The <a href="/nfl/players/tampa_bay_buccaneers/923329">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> are caught between honoring what once worked and confronting what no longer does. For years, this has been a team built on toughness, defensive identity, and timely offense.
Last week the Tampa Bay Buccaneers said a fond farewell to a franchise legend. Linebacker Lavonte David decided to retire after a brilliant 14 year career.
The Buccaneers restructured the contracts of right tackle Luke Goedeke and cornerback Zyon McCollum to clear up cap space for their new free agent signings.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers certainly need to address the inside linebacker position after franchise legend Lavonte David called it quits this week. David capped off an incredible 13-year career that saw him earn a First Team All-Pro, a Super Bowl ring and a share of the franchise's tackle record with Derrick Brooks.
Most of the NFL mock drafts focus on the early rounds, but there are still many prominent college players who will hear their names called later. These are just some of the big names that could hear their names in the later rounds.
The press conference podium sat waiting in Tampa Bay. Fourteen seasons of bruised ribs, film study, and Sunday warfare came down to a man in a suit trying to hold himself together.
On March 24, 2026, Lavonte David stood before cameras in Tampa and said something that stopped the room: “I never dreamed of playing 14 years in the NFL.
On the surface, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had a challenging offseason. Losing franchise stalwarts Mike Evans and Lavonte David is certainly part of it, but the fact that the team didn't make a significant investment in any bigger-name free agents to address their defensive woes also raised some eyebrows.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers made a few smaller moves around the edges in NFL free agency, but to get significantly better, they will have to improve through the 2026 NFL Draft.
With the Buccaneers two oldest players leaving this month, It may be time to think about how this team may change moving forward. Jason Licit and Todd Bowels contracts are up after the 2028 season.
NFL prospects from major programs get most of the attention, but there are numerous examples of players drafted from small schools who have become difference-makers.
Since retiring in 2022, Tom Brady remains one of the NFL's most notable figures. Building his legacy with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
One of the more noteworthy events of the opening few weeks of the new NFL year involved wide receiver Mike Evans leaving a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that had been his only football home since the 2014 NFL Draft to sign a three-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers.
There has been news circulating on social media that the Buccaneers want to work out an extension with Baker Mayfield. This isn’t exactly new news as this had been reported during the Combine.
It was earlier this week that I wrote a story about how the Bucs could make one more defensive free agent move. Less than 24 hours later, Tampa Bay went out and signed veteran inside linebacker Christian Rozeboom.
It isn’t common for a player to spend his entire career with one NFL franchise. For Lavonte David and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was the perfect match
With a clear need to upgrade the edge rush, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in a position where adding a premier pass rusher has become increasingly important to maximizing their defensive potential.
Baker Mayfield, the two-time Pro Bowl quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is entering the final year of a contract the market has essentially lapped.
Lavonte David spent 14 years in the NFL – all with the Buccaneers. Upon announcing his retirement on Tuesday, it cemented that his entire career would be with one team here in Tampa Bay.
Mayfield and the Buccaneers agreed to a three-year contract back in March 2024, and some have pointed out that Tampa Bay could save some money by signing Mayfield to an extension this spring.