Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe NFL Draft. For true football fans, it’s a much anticipated weekend full of excitement and rollercoaster emotions. For Jason Licht and his coaching and scouting staff, it means a whole lot more. To them, it’s the culmination of months upon months upon months of hard work. Thousands of hours of game film tediously scrutinized …Read More
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers currently hold the 7th overall pick in the upcoming 2018 NFL Draft. Picking this early in any draft typically means that a team had a pretty bad season the previous year. It also means that a team has an opportunity to add a very high-quality player to their roster. This year …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Bucs kicking woes are no secret. It’s been well documented. Since releasing kicker Matt Bryant in 2009, the Bucs have changed kickers a whopping 9 times. Meanwhile, Bryant has hit 88.7% of his FG’s and 315 of his 316 extra points since signing with the Falcons. You’re welcome, Atlanta. Some would say that the …Read More
The NFL owners and coaches are meeting this week in Orlando. After the owners meeting, typically all focus shifts to the NFL Draft and you’ll just minor back-end depth transactions over the wire until the end of April. With that in mind, it’s a good opportunity for us to take stock at what’s been going …Read More
Photo Credit: BaltimoreRavens.comThe Buccaneers came into this offseason with a lot of money to spend. They had over 70 million dollars of cap space and many fans were expecting and hoping for the big names such as CBs Trumaine Johnson or Malcolm Butler, G Andrew Norwell and many others. However, the Bucs tested the patience of most …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Bucs have made their move in first wave of NFL Free Agency. By re-signing many of their own as well as Beau Allen, Mitch Unrein, Vinny Curry, Ryan Jensen and Chandler Catanzaro, the Bucs have about $22 million left (per Tampa Bay Times’ Greg Auman). $6 million of that is typically reserved for the …Read More
Photo Credit: Philadelphiaeagles.comBucs fans clamoring for their favorite team to get some help for the pass rush have finally had their wishes granted as according to ESPN’s Jenna Laine, former Eagles edge rusher Vinny Curry has been signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Source tells me Vinny Curry is heading to the Bucs on a three-year deal …Read More
Photo Credit: BaltimoreRavens.comAfter solidifying the run defense and kicking game, the Buccaneers made their first major splash into the 2018 NFL Free Agency period by signing former Ravens Center Ryan Jensen, according to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The #Bucs signed C Ryan Jensen to a four-year, $42 million deal with $22M guaranteed, source said. Big. — …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportOk Buc Nation, let’s all just take a deep breath. Woosah… Even though the 2018 NFL free agency period officially kicked off at 4pm Wednesday, about 25 teams already had deals in place with some of the top free agents a day or two before. The Bucs were not one of those teams. Sure they …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportPhase one of Free Agency has come and gone. Unlike previous years when the Bucs paid big money contracts to guys like Desean Jackson and Michael Johnson, Tampa Bay focused on re-signing their own players and adding some role players to their team. But have they improved? Let’s take a look. Re-Signing Players It’s never …Read More
