Barring a last minute trade into the 7th round, the Buccaneers wrapped up the 2019 NFL Draft the same way they started it, by selecting defense. Their final pick, #215 overall, is Terry Beckner, Jr., a defensive tackle out of Missouri. Beckner was a former five-star recruit whose career was derailed by knee injuries (Torn …Read More
The Buccaneers added more speed to the receiving core and potentially a special teams returner with Bowling Green WR Scotty Miller, picked 208th overall in the 6th round. Miller had 215 career receptions, 2,867 yds and 23 touchdowns in his four year college career. Miller ran 4.39 at the combine. NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein says: Slim, …Read More
Bucs GM Jason Licht just couldn’t stop himself. Three years after making the greatest mistake in his career as General Manager in Tampa Bay, Licht has fearlessly gone to the well again, selecting kicker Matt Gay from Utah, with the 145th selection of the NFL draft (5th Round). Gay is the 2017 Lou Groza Award …Read More
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened Day 3 of the 2019 NFL Draft by selecting another defensive player, Iowa DE Anthony Nelson, with the 107th overall selection in the 4th round. At 6′ 7″, 271 lbs, Nelson looks like a five-technique in the Bucs new 3-4 scheme and will be a player that can compete with …Read More
If anything, no one can claim GM Jason Licht didn’t try his darndest to fix the Bucs secondary. Ignoring needs along the offensive and defensive line, Tampa Bay completed a Day Two sweep of defensive backs by selecting Auburn CB Jamel Dean and Kentucky Safety Mike Edwards in the 3rd round. Tampa Bay got the …Read More
Bucs GM Jason Licht’s record in the second round isn’t sterling, to say the least. Well, once again he raised eyebrows, this time taking a small school corner out of the MAC, Central Michigan’s Sean Bunting with the 39th overall pick. Bunting is a big corner at 6′ 1″ 180 lbs and put up a …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comThere are few sure bets in the NFL Draft. One never knows what a team exactly is going to do until they do it. Heck, perhaps the team themselves don’t really know until all the draft day scenarios come to fruition. The Bucs, however, weren’t one of those teams. It was pretty darn obvious LSU …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers open the 2019 NFL season at home for the first time since 2015 (officially, since technically the Bucs first game of 2017 was home against Chicago after the scheduled season opener in Miami was moved due to a Hurricane). Their opponent? The Kwon Alexander-led San Francisco 49ers. It’ll be an interesting …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportIt looked likely the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would have to franchise LT Donovan Smith to keep him for 2019, but GM Jason Licht pulled a rabbit out of his hat, signing the offensive lineman to a 3-year deal. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports it’s for $41.25 million with $27 million fully guaranteed. Buccaneers are giving OT …Read More
Photo Credit: AZCentralThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired 66-year-old two-time NFL Coach of the Year, Bruce Arians, as their head coach for the 2019 season. Tampa Bay, mired in an 11-year drought from the playoffs look, is now on their 5th coach since firing Jon Gruden in 2009. Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, it is a 4 …Read More
