Organic subtraction, that is...We just secured at least an extra #4 round pick next year...likely higher. I really hope that D Buc or an edge player is signed(only offsetting the Kwon or Hump FA contract), but I'm also just as stoked to draft mostly D and build that route.
Yes we lost Kwon, but honestly Beckwith was a superior player when healthy in 2017 and Kwon never really backed up his emotions with stellar play. I for one won't miss WRs catching slants all day due to his lack of coverage skills/spacial awareness. Good riddance, especially at 13 mill a year.
Hump stings a little...but he's more a product of playing slot in Dirk's offense than a stud, game breaking athlete. He was and never will be a match-up nightmare. I'm excited to see what a bigger, faster Hump aka Justin Watson can do next year or a similar player in BoBo Wilson can do with expanded opportunities.
This team (yes, with all of it's warts) doesn't lack talent...even today...what we lacked was a unified locker room and excellence in the headsets. I believe we have that now.
We lost a surefire locker room cancer in MeSean and 2 roll players @ WR and ILB...Boo Hoo.
I feel with a beating heart, bad ass coaching staff and the roster as it stands today...we put up an 8-8 record. Let FA and the draft play out favorably and maybe even better.
I'm also stoked about our forward salary cap (see link below - click calculator) where if we need to TNT and go youthful FA crazy we'll have the $$ as early as next year with very little dead money creating headaches. JL and the cap wiz have really set us up nicely there.
https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/tampa-bay-buccaneers/
Just my take. How do the rest of you feel as we're likely not getting any shiny toys this free agent period?
