Three NFL stars who simply aren’t going to be Buccaneers, despite the rumors
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been the center of the NFL world for quite some time now and that’s going to continue through the season.
The Buccaneers made a major signing this offseason when they inked a two-year, $50 million deal with Tom Brady. After signing Brady, Tampa Bay made a trade for TE Rob Gronkowski.
Ever since those two moves, there has been speculation and plenty of rumors about what the Buccaneers would do next and which stars could potentially join Brady and Gronkowski as they attempt to win another ring.
Despite those rumors, here are three players that simply aren’t going to be Buccaneers.
Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown has been rumored to Tampa Bay multiple times and every time there has been no legitimate traction between the two parties.
The latest time came just in the last couple of weeks when Mike Lombardi hinted that the Bucs and Brown were starting to pick up momentum. Several Bucs beat writers put that rumor to bed fairly quickly, though, and now it seems that most have moved on from the idea of Brown coming to Tampa Bay.
And that’s for the best.
While the name recognition and potential skill of Brown would be great for the Bucs offense, Bruce Arians has remained steadfast that he’s just not a good fit for the system and the organization has other needs than spending more money on a wide receiver right now.
Devonta Freeman
I know there are a ton of Bucs fans who want to see Devonta Freeman in a pewter uniform.
Bruce Arians has been asked about the potential of signing Freeman and his words were pretty simple: We’d love to, but we don’t have the money.
Though Freeman later tweeted that he was more than interested in coming down to Tampa if the Bucs wanted to work out a deal, there has been nothing done between the two parties at this point and there likely isn’t going to be.
Freeman wants a large amount of money and he’s not backing down from that number. He is willing to sit out the season rather than sign a deal for less money than he thinks he’s worth and the Bucs simply don’t have the money to sign him, no matter how much depth he would provide to that running back room.
Jamal Adams
I know this one is going to sting.
Buccaneers fans have held out hope that Tampa would make a blockbuster trade to bring in Jamal Adams from the New York Jets.
After all, Adams has requested a trade from the Jets and the Bucs are on his shortlist of teams he would preferred to be traded to.
Even with those two things being said, the chances of the Buccaneers making a trade for Adams are slim-to-none. They would have to restructure deals in a hurry to sign him following this season and there’s not much the Bucs can offer in trade value (other than draft picks). The Jets are going to have much better offers from other franchises that will lead to Tampa Bay being left off as serious trade contenders.
As much as it may hurt to say so, the truth is that there’s just not a clear avenue to see Jamal Adams end up in Tampa Bay.