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• Rodrigo Blankenship: Cut by Bucs

  08/21/2023 • By RotoWire

  The Buccaneers waived Blankenship on Monday, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Blankenship was competing with Chase McLaughlin for the Buccaneers' kicking gig and ultimately came up short in the job battle. The 26-year-old most recently suited up for the Cardinals, with whom he appeared in two games during the 2022 campaign after being cut by the Colts following Week 1.

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• Buccaneers' Rodrigo Blankenship: Drills only kick Friday

  08/12/2023 • By RotoWire

  Blakenship converted his lone field-goal attempt -- from 35 yards out -- in the Buccaneers' 27-17 preseason loss to the Steelers on Friday. He did not have any extra-point tries. Blankenship was true on his one boot and his competition for the placekicker job, Chase McLaughlin, handled both of Tampa Bay's point-after tries successfully. Consequently, the battle between the two kickers seemingly remains deadlocked heading into another week of training camp practices ahead of next Saturday's road preseason matchup against the Jets.

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• Buccaneers' Rodrigo Blankenship: Set to sign with Tampa Bay

  06/15/2023 • By RotoWire

  Blankenship is slated to sign with the Buccaneers, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Blankenship had a tryout with Tampa Bay earlier in the week, which evidently went well and earned him a deal. He'll now compete with Chase McLaughlin to earn kicking duties with the Buccaneers for this season. Interestingly, McLaughlin took over at kicker for the Colts last season upon Blankenship being waived. Ultimately, the latter ended up with an opportunity in Arizona where he made two appearances and made both of his field-goal attempts and two of three extra-point tries before being waived with an undisclosed injury. The injury seemingly ended up being a torn muscle in his leg, which was repaired via surgery in January.

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• Rodrigo Blankenship: Working out for Tampa Bay

  06/12/2023 • By RotoWire

  Blankenship (undisclosed) is with the Buccaneers for a minicamp tryout this week, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Blankenship had surgery in January to repair a torn muscle in his leg but now appears ready to go ahead of the 2023 campaign. The kicker was waived by the Colts in September and appeared in three total games with Indianapolis and Arizona in 2022, going 4-for-5 on field-goal attempts and 4-for-5 on PATs.

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• Cardinals' Rodrigo Blankenship: Contained to kickoffs in Week 8

  11/01/2022 • By RotoWire

  Blankenship recorded six kickoffs, all touchbacks, during Sunday's 34-26 loss in Minnesota. Blankenship filled in for the Cardinals' regular kicker Matt Prater in the final of his three absences due to a right hip injury. While Prater was cleared to log field-goal attempts and point-after tries Sunday -- he made two FGAs and PATs apiece in his return -- Blankenship, who was inked to the active roster last Wednesday, handled kickoff duties Week 8. Such a breakdown of placekicking tasks may be the team's reality until Prater is back to full health.

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