It may have taken a little longer than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or Chris Godwin would have liked, but in the end, the deal got done. With Godwin approaching free agency, the Bucs worked feverishly to negotiate a deal.
The second day of free agency was quieter than day one for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as they only signed one free agent from outside the team in former Denver Broncos' punter Hunter Riley.
For the third year in a row, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have a brand new offensive coordinator and play-caller on the sideline. In a controversial move, former Buccaneers offensive mind Liam Coen bolted for the head coaching job for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Buccaneers are signing former Broncos punter Riley Dixon to a two-year deal worth $6M, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Dixon’s $3M APY is tied for third-highest among all punters.
As the "legal tampering period" progresses into Tuesday in the NFL, deals are being struck left and right. No team can sign an outside free agent until 4 p.m.
Bucs pass rusher Anthony Nelson is coming back to Tampa and re-signing with the Bucs, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The deal is reportedly for two-years and $10 million with a max of $12 million.
Another offseason chock full of Buccaneers re-signings is upon us. Anthony Nelson will become the latest homegrown player to stick around. The Bucs are giving the outside linebacker at two-year, $10MM deal, ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler reports.
As the Browns came in with a market-resetting extension to end their Myles Garrett trade drama, they will take a flier on a former first-round pick.
The city of Tampa – and the surrounding Tampa Bay area – was elated with joy on Monday when the news broke that the Bucs had re-signed wide receiver Chris Godwin to a three-year deal worth $66 million and $45 million.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got some very good work done on Day 1 of the NFL's legal tampering period of free agency. They re-signed fan favorite Chris Godwin, they brought back guard Ben Bredeson and added potentially dynamic pass rusher Haason Reddick to the fold.
Bucs general manager Jason Licht and his staff did it again. If there’s a pending free agent in Tampa Bay that Licht and the Bucs want to re-sign, you can bet it’s going to get done.
The Bucs first announced move as the legal tampering period began on Monday was to retain the services of left guard Ben Bredeson on a three-year, $22 million contract.
In Week 7 against the Baltimore Ravens last season, Godwin suffered a season-ending ankle injury.
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