The first of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' anticipated second-half reinforcements is on his way. On Saturday, the Buccaneers activated fourth-year tackle Luke Goedeke off injured reserve, restoring him to the 53-man roster. To make room for Goedeke's return on that roster, the Buccaneers also waived rookie safety Sebastian Castro.

Tampa Bay opened a 21-day practice window for Goedeke on Monday and he took part in all three of this week's practices. After being a limited participant on Wednesday and Thursday he was upgraded to full participation on Friday. When he was evaluated and deemed ready to play on Saturday, the team chose to activate him, which could have been done at any point during that three-week window, and thus made him eligible to play against the New England Patriots on Sunday.

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