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Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said this week that the team has made offers to wide receiver Antonio Brown and will “see how it goes” in terms of bringing him back for the 2021 season. As of now, it doesn’t appear to be going in the direction of a reunion. On Thursday, Mike...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have made keeping the band together for 2021 their top offseason goal and they’re moving to make sure they’ll have some of the band around in 2022 as well. General Manager Jason Licht told reporters at a Thursday press conference that the Bucs will exercise their...

Getty Images Since Jason Licht became the Buccaneers’ General Manager in 2014, only two kickers have been selected among the Top 150 picks in an NFL draft: Roberto Aguayo, whom Licht drafted No. 59 overall in 2016, and Matt Gay, whom Licht drafted No. 145 overall in 2019. Aguayo and Gay were...

Getty Images Multiple members of the Buccaneers have gotten tattoos to commemorate the team’s Super Bowl championship, including coach Bruce Arians (but not quarterback Tom Brady). One member of the organization who won’t be getting a permanent reminder of the accomplishment is G.M. Jason...

Getty Images Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady had knee surgery after winning Super Bowl LV and it sounds like everyone is pleased with how his recovery is unfolding. General Manager Jason Licht touched on Brady’s condition during a Thursday press conference and said that the quarterback is on...

Getty Images When the Buccaneers re-signed Leonard Fournette, he became the second-to-last significant player on last season’s championship team to return to Tampa Bay for 2021. And he’s hoping the last player re-signs, too. Fournette said Antonio Brown, who is now the only player who got...

Getty Images The Patriots continue their search to “solidify” the quarterback position a year after Tom Brady walked out the door. New England went 7-9 last season, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008, while Brady won his seventh Super Bowl ring, this one with the Buccaneers...

Getty Images Leonard Fournette transformed into “Playoff Lenny” when he accounted for 448 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns in four postseason games, helping the Buccaneers win Super Bowl LV. He’s now back with Tampa Bay on a one-year deal, saying he chose to return in part so that he...

Getty Images The Buccaneers re-signed Leonard Fournette as part of their push to keep the Super Bowl-winning band together for the 2021 season and Ronald Jones is still on the roster, so it would appear they’ll just be running it back with the same backfield as last year. On Tuesday, head...

On Tuesday, Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians unveiled a huge back tattoo commemorating the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV championship. On Wednesday, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady unveiled one of his own. But not really. Retweeting the image of Arians’ tattoo, Brady said, “I decided to get one too.”...

Getty Images The Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV even without their full complement of offensive weapons last season. But one key factor should be back in 2021. Tight end O.J. Howard tore his Achilles late in the Bucs’ Week Four victory over the Chargers, missing the rest of the year. But...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have spent first part of the offseason bringing back as many members of their Super Bowl LV-winning squad as they can, but there’s one notable free agent still out there as March comes to an end. Wide receiver Antonio Brown has not joined Lavonte David, Shaq...

Getty Images If you ask head coach Bruce Arians, the Buccaneers’ mostly successful bid to bring back the core of last year’s team for another run at a Super Bowl leaves them in an enviable position heading into the draft. At a press conference on Tuesday, Arians said that this is the first...

@BruceArians Bruce Arians is indeed a man of his word. He promised to get a Super Bowl LV tattoo if the Buccaneers won it. They did, so he did. “I got mine and I love it!” Arians said in unveiling the large piece of body art on his upper back on social media. Based on the positioning of the...

Getty Images NFL owners have approved a 17-game schedule for the 2021 season and that means each team now has a new opponent on their schedule. The 17th game will be an inter-conference game each season and teams the conferences will alternate hosting duties. The AFC will host the games in...

Getty Images Cornerback Ryan Smith has found a home for the 2021 season. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports Smith is signing with the Chargers. It is a one-year deal worth $1.75 million. Smith comes to the Chargers after five seasons with the Buccaneers. He was a fourth-round pick in 2016 and...

Getty Images The phrase “game manager” for a quarterback can be viewed as a derogatory term. It gives off a sense that a quarterback can’t make the big plays required to propel him team to be truly successful. However, when you’re Jameis Winston and the last time you were a full-time starter...

USA TODAY Sports Wide receiver Adam Humphries recently signed a one-year deal with Washington, reuniting him with quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The pair spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons together with Tampa Bay. Humphries was one of the Fitzpatrick’s targets when he threw for 1,230 yards, 11...

Getty Images Lost if not completely unknown in the moves the Buccaneers have made since winning Super Bowl LV is that the decision not to apply the franchise tag to linebacker Shaq Barrett should have been less surprising than it was. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Barrett’s...

Getty Images For many Super Bowl champions, complacency can become a problem. Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians is determined to not let that happen to the Super Bowl LV champions. “When our guys come back, and that’s my job, I’m going to beat the sh-t out of them,” Arians told The Loose Cannons...