursuit of Jaelan Phillips’ franchise rookie sack document of 8.5.
