Buccaneers Round Table: Defensive Keep, Trade, Release
David Harrison
Assigning these Buccaneers round tables has been fun this year, but this one has been just as divisive as the last.
As you can see, we have some variety in our answers, further proving, each fan sees the game his or her own way.
For me, the keeper was pretty simple. Gerald McCoy.
Bottom line up front, you just don’t have All-Pro defensive lineman come available every year. Whether it’s through the draft or otherwise, it’s just one of the hardest places to get elite talent.
So, this is the reason I keep McCoy. Not for everything he isn’t, but for everything he is.
I’m trading Lavonte David. Purely because he’ll bring back the most return, and if I can’t keep him, I don’t want to be standing there like the Cleveland Cavaliers pre-return with nothing as one of my stars walks away.
Nope. I’m trading David and wishing him the best of luck and a short contract so I can bring him back in three years or so.
Finally, Brent Grimes. Not because I don’t love Grimes and what he’s done in Tampa. Simply because he’s probably gone after this year or the next, and I’m just not going to get much of a return for him.
Maybe I get a contender to overpay for a one-year title run, but even then, I’m looking at what – a third? At most. And a late third at that.
So there’s my take. Keep McCoy, trade David, and let Grimes retire to write the book Miko has hinted about so often. For the record, I’d love an advance copy of that thing.
This wraps up The Pewter Plank’s defensive entry into the Buccaneers keep, trade, and release game.
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