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Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 5 Bucs under contract that could be on the move

By Cory Kinnan

TAMPA, FL - NOVEMBER 12: Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers makes his way through the smoke onto the field at the start of an NFL football game against the New York Jets on November 12, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - NOVEMBER 12: Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers makes his way through the smoke onto the field at the start of an NFL football game against the New York Jets on November 12, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /
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Demar Dotson

The 2018 starting right tackle, and soon to be 34-year-old Demar Dotson is entering the last year of his three-year contract with Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers can cut Dotson with no cap penalty and add $4.6 million in cap space if they were to do so. With the impending free agency of left tackle Donovan Smith, it would make sense for a team with only $16.4 million in space to make Dotson a cap casualty.

The team may, however, be able to get some sort of asset out of Dotson on the trade market as he has still performed well into his mid-30s. According to Pro Football Focus, he scored a 67.3, a point higher than Smith, which ranks him as an above average starter in the NFL. However, it is unsure what the market would be for an aging veteran in the last year of his contract.

Moves like this would hurt as Dotson is known as one of the good guys around the league, and it is moments like this that fans and front offices alike need to be reminded that the NFL, at the end of the day, is a business. Expect Dotson to have a new home in 2019 and to be moved on from in Tampa Bay.

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