Plans for the week.

Busy, busy, busy Monday and a hectic week ahead for Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht.

Still smelling of the Hillsborough River, the man who built a Super Bowl-winning roster may have an even bigger task this week: keeping that championship team together.

The high hurdle is somehow retaining Bucs sack king Shaq Barrett. Many expect Shaq to cash in on his play the past two seasons at the most important position on a defense.

“He probably deserves it,” said James Palmer of NFL Network. “That probably leaves an edge rusher as a big, big, big need for them” if Shaq doesn’t return. He added that Shaq staying is “not completely out the window.”

Palmer had an update on the battleplans for Licht this week with legal tampering underway. “There is a lot of phone calls Jason Licht is trying to make right now,” Palmer said.

One former NFL agent said he believes Shaq may get $22 million a year.

It irks the hell out of Joe to think the Bucs might nickel-and-dime a guy like Shaq who could have been the Super Bowl MVP and who totally balled out in the playoffs. Yet Licht just built a Super Bowl team, so how is Joe supposed to argue with any of Licht’s moves?

You can see and hear Palmer’s full report on the Bucs in the NFL Network video below.

.@ShaquilBarrett. @RobGronkowski. @_fournette. 😳@jamespalmerTV on how the @buccaneers are prioritizing free agency 👇

📺: NFL Free Agency Frenzy on NFL Network pic.twitter.com/ZByKHZSEgA

— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) March 15, 2021