The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are taking a look at Brett Rypien, giving the former Denver Broncos quarterback a visit on Tuesday, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.
Rypien, now 30, entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Boise State with Denver in 2019. He spent his first four seasons with the Broncos and went 2-1 as a fill-in starter.
Since then, he has bounced around the league and has now spent time with ten NFL clubs. In Tampa Bay, he could offer depth after Baker Mayfield went down with a thumb injury.
Rypien wasn’t the only former Bronco to surface on Tuesday’s transaction wire. Running back Audric Estime drew a look from the Minnesota Vikings, while safety Delarrin Turner-Yell worked out for the New Orleans Saints.
Estime, 23, was a fifth-round pick by Denver in the 2024 NFL draft out of Notre Dame. After being cut by the Broncos in 2025, he spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles and Saints. New Orleans cut him from its injured reserve list with a settlement last week.
Turner-Yell, 26, came to Denver as a fifth-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft out of Oklahoma and spent his first four seasons there. He missed the entire 2024 season because of a knee injury, then suffered another season-ending knee injury in his first appearance of the 2025 season. Healthy again, DTY is trying to work his way back into the league.
Elsewhere on the ex-Bronco front, defensive lineman Jonathan Harris signed with the Minnesota Vikings’ practice squad. Long snapper Jacob Bobenmoyer tried out for the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Miami Dolphins cut long snapper Luke Basso from their practice squad and hosted outside linebacker Dasan McCullough for a tryout. The Dallas Cowboys placed safety P.J.
Locke on injured reserve. Defensive lineman P.J.
Mustipher signed with the New York Giants’ practice squad, wide receiver Phillip Dorsett signed with the Las Vegas Raiders’ practice squad, and defensive back Sam Webb had a tryout with the San Francisco 49ers.
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