Buccaneers’ Free Agent Decision Report: Russell Shepard

October 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Russell Shepard (89) scores a touchdown against San Francisco 49ers cornerback Rashard Robinson (33) during the second quarter at Levi
October 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Russell Shepard (89) scores a touchdown against San Francisco 49ers cornerback Rashard Robinson (33) during the second quarter at Levi
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October 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Russell Shepard (89) scores a touchdown against San Francisco 49ers cornerback Rashard Robinson (33) during the second quarter at Levi
October 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Russell Shepard (89) scores a touchdown against San Francisco 49ers cornerback Rashard Robinson (33) during the second quarter at Levi

Should the Buccaneers bring back Russell Shepard?

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Other than for the Patriots and the Falcons it’s the off-season, so that means it’s speculation time for the Buccaneers. Jason Licht and company are already hard at work planning how to build this team for the future. There is film to review and decisions to make.

The decisions begin with the in-house free agents, and the Bucs have a lot of them. The number of unrestricted free agents is 17 to be exact (per Spotrac). That’s a lot of players to make decisions about before moving to players outside of the organization.

So as always, we are going to guide Jason Licht and help him with his decisions.

We have begun these discussions already, with our most recent one covering Vincent Jackson. Today we stay on the offensive side of the ball to talk about Russell Shepard.

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