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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: Demetrius Knight Jr., South Carolina

Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images Could the Bucs’ heir apparent to Lavonte David be Knight? The Buccaneers’ linebacker corps got consistently abused all last season, and the long-term outlook remains grim heading into 2025. While Lavonte David is still good, being in year 14 at 35 years old sets a clear need for expectations on his play moving forward. K.J. Britt, one of the league’s...2025
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers pick linebacker

Photo by Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images With the 19th overall pick in the 2025 Bleeding Green Nation community mock draft, Tampa Bay Buccaneers GM Hoosinole selects ... Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama Since winning the Super Bowl as a wild card team at the end of the 2020 season, the Bucs have won the NFC South four straight times, mostly by being the least inept of a bad division. They’ve gone...2025
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• Yaya Diaby Wants To Make “Money” Plays With His “Partner In Crime”

Looking ahead to next season, the Bucs defense will be looking to get the most of its young players. Veterans like defensive tackle Vita Vea, inside linebacker Lavonte David, and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. remain, but to truly reach the next level the potential of some recent draft picks must be further realized....2025
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• POD Community Mock: With the 19th pick, the Buccaneers select...

Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With the 19th pick in the POD Community Mock Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have selected... The Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft rolls on, and at pick 19 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on the clock. It’s been an interesting resurgence for the Bucs ever since Tom Brady took them to a Super Bowl. With the ressurection of Baker Ma...2025
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Jihaad Campbell, Alabama

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images How many more years will LD54 suit up for Tampa Bay? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had the great luxury of a Hall of Fame caliber player start in the middle of their defense since 'Gangnam Style' was a viral sensation. Heading into year 14, that luxury is running near its end. Lavonte David has been one of the greatest Buccaneers in the franchise's h...2025
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• Video: Todd Bowles Has Found A BREAKTHROUGH On Defense!

Many are well aware that the struggles that the Bucs had last season came from the defense. Head coach Todd Bowles, who calls the play on that side of the ball, has been searching for answers on how to fix it. Bucs head coach Todd Bowles and ILB Lavonte David - Photo by:...2025
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• Bucs free up cap space by restructuring Antoine Winfield, Jr.’s contract

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The young safety puts the team first. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have restructured the contract of All-Pro safety Antoine Winfield Jr., creating significant financial flexibility for the 2025 season. Originally set to earn a $21 million base salary, Winfield’s deal was adjusted to a minimum salary plus a bonus, with a void year added. Th...2025
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Chris Paul Jr, Ole Miss

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Tampa Bay could look to bolster their linebacker room this April With the NFL draft quickly approaching, the Buccaneers have done a good job of filling out their roster in free agency and looking for depth along the way. They’ve added many players at positions of need while also bringing back many key guys. However, the roster isn’t a finished product by ...2025
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: DL Alfred Collins, Texas

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Defense will surely be on Tampa Bay's mind in this year's draft, but will Alfred Collins be a defender they think of? The Buccaneers have spent the first portion of their offseason ensuring that new offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard would have all 11 offensive starters returning from a season ago, when the team boasted a top-5 unit by most metrics. Tamp...2025
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• NFL mock draft 2025: Browns pair Abdul Carter with Myles Garrett, Titans take QB Cam Ward at No. 1

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images With Myles Garrett digging in his heels, the Browns decide to take the draft’s top defender in Penn State’s Abdul Carter. The first week of free agency has come and gone and it went a long way toward changing what was actually the first rendition of this mock draft. We went back to the drawing board over the weekend and I think we’ve got it in a good pla...2025
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• Chris Godwin Is Both Grateful And Hungry After Re-Signing With Bucs

Inside linebacker Lavonte David has long been the standard of what it means to be a Buccaneer, but wide receiver Chris Godwin is another player in that conversation. The Bucs’ star wide receiver has given it his all to recover from two serious injuries and has taken less money to remain in Tampa Bay. What...2025
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• Complete 2025 1st-round mock draft: The Dallas Cowboys select…

Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Predicting all 32 NFL teams first-round draft picks. With the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine wrapped up, mock drafts cannot be predicted with little bit more accuracy knowing which prospects teams could be targeting. Between now and the draft in April player rankings may fluctuate a little, but overall teams big board's are pretty close ...2025
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• Buccaneers Defensive Free Agency Outlook

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Bucs absolutely need more talent and depth on defense. NFL free agency kicks off at noon Monday, and there will be a flurry of activity across the league as teams hope to shore up their weak spots. Will the Buccaneers be one of those first teams out of the blocks? Recent history would indicate not likely, as they focus so heavily on in-house retentio...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Joe Thuney became the NFL’s best value free agent signing of this decade

Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Saturday, March 8 The latest NFL free-agency rankings: Which teams and players deliver the best value? | The Athletic Thuney produced by far the most total AV of any free-agent signing during the 2021 to 2024 window at 45. No other player was above 30. And there was no other player besides Thuney above 30 during the 2020 to 2023 windo...2025
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• Grading the Detroit Lions’ re-signing of Derrick Barnes

David Reginek-Imagn Images Breaking down the Derrick Barnes’ 3-year extension with the Detroit Lions and giving it an overall grade. On Friday, the Detroit Lions and Derrick Barnes reportedly agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $25.5 million. It’s the first major re-signing the Lions have made this offseason, and also one of the most interesting. We knew the Lions quite fond o...2025
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• Predictions for Buccaneers 2025 Free Agents

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Which players will be returning to Tampa Bay in 2025? NFL free agency is just a few short days away and for the Buccaneers, they have some questions that need answering in the coming days. While their list of unrestricted free agents is not how it was last year, there still are some important players that Tampa Bay has to decide whether to keep or not. ...2025
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• Exclusive Senior Bowl Interview: LB Demetrius Knight, former QB with coverage skills to play quickly

Jordan Prather-Imagn Images Let’s build up the Browns linebacker group in the NFL draft with a guy who will stick somebody The Cleveland Browns have one of the best defensive minds in the league coaching the defense, Jim Schwartz. He loves run-stoppers. His philosophy is for the defensive front four to be the pass rusher and the linebackers are now free to cover running backs and tight end...2025
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• Mike Tanier's Combine Wrap-Up: The Coveted Forty Awards!
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• NFL Schedule Week 6: TV Coverage Map, Start Times and Live Stream Info
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• NFL Week 17 Picks: The Falcons and Panthers Keep Southlandia Weird
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"Bucs fans have long dreaded the day they’ll have to say goodbye to franchise legend Lavonte David."

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"com) Buccaneers re-sign LB Lavonte David to one-year contract worth up to $10 million (NFL."

2023
"While we await contract terms, $7 million is the same amount going to LB Lavonte David of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and clearly became a target for Wagner."

2022
"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers activated linebacker Lavonte David and running back Giovani Bernard from injured reserve in advance of Sunday's wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles."

2021
"Bucs linebacker Lavonte David will need 3-4 weeks to recover from an ankle injury, a source confirmed to ESPN, meaning he will miss at least Thursday's game vs."

2020
"Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David has witnessed just one winning season and has yet to make the playoffs during his eight-year NFL career."

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"Tampa Bay lost Kwon Alexander but still has Lavonte David."

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"The latest glaring omission of Winston came this week when player murals on Raymond James Stadium featured linebacker Lavonte David and tight end Cameron Brate."

2017
"That trio combined for 16 of Brady’s 18 first-half completions on 19 targets, most of which were simple pitch-and-catch throws against the Bucs cover-4 defense that was vulnerable underneath with starting linebackers Lavonte David and Kwon Alexander as well as starting safeties T."

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"Winston will join teammates Doug Martin, Lavonte David, Gerald McCoy and Logan Mankins in Hawaii for Sunday's game."

2015
"The Buccaneers have agreed to terms with Lavonte David on a five-year extension, NFL Media's Rand Getlin reports."

2014
"Team MVP: Lavonte David."

• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: Demetrius Knight Jr., South Carolina
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers pick linebacker
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• Yaya Diaby Wants To Make “Money” Plays With His “Partner In Crime”
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• POD Community Mock: With the 19th pick, the Buccaneers select...
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
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• Bucs free up cap space by restructuring Antoine Winfield, Jr.’s contract
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Chris Paul Jr, Ole Miss
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• SR’s FAB 5: Bucs Must Choose Wisely When Drafting Their Next LB

Alabama ILB Jihaad Campbell – Photo by: UA Athletics INTRO: The Bucs re-signed linebackers Lavonte David and Deion Jones this offseason, in addition to adding veteran depth with Anthony Walker Jr. But Tampa Bay is not done addressing the linebacker position. General manager Jason Licht and head coach Todd Bowles will draft at least...2025
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: DL Alfred Collins, Texas
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• NFL mock draft 2025: Browns pair Abdul Carter with Myles Garrett, Titans take QB Cam Ward at No. 1
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers pick linebacker
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
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• Lavonte David is back in Tampa Bay, signs 1-year deal

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images At 35 years old, Lavonte David will once again suit up for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers have officially started their offseason with a familiar classic, the re-signing of legendary linebacker Lavonte David. Tampa has (willing) spent serveral consecutive offseasons waiting for indications as to whether or not David would decide to retire from ...2025
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• NFL free agent rankings: Linebackers

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Which linebacker should you sign in free agency? It’s pretty rare we get off-ball linebackers taken high in the NFL Draft, and 2025 is no exception with none expected to be taken in the first round. Just a note, if you’re looking for pass-rushing outside linebackers, we covered them over here. We polled a group of writers from around SB Nation to gather cons...2025
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• Rams are defining what the Cardinals need to accomplish this off-season

Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Cards need to add some star power to their defensive front 7 Last night at State Farm Stadium, thousands of Los Angeles Rams’ fans were thanking Michael Bidwill and the Arizona Cardinals for taking such good care of them during their time of dire need and utter despair. (see photo above) Now perhaps, thanks to the 27-9 licking the Rams put ...2025
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• Notes and stats from the Buccaneers 23-20 NFC Wild Card loss to Washington

John Babiak/Bucs Nation It was a rough ending to what was an exciting and productive season in some ways. - The Buccaneers fell to the Commanders, 23-20, to end their season. The 49th season in Buccaneers history resulted in the club extending its franchise record for consecutive postseason berths to five and extending its record for consecutive division titles to four. The Buccaneers rema...2025
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• NFL Playoffs 2025: Where the Wild Card losers go from here

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Where do the playoff losers go from here? There’s still one more game left to play in the Wild Card round, but for the most part we have our divisional round matchups set. We have a titan battle between two MVP caliber QBs, and both No. 1 seeds enter the battle like Super Smash Bros. However, before we look forward to the Divisional Round, we have to look back in m...2025
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• Notes and stats from the Buccaneers 27-19 win over the Saints

John A. Babiak/Bucs Nation Full steam ahead as the Bucs get into the playoffs. - The Buccaneers defeated the Saints, 27-19, to secure their fifth consecutive playoff berth and fourth consecutive NFC South division title. The NFC South division title is the seventh in franchise history, tying the New Orleans Saints for both the most total and most consecutive titles (four) in the division’s...2025
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• Buccaneers Vita Vea, Tristan Wirfs named to 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games

Linebacker Lavonte David #54, wide receiver Mike Evans #13, defensive tackle Vita Vea #50, quarterback Baker Mayfield #6, and offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs #78 stand on the sidelines prior to their game against the Los Angeles Chargers. | Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Mayfield, Evans, David, McLaughlin named as alternates. The National Football League today announced that Tampa Bay ...2025
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• The Linc - The Eagles are “an average, mistake-prone team right now”

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 9/30/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... NFL Week 4: Biggest questions, takeaways for every game - ESPNWhat should we make of the Eagles heading into their Week 5 bye? They’re an average, mistake-prone team right now. True, they were operating without OT Lane Johnson (concussion), WR A.J. Brown (hamstrin...2024
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: Demetrius Knight Jr., South Carolina
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
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• NFL mock draft 2025: Browns pair Abdul Carter with Myles Garrett, Titans take QB Cam Ward at No. 1
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• NFL free agency legal tampering Day 1 open thread and headlines

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Let’s get tampering. At noon ET, the 2025 NFL year will unofficially begin. Tampering has long been a problem in the NFL, especially with free agency. It got so bad the NFL made an official tampering period where teams and free agents can talk prior to the beginning of the new league year. No deal can officially be signed until March 12th this year, but y...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: Could the Chiefs be shopping Trey Smith?

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, March 4 The latest 2025 NFL free agency: Best players available on defense | ESPN Tier 3: Capable starters Free agents: Nick Bolton, Chiefs; Lavonte David, Buccaneers; Dre Greenlaw, 49ers; Ernest Jones IV, Seahawks; Christian Rozeboom, Rams; Jamien Sherwood, Jets; Justin Strnad, Broncos; Bobby Wagner, Commanders; Kyzir Whit...2025
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• Analyzing Buccaneers 2025 NFL Draft Needs

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The thermostat is back as the NFL Scouting Combine proceeds. It’s time to gather around and dust off the thermometer, Bucs Nation. The draft needs temperature check returns once again! The Buccaneers enter 2025 in a relatively stable position with good cap flexibility, a healthy boon of young talent, few priority free agents, and a decently positioned first-round pic...2025
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• Tampa Bay Bucs’ NFL Draft needs in 2025, and the players who can fill them

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Bucs need to reload on defense if they plan on repeating as division champs. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on an incredible hot streak, winning the NFC South for four straight years. As they begin another season with a new offensive coordinator, I have more faith in that side of the ball keeping up their high level of play with QB Ba...2025
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• Exclusive Senior Bowl Interview: LB Demetrius Knight, former QB with coverage skills to play quickly
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• Bucs Mailbag: Will Lavonte David Return? Coaching Changes Coming?

Bucs HC Todd Bowles and ILB Lavonte David – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR Managing your family’s wealth means more to Amuni Financial than simply allocating your assets. It means legacy planning, brokerage & advisory services, retirement accounts, college savings accounts and insurance services. With 40 years of experience, let Amuni Financial help you plan ahead...2025
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• Ranking the top 5 Denver Broncos offseason needs

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images With the 2024 Denver Broncos season in the books, let’s take a look at the needs they need to address this off-season. With the 2024 Denver Broncos season in the books after their wildcard round loss to the Buffalo Bills, it is already time to start looking forward to next season. The Broncos overachieved this past year, found their quarterback, an...2025
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• Jameis Winston Replaces Tom Brady at 2016 NFL Pro Bowl
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• Jameis Winston Wins 2015 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Award
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• Lavonte David, Buccaneers agree to 5-year extension
The Buccaneers have agreed to terms with Lavonte David on a five-year extension, NFL Media's Rand Getlin reports. Is David now the highest-paid 4-3 linebacker in the game?...2015
• Bucs, Lavonte David agree to 5-year, $50M deal
Bucs, Lavonte David agree to 5-year, $50M deal...2015
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• Bobby’s back!
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The legendary linebacker is back in Seattle. What a Saturday! The Seattle Seahawks are finalizing the move everybody hoped for, and Hall of Fame linebacker Bobby Wagner will return to end his career in Seattle. Former Seahawks’ LB Bobby Wagner is returning to Seattle on a one-year, $7 million deal.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 25, 2023 T...2023
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• Lavonte David, Buccaneers working on new contract
The Buccaneers are working on a new contract for star linebacker Lavonte David, NFL Media's Rand Getlin reported. Will the sides agree to a deal before training camp?...2015
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• Monday Morning Hangover: Brock Osweiler's Time Is Now
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• NFL Pro Bowl Roster 2015: Twitter Reacts to Players for Unconferenced Draft
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: Demetrius Knight Jr., South Carolina
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
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• Bucs free up cap space by restructuring Antoine Winfield, Jr.’s contract
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: LB Chris Paul Jr, Ole Miss
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• Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: DL Alfred Collins, Texas
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• NFL mock draft 2025: Browns pair Abdul Carter with Myles Garrett, Titans take QB Cam Ward at No. 1
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• NFL free agency legal tampering Day 1 open thread and headlines
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• Arrowheadlines: Joe Thuney became the NFL’s best value free agent signing of this decade
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• Grading the Detroit Lions’ re-signing of Derrick Barnes
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• Predictions for Buccaneers 2025 Free Agents
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• 2025 Buccaneers 7-Round Mock Draft: Post-Free Agency Edition

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images With the roster picture a little clearer, let’s investigate some potential draft scenarios. The 2025 NFL Draft is sneaking up quick, now only 5 weeks away. The final act of the process will accelerate quickly with college pro days, top 30 visits and final medical checks that allow teams to put their finishing touches on painstaking evaluations they’ve b...2025
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• Devin White wants to remain in Tampa Bay

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Despite a trade request made out of frustration, Devin White wants to stay with the Buccaneers for the long term The off-season was filled with rumors, questions, and speculation surrounding Buccaneers linebacker Devin White following his trade demand. Now, White has spoken out about that demand with the media following practice on Mond...2023
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• Buccaneers projected depth chart, post-NFL Draft
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Plenty will change between now and training camp, but here’s an initial glimpse at the potential pecking order. We now enter the only true quiet portion of the year for NFL activity, as not much will happen aside from mini-camps and OTAs before the entire roster reports for training camp in late July. Everything is subject to change unt...2023
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• In Jason we trust?
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had an outstanding start to the offseason. During Jason Licht’s tenure in Tampa Bay as general manager, he has done a good job of being controversial. Licht’s boom-or-bust decision making has landed him in and out of favor with many Tampa Bay fans throughout his near decade as the team’s head decision maker...2023
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• What shouldn’t the Giants do in Round 1?
Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Looking at how teams have fared drafting “low positional value” players on Day 1 This time of year, we NFL fans all begin to obsess over what our favorite team is going to do with its first-round draft pick(s) (unless you are a fan of the Los Angeles Rams, who haven’t had one since 2016). Teams gravitate toward high-value positions with their Day 1 pick...2023
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• Ask PFW: Mid-May roster assessments

How many undrafted free agents will stick this year and who will contribute? J.C. Jackson seems solid, Trent Harris could strengthen the interior. Jason Bickel Bill Belichick’s Patriots have a history of keeping at least one undrafted rookie (often more than that) on the 53-man roster to open the season, a streak that dates back nearly a decade and a half. It’s come all over the depth chart and wi...2018
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• Lavonte David on firing of Lovie Smith: “This is stupid.”
The firing of head coach Lovie Smith by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday night was a shocking development. And it doesn’t seem to be sitting too well with some of the Buccaneers players. Linebacker Lavonte David tweeted about the decision to fire Smith shortly after learning about the move. David summed up his feelings…...2016
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