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Now that a gargantuan contract has been bestowed upon Kwon Alexander by the 49ers, the Bucs have 10 other linebackers on their roster to consider.
You won’t need to sit down to read this. And your socks certainly will stay on your feet.
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Should Bucs jump at bargain?
So, yeah, the Bucs have damn near maxed out on Team Glazer’s Mastercard. So instead of that summer vacation in the Bahamas, the budget only allows for a road trip to the Ozarks. [read more]
A culture of losing hasn’t yet killed Tampa’s allure.
Whether we like to admit it or not, agents often heavily influence what city their free agent clients should choose when mapping out a strategy for their new team. [read more]
Justin Watson, right, was among yesterday’s Bucs winners.
Yesterday’s big winners in the world of the Buccaneers were wide receivers Chris Godwin and Justin Watson. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
So malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson got his wish yesterday: He got traded from the Bucs and his new team, the Eagles, even tossed him a contract extension. [read more]
Think for a moment about where the Buccaneers sit in the NFL landscape.
Coming off back-to-back 5-11 seasons, they have no salary cap room, a garbage defense and an inconsistent quarterback. [read more]
Prefers warmer climate?
UPDATED 8:02 a.m. – Joe isn’t sure how to decipher this but it seems that stud free agent linebacker C.J. Mosley has had it with playing in a cold-weather city. [read more]
Unanswered questions.
Joe understands there are a number of Bucs fans who are upset that middle linebacker Kwon Alexander was not retained. [read more]
Message to Bucs fans.
Whether someone wants to quibble about the definition of “execute” in relation to the NFL, it is clear that well over 24 hours before the free agency dinner bell rings, former Bucs receiver Adam Humphries has/will/intends/wants/could/should/plans to put his signature on a piece of paper making him the property of the Tennessee Titans. [read more]
Joe is depressed but not surprised.
Safety Tyrann Mathieu scored $14 million per season today from the team that should have been last year’s AFC champs, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Not even the lure of postgame cocktails with his good friend Bucco Bruce Arians can compete with that.
Cash-strapped and talent-challenged on defense, the Bucs will press on through the free agency process.
Loaded
There’s no big surprise here with Adam Humphries leaving, as Joe detailed yesterday morning. But it is eye-opening that it appears Humphries scored about $9 million per season from the Tennessee Titans. [read more]
UPDATED 8:59 p.m. – DeSean Jackson got his October wish.
It only took him behaving like a complete ass to get it done. [read more]
Next step?
He has already waved goodbye to Tampa Bay, and malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson may already know where he’s going to land later this week. [read more]
A deal at $11 million?
Yes, the Bucs are desperately in need of playmakers and leaders in their secondary. [read more]
Allow Joe to take you back to November when The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman, penned a column about Derrick Brooks and the 49ers general manager, Bucs legend John Lynch. [read more]
24-hour flash poll posted at 2:17 p.m.
Someone check on John Lynch.
UPDATED 2:20 p.m. – Perhaps Kwon Alexander needs to lay off Twitter? [read more]
Bids farewell.
Technically, malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson is still a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs. [read more]
