The Buccaneers cut fullback Chris Pressley over the weekend, ending the give-and-take between them and the Bengals since Fui Vakapuna got hurt early in training camp.

The Bengals originally signed Pressley as a free agent out of Wisconsin after the 2009 draft and kept an eye on him even after they cut him and the Bucs signed him at the start of last season. But Pressley may not be headed to Cincinnati just yet.

The Buccaneers have been trying to trade him to the Bengals for the last six weeks or so, but Cincinnati anticipated they’d cut him and held off. The Bengals still don’t have a fullback on the roster, but given the way the coaches have been talking about their comfort level with using tight ends that know the system in the fullback spot, it doesn’t look like it would be a lightning transaction. But it would make sense if they bring Pressley in for a workout Tuesday…