The Buccaneers restructured the contracts of right tackle <a href="/nfl/players/luke_goedeke/649790">Luke Goedeke</a> and cornerback <a href="/nfl/players/zyon_mccollum/873398">Zyon McCollum</a> 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
The 2026 NFL offseason has not been kind to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Over the past couple of weeks, the Bucs have had to watch two of the most beloved players in franchise history, Mike Evans and Lavonte David, walk out the door.
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.
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.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are at a transition point at linebacker, making the evaluation of instinctive, physical second-level defenders a priority heading into the 2026 NFL Draft.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter the 2026 NFL Draft in a transitional phase on defense while continuing to build around quarterback Baker Mayfield on offense.
Baker Mayfield got a rare opportunity during the NFL offseason when he teed it up with Jordan Spieth ahead of the Valspar Championship. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, a well-known golf fan, played alongside the three-time major winner in a pro-am last week.
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.
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.