TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians hasn’t felt the need to bring in a specialist to talk to his players about the COVID-19 vaccine, which some players leaguewide have expressed skepticism about in recent days. While Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera brought Harvard immunologist Kizzmekia S. Corbett in to speak to […]
Continue readingWith 2021 NFL free agency winding down, we are looking back on what went down and looking forward to what’s ahead. While there were a number of significant free-agent signings such as the Tennessee Titans picking up a pair of edge rushers, the Baltimore Ravens upgrading their offensive line and the Super Bowl champion Tampa […]
Continue readingThe Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers continued their busy offseason Wednesday, agreeing to a two-year, $31.8 million contract extension with offensive tackle Donovan Smith while finalizing a one-year, $10 million deal to bring back defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Smith’s extension runs through 2023 and includes $30 million guaranteed over […]
Continue readingNFL free agency kicks off next week and teams will be working with a salary cap of $182.5 million for the 2021 season, an 8% decrease from the $198.2 million cap in 2020. The cap has risen every year since 2011, but the reduced revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic forced a drop for next […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Quarterback Tom Brady has signed a contract extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team announced Friday. While the Bucs did not reveal any details, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that it is a four-year contract extension that voids to a one-year extension. The deal ties Brady to Tampa through the 2022 […]
Continue readingThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers used the franchise tag on wide receiver Chris Godwin, the team announced Tuesday. The tag will cost the Bucs roughly $16.5 million and means they won’t be able to tag outside linebacker Shaq Barrett, who earned $15.8 million playing under the franchise tag last year. Tagging Barrett again in 2021 would […]
Continue readingThe 2021 NFL free-agency period officially begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 17, but speculation about which players might be switching teams this offseason began months ago. With more than half of the league’s 32 teams rumored to be considering a change at quarterback, with franchises dealing with a lower salary cap and with […]
Continue readingBuccaneers general manager Jason Licht said Wednesday that he and coach Bruce Arians would be “elated” if they could get a deal done with quarterback Tom Brady to keep him in Tampa beyond his two-year contract, which will end after the 2021 season. Licht said Tuesday on “The Rich Eisen Show” that signing Brady to […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers held a boat parade Wednesday to celebrate their Super Bowl LV championship on a sun-splashed day with thousands of fans lining the Hillsborough River near downtown Tampa. As the parade came to a close, head coach Bruce Arians said the Buccaneers could easily repeat as champions if the […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Eleven months ago, it was inconceivable that quarterback Tom Brady would choose, of all teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to continue his football journey. Equally implausible was that this partnership — forged in an offseason ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, with little time to connect with new teammates or master a new […]
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