Trade Suitors?By Nathan Gio Aug 8, 2015 
With Training Camp recently kicking off NFL fans have their minds set on one thing, football. Right now analysts and fans alike are predicting camp battles, and eagerly waiting for the new season to officially be here. Buccaneer fans are especially giddy coming off the dismal 2014 campaign that everyone wants to forget about. Nobody is going to forget anytime soon, but fans can only hope 2015 has more in store. With the main roster overhaul complete for most teams, small moves will be made in the upcoming months until the week six trade deadline. The Buccaneers have a few positions that can be called "over-saturated" as of right now, so these small trades could make a big impact on the team. These are just hypothetical scenarios, and there should be some exciting debates in the comments below, with that aside lets begin.The 2014 season featured four different starting running backs, from Doug Martin to Bobby Rainey the backfield looked rather mediocre. Heading into 2015 Tampa Bay did not do anything to help the situation by drafting fullback/running back hybrid Joey Iosefa, further crowding the backfield. None of Tampa Bay's running backs deserve the starting job. Although each back had sub-par 2014 campaigns each one is an useful player that could be traded, the question is which back goes? From a pure trade value viewpoint, it is easy to choose Mike James. James is young, has shown his potential, but Martin has not done enough for the Bucs to let him walk. Mike James is definitely the Bucs second most talented back, and could land a better player than Rainey. If the Bucs could work it out trade Mike James for Jared Odrick from Jacksonville. The Jags need a solid back and have some depth on the d-line that they could afford to lose, on the flip side Tampa addresses the major need for a solid defensive end as Odrick does enough to help in the rotation.With defensive depth lacking Tampa Bay will need to look at the defense as a whole and address the biggest holes. The pass defense was atrocious, near dead last in the league. The off-season did not do the secondary justice either, picking up Chris Conte is not going to save the Bucs. The rush defense is near middle of the league, so linebackers are okay right now. Looking again at the roster Tampa Bay has four solid tight ends and about three decent receivers behind Evans and Vjax. That is a lot of depth that most likely will not see the field, why not trim some fat, and add some meat? SO who goes? Again from a trading value standpoint Timmy Wright and Louis Murphy seem to fit in Kansas City pretty darn good. Andy Reid has a history of using receiving tight ends, and besides Kelce Kansas City has no one, and for Louis Murphy he'd be a great slot addition to the barren wide-out core over in Kansas City. That is some serious talent the offense would be losing, but adding Tyvon Branch would be nice. Branch receives a lot of hate for his style of play, but there is no denying that Tyvon Branch is better than Chris Conte. Branch could thrive in Lovie's system. He for sure would be an instant play maker.Mike Glennon, honestly this post could not pass over Mike Glennon could it? Glennon has been a hot topic this off-season, as he is definitely a quality Quarterback who has been dealt an impossible hand. Really what could Glennon have done? From the Freeman Schiano debacle to last years odd Quarterback rotation, Glennon has never been given a fair shot in the NFL. Luckily for him his bags will be packed soon as he will head out to San Diego to sit behind Rivers for a few years as the Chargers groom him to either take Rivers spot as QB, or he will become trade bait for San Diego. In return for Glennon Tampa Bay could snatch a mid round pick for next year. If Glennon did go Tampa could then pick up Ryan Lindley for a solid backup.
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