When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cut safety Shilo Sanders over the weekend, there was a belief that he would stick around and land on the team's practice squad after the initial 53-man roster was finalized.

But as Tampa began trimming down to 53 and finalizing its 16-player practice squad, Sanders' name was noticeably absent.

Instead, the Bucs signed another rookie safety who had been one of the Carolina Panthers' final cuts, seemingly sending a message that the team had officially moved on from Sanders.

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"Bucs are signing rookie safety Jack Henderson, just cut by the Panthers, to their practice squad," Fox Sports' Greg Auman wrote on X . "Finished his college career at Minnesota -- six sacks, nine TFLs last season.

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