In Jason lichts most recent presser he came right out and spoke about Devin white after the trade rumours saying “we all have all the respect in the world for devin … he’s done some great things for us , he’s a player and we look forward to more from him in the future , he’s on our team we are looking for to this season… looking forward to him being on the team and having the year we think he’s capable of”
That does not sound like a guy who’s going anywhere so who could I be mentioning when I say a surprise departure ? Well it’s shaq Barrett .
It’s no doubt that Barrett has had a huge impact on the defence since he’s come to Tampa let’s just look at his stats
• 197 TAK
• 40.5 Sacks
• 2 ints
So you might be wondering , why would they move him on? Well let’s look at his contract in 2023 he’s acting as a $21,252,941 cap hit whilst also carrying a dead cap of $23,154,000.
The bucs are still not in the best cap situation for this season but offloading him post June 1st would save the bucs over 14 million dollars… allowing the team to strengthen in other positions
The bucs resigned olb / edge Anthony Nelson this off-season who I feel would do well in Shaq Barrett’s role this season
My final point would have to look at Barrett’s injury - age ratio , he only played 8 games last year after a nasty injury and shaq is turning 31 this season and we don’t know if he’ll be ready week 1 , chances are he won’t be the same player he was beforehand and could experience a significant drop off in impact ratings.
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