We won the SB with a vet journeyman. We have a great chance to go 4-0 after the late bye week and coming in rested. Bucs WR Chris Godwin Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. TE Cameron Brate $6.5 million Smith's new 2021 cap number is $3.65 million. How Much Do The Highest-Paid ESPN Stars Make. So far, no interceptions with Brown running it. Collectively, Barrett, David, Fournette, Gronkowski, Succop and Suh are taking up $21.1 million of 2021 cap space while making a combined $53.75 million per year. Greenberg also got some much needed help this year in helping recruit Jackie Davidson to Tampa Bay. One of the reasons why Minnesota has been so successful over the last six games while registering five wins is because the team has started strong and finished strong, too. ESPN pays Greenberg $6.5 million per year, which is the second-highest salary for an ESPN personality behind Stephen A. Smith. ), Griffin ($1.64 mill. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald). The earned incentives were coupled with an improvement in 2021 from a 2020 offensive team statistic, such as yards per rushing attempt, to be classified as not likely and come off Tampa Bay's 2021 salary cap. He graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and started working as a sports anchor and reporter in Chicago. The 2021 salary cap was ultimately set at $182.5 million, a $15.7 million decrease from the $198.2 million figure in 2020. Mike is one of the highest-paid media stars. Huh? Regarding Fab 5: Antonio Brown can only run the routes hes given to run which seems to frequently be the same out route that Watson was running all the time, resulting in interceptions by Winston and Brady. Dee Delaney signed a 1 year, $780,000 contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, including an average annual salary of $780,000. He didnt start at right guard until Week 6 and has had an up-and-down rookie season with a 61.5 overall grade from PFF and a 52.9 pass-blocking grade. Tampa Bay is $54,453,921 over the projected 2023 cap of $225 million, give or take a couple of million, according to salary website overthecap.com. None of the major wide receivers under the age of 30 that were slated for free agency in 2021 signed extensions this year, including Godwin, Corey Davis, Kenny Golladay, Curtis Samuel, Will Fuller, Allen Robinson, JuJu Smith-Schuster, T.Y. Evans, who has a hamstring injury, but is expected to play on Sunday, hasnt had a great year statistically speaking, as hes not on pace to hit 1,000 yards for the first time in his career. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. BUCS BIG CHANCE THIS WEEK: Auman tweeted out a nugget from the New York Times playoff simulator that showed Tampa Bays postseason chances taking a big leap with a win over Minnesota on Sunday. TE Rob Gronkowski My 4 must keeps. Buccaneers announce several promotions within organization after Super Bowl season. According to his ESPN bio, Greenberg graduated from Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism in 1989 and landed a job reporting sports for Chicagos WMAQ radio station that same year. Yes, Brady and Gronk fell into our laps; Im thankful for that but its mostly because as a franchise under Licht and BA we were going nowhere and could afford to put all our chips into a two year SB orRead more , great fab 5. but please, change the format back to the old one, Kind of like the new format cleaner look, easier on the eyes just gotta get used to it. Im sure the Buccaneer organization got many millions from the CARES Act and so did the NFL. This meant the "pay as you go" structure used to sign Brady to a fully guaranteed two-year, $50 million deal worth up a maximum of $59 million with incentives in 2020 had to be abandoned. It sounded like wishful thinking when Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians expressed his desire to "keep the band together" to try to repeat as champions a couple of days after defeating the Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | Jefferson, who has a 90 Pro Football Focus overall grade right behind Thielens 90.2 grade just went over the 1,000-yard mark last week and is averaging 17 yards per catch with seven touchdowns during his rookie season. I agree to receive the "Pick Six Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. With Jason Pierre-Paul turning 31 in January and entering the final year of his contract, the Bucs need some longevity at the edge rushing position. Nice to see a young man utilizing his God giving gifts to uplift and help people. Bucs Cap Room Currently Sits At $3 Million, Which Means They Have No Cap Room March 14th, 2022 Bucs GM Jason Licht The amateur capologists have been compiling the data and have determined the state of the Buccaneers' salary cap is grim (as of 11 a.m. on Monday). view Mike Evans ($23.0M) view Devin White ($20.1M) view Donovan Smith ($19.6M) view Jamel Dean ($16.6M) view Antoine Winfield Jr. ($14.3M) view Lavonte David ($9.7M) Can Antonio Brown hit any of his incentives for 2020? Michael Robinette Greenberg was born on August 6, 1967, in New York City. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Tristan Wirfs on 3rd/4th down this season Succop, who made 28 of his 31 field-goal attempts (90.3 percent) last season, was a tremendous bargain in 2020. In five games he has given up one sack, five QB hits and 11 pressures, but hasnt surrendered a sack over the last month. ILB Lavonte David He has 27 career interceptions, including four this year, in addition to 65 career pass break-ups. LG Aaron Stinnie And now Greenberg, per ProFootballTalk.com, has the parameters he needs to work magic over the next few months. The Bucs need to get another running back to complement Ronald Jones II, who will be entering the final year of his contract in 2021. The popularity of the Pewter Report Podcast continues to grow. The only key contributor from last year's roster who hasn't re-signed is wide receiver Antonio Brown, who made $2 million for half a season after missing the first eight games of 2020 serving a suspension for violating the NFL's Personal Conduct Policy. Dean has shown more glimpses of star potential, but adding another cornerback to challenge Murphy-Bunting and provide depth is of utmost importance, too. Scott Reynolds is in his 27th year of covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the vice president, publisher and senior Bucs beat writer for PewterReport.com. As to the Salary Cap in 2021; there is one part of the mathematical analysis we are forgetting about? Reynolds can be reached at: When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. Its going to be chaos out there this year with the cap hit, restructured contracts, a bounty of free agents and their agents that will be under intense pressure because there will be more competition when hunting for the few lucrative deals available. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Licht shouldnt pay Jones in 2022 (because you dont pay running backs), so drafting his eventual replacement to pair with KeShawn Vaughn, this years third-round pick, is important. Im not D Smiths biggest fan either, but rolling the dice in FA or drafting another T arent the most ideal options. Here are links to a few of the most recent episodes, including Wednesdays podcast which featured Jake Arians, the son of Bucs head coach Bruce Arians. Or they could trade him after June 1 and add $14.5 million in cap room. Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 7, 2020. The day that I walked into a bookstore when my first book was published and saw my book I took more pride in that and still do than I do in pretty much anything Ive ever done on TV or radio., In his OZY interview, Greenberg also shared what he learned from his three decades in sports journalism: that the thread of commonality that unites all of the great ones is intelligence and you will never find a genuinely great player who is not some level of brilliant., As an example, he cited former Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan. The most important sentence in this entire edition of SRs Fab 5 is the next one. The Buccaneers needed to find another source of cap room, like with Brady's extension, for the signings to continue. The guess here is they settle on $2.5 million in 2021 for a job well done this season. Aside from White, Burkhead and Lewis, there will be plenty of other running backs on free agency, including Mike Davis, Kenyan Drake, Marlon Mack, Wayne Gallman, Aaron Jones and LeVeon Ball all of who are under the age of 30 and there is a good crop of pass-catching running backs in this years draft. Those players will then have the option to sign with a lesser team with more cap room like the Jaguars, Jets or Bengals for roughly the same amount as they were scheduled to make (or slightly less), or go to another good team that has a shot at making the playoffs for far less money at about $4-5 million. Greg Auman (@gregauman) March 17, 2022. Visit EdmonsonElectric.com to find out more about controlling, monitoring and securing your home or call 813.910.3403 for additional information. The Buccaneers were scheduled to have 25 unrestricted free agents, including several key offensive and defensive starters, with the salary cap taking a steep drop while having limited cap space. Jefferson ran a 4.43 at the NFL Scouting Combine and is slightly faster than the 30-year old Thielen, who ran a 4.45 when he entered the league eight years ago. section: | slug: agents-take-how-the-super-bowl-champion-buccaneers-kept-the-band-together-for-another-run | sport: football | route: article_single.us | Evans will likely get matched up with Dantzler due to the rookies length and the fact that Evans is 6-foot-5. Well done, Mike, and congratulations! Vikings WRs Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen Photo by: USA Today, Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles needs to resist the temptation to put Carlton Davis III, who is the teams best cover cornerback, on Jefferson, who is the most dangerous receiver in Minnesota, and instead put either Jamel Dean if hes recovered from his concussion and a groin injury or Sean Murphy-Bunting on him and then have a safety over the top to prevent the LSU product from getting open deep. Whether its Brady, Evans, Marpet, Brate, Smith or Jensen, the front office duo Greenberg and Licht will be able to carve out at least $10 million or more worth of cap space due to restructures or releases among the teams Top 10 highest paid Buccaneers. 3. Making quarterback Tom Brady's $28.375 million 2021 cap number more manageable was a key piece of the puzzle. These cap figures derive from the trade or release of players from the active roster or practice squad. Facing the prospects of a salary cap reduction from $198 million in 2020 to possibly $175 million, Bucs general manager Jason Licht and director of football administration Mike Greenberg will likely have to make some cap maneuvers to create more salary space in 2021. Bucs CB Sean Murphy-Bunting Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. It would be hard to justify paying Godwin more than Evans when hes had just one 1,000-yard season compared to Evans six 1,000-yard seasons. Also, by disabling these cookies you will also disable banner ads served by Google Adsense on this website.. For more information about these items, view our complete privacy policy.Read More. The tradition stuck and thousands of listeners tuned in every year to see who made the best picks. . The Colts and Raiders have been the biggest proponents of this structure besides the Buccaneers. Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins uses a hard snap count and drew a neutral zone infraction on Sunday against the Jaguars. In 2010, he and Golic released a book titled "Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life," and in 2013, Greenberg released a third book, this time a novel called "All You Could Ask For." And we can examine where the Bucs could create more salary cap room not just to keep their own free agents and add a few key pieces starting in March, but also the $7 million or so needed to sign the 2021 draft class. Minnesota has outscored the competition by a score of 41-25 to start the game. NFL teams seem to be banking on the salary cap beginning to make a huge jump beginning in 2023 because of the new media-rights deals to absorb the cap charges that will be incurred from voiding contract years. Needless to say, much is dependent on how the team finishes up the 2020 season. That made him the highest-paid personality in the history of ESPN for many years. His favorite Bucs game is still the 1979 divisional playoff win 24-17 over the Eagles. Mike Golic started a new radio journey with Trey Wingo called "Golic and Wingo," but ESPN canceled the show in 2020. When provided, we also incorporate private tips and feedback received from the celebrities or their representatives. DT Ndamukong Suh The Buccaneers find themselves in a tricky spot after Tom Brady's retirement. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. All net worths are calculated using data drawn from public sources. The jury is still out on how I feel about the mobile layout revamp for the main site. PewterReport.com prides itself on being the most complete, comprehensive news source covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and delivering inside scoop on the team found nowhere else. The NFL and NFLPA initially agreed to a $175 million salary cap floor for 2021 at the end of last July because of league revenues declining due to COVID-19. 2. Still, drafting another tackle early or late might be a good idea for depth. Mike Greene: DT: $750,000-----$750,000 : 0.40: Duron Lowe: CB: $750,000 . RB T.J. Logan G Ali Marpet $12.02 million Another familiar name receiving a promotion is. Good job Mike! Yes, Im a bit regimented. Given the fact that Brady is only under contract for one more year, I could see Tampa Bay want to keep things they way they are rather than have a second-year tackle and a rookie tackle pass protecting for the six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback. FS Justin Evans There's been interest in Brown returning but the two sides reportedly aren't close contractually. He took a one-year deal for $8 million with an additional $2 million in incentives. Mike Greenberg is the host of Get Up and NBA Countdown on ESPN, Greeny on ESPN Radio, and Bettor Days with Mike Greenberg on ESPN+. So instead of entering the offseason with around $32.5 million in cap room, Tampa Bay will actually have closer to $30 million available. Watch us live on our PewterReportTV channel on YouTube.com and please subscribe (its free) and add your comments. While its too early to pinpoint Tampa Bays exact personnel needs without knowing exactly who will return and who wont in free agency due to the looming salary cap crunch, we can take a macro approach when looking at the roster not just for 2021 but for 2022, as the team does to see where more talent is needed. Odds & lines subject to change. Has a shot at the receptions incentive. 10. But then again, weve kept Griffin around even though he hasnt shown much starter appeal. A $1,470,588 17th-game roster bonus was included in 2021 and 2022 in case of an additional regular-season game. New coaching regime and management with philosophy coming into Detroit. That made him the highest-paid personality in the history of ESPN for many years. Wirts to LT is great and get a good RT in free agency or with our next first pick. But if the plan is to part ways with Smith and move Wirfs to left tackle next year, the Bucs would need to acquire a starting right tackle either in free agency or the draft. About Spotrac; Media . Hes been available all season. Entering his seventh year with the Bucs, Duke Preston is going from director to Vice President of Player Engagement, a role that sees him focus on helping players grow both personally and professionally. Almost every December for the past dozen years Im talking about who the Bucs might be targeting with another Top 10 pick, but this year is different. While Godwin had a Pro Bowl season in 2019 with career highs in catches (86), yards (1,333) and touchdowns (nine), injuries have limited him to just eight games this year, and hes had modest production 49 catches for 562 yards and three TDs as a result. Samir Suleiman, Panthers director of player negotiations and salary cap manager: . David has 90 tackles, which is 19 behind Devin White, but just 1.5 sacks, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery this year. Hmmm. Not only is a quarterback nightmare in coverage playing in Minnesotas Cover 2 defense, but hes also an effective blitzer off the edge in Mike Zimmers third down pressure packages. Thielen is second on the team behind Jeffersons 61 receptions with 57 catches for 721 yards (12.6 avg.) so Khalil Davis, a rookie, would be the only defensive tackle on the roster in 2021. It's more justifiable for the Buccaneers because they are the reigning Super Bowl champions, ended a 13-year playoff drought last season and Brady, who will be 44 in August, recognizes he doesn't have a lot of football left in his career. Each December I take a sneak peek at the upcoming Buccaneers offseason in my SRs Fab 5 column. After the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl back in February, quite a few players were rewarded with contract extensions or new contracts entirely. Carolina will be $18,205,770 under the cap, while Atlanta is currently $25,254,296 over the cap with 32 players signed. pic.twitter.com/dlrnq1ehnP, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) December 10, 2020, I was gonna ask the same thing but refreshed the page and it came up. So now that weve previewed where the Bucs stand from a salary cap standpoint with regards to free agency, lets take a peek at some ways Tampa Bay could create even more salary cap room to keep some of its own free agents and add some potential new free agents, in addition to an early look at the 2021 NFL Draft and the teams needs in Fab 2. It was in New York where Davidson met and worked closely with Mike Greenberg, the current Buccaneer director of football administration. The first order of the Falcons new general manager and new head coach will definitely have to restructure some players contracts and simply make some salary cap roster cuts in 2021. In 2022, Tampa Bay is slated to have a combined $11 million in cap charges for Gronkowski and Suh because of the bonus proration in their voiding 2022 through 2025 contract years. Smith has 13.5 career sacks, including a half sack in last weeks game against Jacksonville. Use of any marks, trademarks, or logos on this website shall not constitute a sponsorship or endorsement by the trademark holder. This layout is hot garbage!!!! Flowers signed a five-year, $90 million contract containing $56 million in guarantees where $40 million was fully guaranteed at signing. CB Ryan Smith David turns 31 in January, and although hes still playing at a high level and has great value to the franchise as a leader and a playmaking inside linebacker, the nine-year veteran hasnt made enough splash plays to make the Pro Bowl. Beat the Vikings on Sunday, that jumps up to 93 percent; lose Sunday and it drops to 56 percent for Bucs. The following month, he started hosting Bettor Days with Mike Greenberg, an ESPN+ show about gambling. Market Realist is a registered trademark. A second tag on Barrett would have been $20.64 million because the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement-mandated 20 percent increase would have applied to Barrett's $15.828 million linebacker designation in 2020 and the $1.372 million from the settlement of his grievance to be classified as a defensive end for franchise tag purposes. Suh hasnt gotten much love from PFF this year, as he has a modest 59.9 overall grade and a 66.6 grade as a pass rusher this season. Facing the prospects of a salary cap reduction from $198 million in 2020 to possibly $175 million, Bucs general manager Jason Licht and director of football administration Mike Greenberg will likely have to make some cap maneuvers to create more salary space in 2021. 5. Pewter Report Podcast Episode 250: Analyzing B.A. year window with the GOAT. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. That helps the Bucs from an immediate salary cap standpoint whether Godwin is given the franchise tag, as I suspect he will be, or signed to a multi-year extension that averages close to that figure. The first major decision was whether a franchise tag would be placed on wide receiver Chris Godwin or edge rusher Shaquil Barrett would be given the designation for a second straight year. Rakeem Nunez-Roches and Steve McLendon are also unrestricted free agents, so Khalil Davis, a rookie, would be the only defensive tackle on the roster in 2021. Both could go to Evans and Marpet again for restructures to create cap room, as they have in the past. If Smith returns for the final year of his contract, offensive tackle isnt that pressing of a need in 2021. The Buccaneers were projected to have approximately $13.1 million of 2021 cap space under offseason accounting rules where only the top 51 salaries (i.e. Both Cappa and Whitehead will earn around $2 million next year instead of their original base salary of $920,000. Since voiding/dummy years weren't used with Fournette, his entire $3.25 million salary counts against Tampa Bay's 2021 salary cap. The problem is that the wide receiver price tag was hitting $20 million-plus per year with new deals for Amari Cooper ($20 mill. 0 sacks pic.twitter.com/b8kn11cx3x, PFF College (@PFF_College) December 7, 2020. Succop is the rare instance where Tampa Bay didn't using dummy/voiding years with a multiyear contract. An updated look at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2023 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses. OL Joe Haeg The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired former New York Jets executive Jacqueline Davidson to serve as their director of football research. 4. I for one am tired of breaking in possible franchise QBs and having them commit all their blunders with us. Succop will likely want a significant raise over his $1.05 million 2020 salary even at age 35 next year, and the Bucs would likely see if he would accept double that at around $2.1 million. As for the rest of this season, I say we go at least 3-1 splitting the Atlanta games. I am not a fan of this new layout and thats is going to be the reason why I stop reading this site. Tampa Bay drafted two other cornerbacks in Sean Murphy-Bunting and Jamel Dean last year, but the jury is out on those two young players. ILB Kevin Minter One of the most popular segments on "Mike & Mike" was the annual "Sheet of Integrity" wager, which was a bracket wager based on the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Keep in mind that Greenberg will use at least two years worth of guaranteed money to re-sign some of these players, and he can reduce their base salary in the first year (2021) of multi-year deals for immediate relief from next years lower salary cap. She and Greenberg stayed in touch and talked constantly. Bucs QB Tom Brady and TE Cam Brate Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR. Some of his $14 million base salary for 2022 converted to bonus as they work to re-sign more of his teammates. Cousins is having a great season, completing 67.8 percent of his passes for 3,073 yards with 26 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. RB Kenjon Barner The five-time Super Bowl MVP freed up $19.3 million of cap space with a one-year, $25 million contract extension running through the 2022 season with three dummy/voiding years (2023 through 2025).