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Getty Images As of now, the deadline for teams to use franchise and transition tags is on Monday and the Buccaneers are expected to use theirs on linebacker Shaq Barrett. Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians made it clear before the 2019 season was over that Barrett wouldn’t be going anywhere...

Getty Images There are many sons of former NFL players who end up playing college football. But now Oklahoma’s getting one who has an extended NFL family. Via Jenna Laine of ESPN.com, Marcellus Crutchfield has committed to the University of Oklahoma. He’s the son of soon-to-be free agent...

Getty Images The Buccaneers announced they have signed tight end Tanner Hudson to a one-year deal. Hudson, 25, was set to become an exclusive rights free agent. He appeared in nine games for Tampa Bay in 2019, making two receptions for 26 yards. Hudson originally entered the league as a...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are making a change to the way they’ll be handling business ahead of the draft. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that the team has decided to discontinue business-related travel for the team’s coaches, scouts and other staff members immediately. The...

Getty Images With the effects of COVID-19 only beginning to be felt in the sports world, it has already hit a member of the NFL family. Via Jenna Laine of ESPN.com, a family member of former running back Michael Pittman is in a coma and critical condition with the coronavirus. “He said they...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and 49ers have become the latest NFL teams to close their facilities, sending employees home to work from there. The Bucs’ statement reads: “The Buccaneers are transitioning our entire AdventHealth Training Center staff to work from home, and we have discontinued...

Getty Images Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers second-round draft pick Johnthan Banks was arrested on domestic violence and aggravated assault charges on Wednesday in Clay County, Mississippi. According to WTVA-TV, Banks was accused of choking his wife in his home late Tuesday night. Banks was...

Getty Images When free agency starts in a week, Tom Brady will have an aggressive contract offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That’s the word from Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, who reports that the Bucs “are going all in” on Brady, with head coach Bruce Arians leading the charge...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have a lot of cap room, and a lot of big decisions to make in the next few weeks. They’re easing into the process Monday. According to Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com, the Buccaneers are not going to tender offensive lineman Mike Liedtke, making him an unrestricted...

Getty Images The NFL Players Association is electing a new president on Tuesday and soon-to-be Panthers left tackle Russell Okung was the only known candidate for the position coming into the week. Okung now has some company. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Buccaneers linebacker Sam...

Getty Images Browns center JC Tretter will be taking on another job off the field this season. Tretter has been elected president of the NFL Players Association in a vote of the union’s board of player representatives on Tuesday. He takes over for former NFL offensive tackle Eric Winston, who...

Getty Images The NFL announced the 32 compensatory picks, which were awarded to 15 teams. The Patriots have a league-high and league-maximum of four — two third-round choices and two sixth-round selections. New England lost Malcom Brown, Trent Brown, Trey Flowers, Chris Hogan, Cordarrelle...

Getty Images In Week One of the 2019 season, more than a third of the league had a different starting quarterback than it had a year earlier. But if one-third turnover among starting quarterbacks sounds high, it’s likely to be eclipsed in 2020. This year, it’s possible that more than half of...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have returned a familiar face to their building. Keith Tandy, who spent six seasons playing for Tampa Bay, is joining the team’s coaching staff. He will serve as special teams assistant, Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports. He reunites with special teams coach...

Getty Images We don’t know where soon-to-be free agent quarterback Philip Rivers will land in 2020, but it’s possible that it could be in the booth, rather than on the field. The same New York Post report that says ESPN would like to pair Al Michaels with Peyton Manning also says that ESPN has...

Getty Images Drew Brees has made it quite clear that he’s not going to be playing for anyone other than the Saints, which makes his impending free agency a lot less intriguing than Tom Brady‘s potential trip to the open market. Brees discussed Brady’s status during an appearance on Boston...

Getty Images Some think Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians is being strategic when expressing ambivalence, at best, regarding the prospect of keeping quarterback Jameis Winston. Former Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber, who was once babysat by Bruce, knows that Bruce ain’t bluffing. “Look, I’ve...

Getty Images This time of year rumors get thrown around a dime a dozen. Some benefit agents/players. Some benefit teams. Some are rumors for rumors sake, seeing what sticks or connecting dots. Sometimes, it’s hard to differentiate. Mike Sando of TheAthletic.com quoted an unnamed General...

Getty Images It was part feeding frenzy, part circular firing squad last week in Indianapolis regarding Tom Brady‘s future. Every reporter wanted to advance the story, every reporter hoped to plant a flag in the soil that Brady eventually will call home. As the dust settles on a week that...

Getty Images The D.C. Defenders are officially strug-uh-ling. After winning their first two games, both a home, their first road trip has become a disaster, with the Defenders landing on the wrong end of a shutout in Tampa Bay, 25-0. In four weeks of XFL 2.0, a pair of goose eggs have...