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Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to use the franchise tag has passed, and 10 players got tagged this year. One player, Dak Prescott, got the exclusive franchise tag, although Prescott and the Cowboys have already agreed to a long-term contract extension. Nine players got the...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Buccaneers want to keep their core players together, giving them their best chance to repeat in 2021. But they likely won’t be able to keep all their free agents. They apparently are ensuring they will keep receiver Chris Godwin. The Bucs informed Godwin...

Getty Images The news that the Buccaneers will apply the franchise tag to receiver Chris Godwin means, by implication, that they won’t apply it to defensive end Shaq Barrett, for a second straight year. It also implies, given the relative importance of the two players to the team, that Barrett...

Getty Images Much of Rob Gronkowski is NSFW. He’s now pivoting toward NFT. According to TMZ.com, Gronk will be selling five digital cards, four of which reflect his Super Bowl wins. The items feature original, hand-drawn artwork. Only 87 editions of the Super Bowl cards will be available. The...

USA TODAY Sports The contract given by the Cowboys to quarterback Dak Prescott was driven not by the market but by his franchise-tag leverage. His contract, however, could now drive the market. Other quarterbacks and their agents surely are paying attention. Other quarterbacks and their agents...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are still working on a contract extension for quarterback Tom Brady, but they have been able to wrap up talks about a new deal with another member of the club. Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports that defensive end Pat O'Connor is signing a one-year deal with the...

Getty Images Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy did not play a down in the 2020 season because he tore his quadriceps while at Cowboys training camp in August, but he doesn’t think the injury should prevent him from finding work for the 2021 season. McCoy said on SiriusXM NFL Radio that he’s...

Getty Images Tom Brady signed a two-year contract to join the Buccaneers last March and the quarterback may be signing another contract with the team this March. Chatter about a contract extension that would tie Brady to Tampa beyond the 2021 season began before Brady piloted the team to the...

USA TODAY Sports The folks at FOX 5 in San Diego recently captured a photo of the in-process demolition of the former home of the Chargers. The stadium, which in the years before it became profitable to sell the rights was named for Jack Murphy, hosted three Super Bowls: XXII (won by...

Getty Images The Buccaneers want to keep Lavonte David. The linebacker wants to stay with the Buccaneers. But money always talks loudest. So with David hitting free agency next week, there is no guarantee that will happen. “There are a lot of things to take into consideration,” David told...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have several big-name free agents they hope to re-sign. They probably won’t re-sign all of them. But the biggest-name free agent they signed last year is returning, and Tom Brady will attempt to win his eighth Lombardi Trophy in 2021. The Bucs should prove a top...

Getty Images Tom Brady continues to set records even in the offseason. The quarterback’s rookie card sold for a record $1.32 million on Thursday through an online auction house, Tom VanHaaren of ESPN reports. The 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket card was autographed and graded an...

Getty Images Last year, Tom Brady wouldn’t say that he’s better than Joe Montana was. Brady doesn’t need to; Montana has done it for him. “I think Tom has, you know, taken his place on the top up there a long time ago,” Montana said Wednesday on ESPN. “So he’s had a tremendous career, is fun...

Getty Images Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II was officially sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday after accepting a plea agreement on sex crimes against five women. According to Julie Watson of the Associated Press, the 14 years is the maximum possible sentence for Winslow under...

Getty Images We’ve known that Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady needs knee surgery. We’ve heard, from his coach, that Brady will be ready to go in June. We hadn’t heard that the procedure has occurred. Appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Brady disclosed that the surgery has...

Getty Images The story hid in plain sight for 38 years, the last half of which consisted of Tom Brady being a star NFL quarterback. Only today, the anniversary of Terry Bradshaw’s 1983 supposedly minor (but ultimately career ending) elbow surgery, did the nugget emerge that Bradshaw used an...

Getty Images Four years ago, when Tom Brady won his fifth Super Bowl after erasing a 28-3 deficit against the Falcons to cap a season that began with a four-game #Deflategate suspension, Brady’s spouse suggested that it would be the perfect time to walk away. He didn’t. Appearing on The Late...

Getty Images You learn something new every day. Even if it sometimes takes 38 years, to the day. As noted by the @QuirkyResearch account on Twitter, on March 3, 1983, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw underwent “minor” elbow surgery in his home town of Shreveport, Louisiana to address...

Getty Images In case the parade afterward wasn’t a strong enough indication, Tom Brady thoroughly enjoyed his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But it wasn’t just winning another Super Bowl that made it special for Brady, it was the change in experiences after 20 years in New England...

Getty Images The most memorable moment of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebration after winning the Super Bowl was quarterback Tom Brady‘s decision to hurl the Lombardi Trophy from one boat to another during their parade. While it was memorable for everyone watching, the man who chucked the...