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BY IRA KAUFMAN
We’re less than a week away from NFL free agency, otherwise known as “buyer beware” time.
Teams usually don’t get younger when acquiring free agents, but the idea is to get better and Bruce Arians can’t wait to dip a cleat into this available talent pool. [read more]
What’s he going to cost?
That’s the big question surrounding 29-year-old DE/DT Malik Jackson, who is about to be launched from the Jaguars roster as a salary cap casualty. [read more]
End of the road today?
So the Bucs are up against the salary cap with several players that either need to be re-signed or acquired to fill holes. [read more]
Once upon a time in 2017, if you believe the many reports, general manager Jason Licht was prepared to make Mike Glennon the highest paid backup quarterback in the game — or darn close to it. [read more]
Insider offers reassurance.
Joe is of the mind that if the Bucs can get a nasty edge rusher and draft a defensive tackle at No. 5, that would be a helluva start to the offseason. [read more]
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Where will he be next week?
It isn’t out of the realm of possibility the Bucs could have a new middle linebacker this year. [read more]
More Le’Veon Bell chatter.
Joe has no clue how the Bucs can pull this off, but it isn’t stopping guys on national websites suggesting the Bucs can be real players for quitting running back Le’Veon Bell. [read more]
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*Joe thinks it’s very cool to have Todd Wright diving back into the kind of thing he was known for nationally. [read more]
“Jason, you should wear that coat when you woo free agents. It brightens the day.”
One of Joe’s fantasies is now completely out of reach. [read more]
The wacky interpretations of NFL rules are always changing, so Bucco Bruce Arians has hired a retired NFL official to help him navigate all that and to serve as an in-game, instant-replay guru. [read more]
The head coach seems to be in love
Intriguing insight served up by the Buccaneers’ new head coach this week at One Buc Palace. [read more]
Disgusted by film
New head coach Bucco Bruce Arians said he’s evaluated film from the past three seasons and he sees a Buccaneers football team that wasn’t very smart. [read more]
Returning.
UPDATED 11:25 a.m. – It sure smells like the only new face on the Bucs’ offensive line for the 2019 season will be at right guard. [read more]
The film doesn’t lie.
And the film shows Donovan Smith only plays hard to the whistle roughly 91.8 percent of the time. [read more]
Less than a week from free agency, at least a dozen NFL teams have 10 times more available salary cap room than the Buccaneers, winners of five games in each of the last two seasons. And that’s assuming the Bucs even have any cap room.
One reliable tracker says the Bucs are over the cap now. [read more]
Fish or cut bait already?
Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht has said the biggest thing he learned working for Bill Belicheat was to admit your mistakes early and cut your losses. [read more]
Projected fit.
The Crows are shedding a lot of salary on their defense. And while Joe is borderline obsessed with the Bucs grabbing inside linebacker C.J. Mosely, perhaps it should be another Crows player recently thrown to the curb by Baltimore coach John Harbaugh. [read more]
