Bucs to pick up option on CB Hargreaves

The Buccaneers are picking up the fifth-year option on cornerback Vernon Hargreaves.

Bucs pick up Vernon Hargreaves' option

Vernon Hargreaves will be sticking around Tampa Bay for at least two more seasons. Rick Stroud of TampaBay.com reports (via Twitter) that the Buccaneers have picked up the cornerback’s fifth-year option. Hargreaves will now be tied to a $9M deal for the 2020 campaign. The 23-year-old was selected with the 11th-overall pick by the Buccaneers during the 2016 draft. The defensive back proved he was worth his draft spot during his rookie season, as he compiled 76 tackles, nine passes...

Buccaneers pick up Vernon Hargreaves fifth-year option

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have exercised the fifth-year option on cornerback Vernon Hargreaves A couple of months ago, I didn’t think there was a chance that Vernon Hargreaves III would be on this football team beyond the 2019 season, but boy was I wrong. Apparently, Hargreaves, in the three and a half months since Bruce Arians had been hired, has done enough to impress the coaching staff to warrant picking up his fifth-year option. Talent has never been the issue with VH3, instead, it has...

Harrison’s Final Mock Draft: Trade Edition

My last attempt to crack the code, could be the craziest yet

Will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers pick Devin White with the fifth overall pick or will they trade back and stockpile picks in a talent-heavy class?

This is what mock drafts are all about, and I’m so excited to do my one and only *trades allowed version that we’re going to cut the small talk, here.

*Trades are done by pick value charts only. Yes, I’m aware inflation happens, but I’m not going that far down the rabbit hole. This...

Devin White Is The Right Choice For The Bucs

If the LSU linebacker is the pick in the first, it’s the right decision for the team moving forward

Draft day is upon us and - as always - Buccaneers twitter is incredibly divided as to what the team should do. We’ve heard all kinds of names attached to the team, whether it’s Devin White, Ed Oliver, Quinnen Williams, Josh Allen, Brian Burns. The fact of the matter is that the team is in prime position to take an elite level talent with their first pick and help reshape the defense...

Buccaneers Draft Profile: LB Mack Wilson

Could the Alabama star be a contingency plan if the Bucs miss out on the two Devins?

There is zero question as to whether or not the Buccaneers need to address linebacker in this draft. More specifically, they need an inside linebacker. Devin White has been the name linked to them all the way back before the Scouting Combine. But, what if the Bucs miss out on him? What if he goes to Oakland at four? What if the Buccaneers trade back and someone snags him before they get their chance?

Well,...

Winston, Arians talk Bucs’ 2019 schedule

Everyone can generally agree that Tampa Bay got dealt a tough hand when the schedules for the 2019 season came out last week. On Tuesday, Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston and head coach Bruce Arians commented on it. When the 2019 schedule game out last week, one daunting stretch on the Buccaneers’ slate stood out to everyone. It wasn’t just talked about around Tampa Bay. It’s made national headlines. Of course it did. Have you seen this schedule? After a home game against the New York...

2019 NFL Mock Draft: Check out the full podcast of SB Nation writer’s first round mock

Every team and every pick, right here.

SB Nation is so good at putting together mock draft and this here is no different.

For 2019, the mothership put together a podcast of the entire first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Every manager from each site put together at least a 30-second audio clip of who they feel their respective team should pick, with a breakdown as to why that team should go in that direction.

Curious to know who yours truly selected for the Buccaneers at No. 5 and where any...

Bruce Arians: Bucs would need “hellacious” offer to trade down

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians inherits a team that was bad enough last year to earn the fifth overall pick in the draft. On Thursday night, they’ll use it. Unless they trade it. “There would have to be some hellacious picks [offered],” Arians said Tuesday, via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. “There’s five guys [more]

Jameis Winston making a strong first impression on Bruce Arians

One of the key tasks awaiting Bruce Arians when he was named head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was to see if he could salvage former No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston. While it’s still really early in the offseason, Arians has been impressed by some of the things he’s seen from Winston on [more]

Arians rails against 'ridiculous' Bucs schedule

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians reached out to the league office to voice his displeasure about Tampa Bay's schedule, which has the team going seven straight weeks without a home game.

Reynolds Talks Bucs Mini-Camp And The New Arians Era With WFLA

PewterReport.com’s Scott Reynolds joined WFLA’s Gabrielle Shirley on Tuesday to discuss the beginning of the Bruce Arians era in Tampa Bay. Make sure to follow WFLA New Channel 8 all year long for the best Bucs coverage on local television. The post Reynolds Talks Bucs Mini-Camp And The New Arians Era With WFLA appeared first on Pewter Report.

Arians Said McCoy Is Welcomed With Open Arms

The latest edition of “Where in the World” is Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy continued on Tuesday. Last week general manager Jason Licht was asked if it were true that McCoy has been asked by the team – more specifically head coach Bruce Arians – to stay away from the the Buccaneers offseason programs. Licht […] The post Arians Said McCoy Is Welcomed With Open Arms appeared first on Pewter Report.

Bruce Arians on Gerald McCoy: It’s up to him, we have open arms

At a press conference last week, Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht was asked a question about head coach Bruce Arians telling defensive tackle Gerald McCoy not to come to the team’s offseason workouts. Licht responded by saying it was a better question for Arians to answer. The head coach did that on Tuesday by saying [more]

FanPulse: Bucs fans feel DL is the top need in the draft

But does the team feel the same?

Welcome to SB Nation FanPulse — a survey of fans across the NFL, powered by SurveyMonkey. Each week, we send 32 polls to 100+ plugged in fans from each team. Bucs fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.

There is so much uncertainty surrounding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With a new coaching staff and new scheme being installed, we really don’t know what to expect from this team in 2019.

Much less the draft.

But in just a few days, the Buccaneers can give us a...

Bucs coach Bruce Arians shares his opinion on brutal schedule stretch

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be at a significant disadvantage compared to other teams next season because of the way the NFL structured their schedule, and head coach Bruce Arians is not hiding the fact that he is unhappy about it. While certain teams will have easier schedules than others because of the divisions they play in, the NFL is doing the Bucs no favors by sending them on the road for seven consecutive weeks in the middle of the year, including a trip to London. On Tuesday,...

Bruce Arians on Bucs’ schedule: It’s ridiculous

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians understandably is not happy with his team’s schedule and voiced his displeasure to the league office. “Am I happy about it? Hell, no. I think it’s ridiculous,” Arians said, via Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com. The Bucs play seven weeks in between games in Tampa, with the Raiders also getting the same [more]

Bucs will answer plenty of questions this weekend

By the end of this weekend’s NFL Draft, we should have answers to a lot of questions that we’ve been talking about for months.

The NFL Draft is always an exciting time for fans all around the league. Mock drafts get put to the test, teams add some exciting prospects to their rosters and everything finally starts taking shape for the upcoming season.

For the Buccaneers, this weekend’s draft is a big one. There is a lot riding on three days for general manager Jason Licht. Tampa Bay has...

Lance Zierlein feels the Bucs will draft DL with the fifth pick

The second annual Bucs Nation’s NFL Draft Q&A with NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein.

The 2019 NFL Draft is just a couple days away and there have been a lot of people making a lot of suggestions on how the Buccaneers will handle it. In the SB Nation mock draft, Bucs Nation’s Gil Arcia selected Houston’s defensive lineman Ed Oliver on behalf of Tampa Bay. With the need for a pass rush and the potential for a Gerald McCoy departure of some kind, Oliver — if available — may be the...

Buccaneers Draft Profile: CB Deandre Baker

Let’s take a look at the 2018 Jim Thorpe Award winner. As we continue our Draft Profile series, the attention is now turned to Deandre Baker, the 2018 Jim Thorpe Award winner for the top defensive back in the country. The former Bulldog improved during all four years at Georgia, culminating in an excellent senior year that also saw him lead the team in interceptions. But will Baker rep the pewter and red when it’s all said and done? Let’s take a look and see how he’d fit in with the...