As Expected, Josiah Trotter Is Your Bucs Starting Inside Linebacker

The Bucs weekly game release included the expected depth chart for Week 1 at Cincinnati on Sunday. And scheduled to stand next to fellow inside linebacker Alex Anzalone will be rookie second-round pick Josiah Trotter. Joe remembers back in training camp when Joe noted Trotter would be starting over SirVocea Dennis, someone (maybe a member of Trotter's family?) completely unloaded on Joe. Went absolutely apes(p)it on Joe. Oh, Dennis knows the defense. He has elite quickness. Only a total moron would suggest Dennis won't start. Yeah, well, Joe saw all but one practice and Joe has never seen an NFL team waste its time with a rookie playing on the first-team defense for most of training camp if they didn't plan to start him, unless someone was hurt. And everything KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles said for the past six weeks suggested Trotter would start. So Joe hopes whoever that was who killed him on Twitter has to blow his nose in his Dennis' jersey. Some other interesting nuggets. * Despite being paid $7 million a year, Kenny Gainwell is not listed as a starter. Bucky Irving is. This doesn't mean Gainwell won't get plenty of touches. * Sean Tucker and Kameron Johnson are your kick returners. Johnson will also handle punt returns. * It appears Keionte Scott has won the nickel corner position.