Believe it or not, receiving corps could be an issue for the Buccaneers

Even during all of the getting rid of and roster holes in the previous number of several years for the Buccaneers, there has been at the very least one continual. The team’s obtaining group has been deep, probably one of the deepest in the whole league. All of a unexpected, that could be changing this offseason.

DeSean Jackson has wanted out since the middle of the 2018 season, so admirers have grown accustomed to the plan of him becoming gone in 2019. In a whole lot of scenarios, admirers are even to the issue in which they desperately want it to come about. Jameis Winston is the male at quarterback likely forward. Jackson has minimal to no chemistry with him, and he doesn’t seem like he cares plenty of to perform on it. Why hold that male on your roster, in particular when his cap strike for 2019 is $10 million?

So, sure, cutting Jackson helps make feeling as a standalone move. It is possibly even the desired training course of motion at this issue. But insert to that the fact that Adam Humphries is a absolutely free agent — one that the Bucs might not be ready to convey again based on what he can demand from customers in terms of money — and you have an concern on your fingers. With both of those Jackson and Humphries most likely gone, that deep obtaining corps that the crew has grown to know would suddenly be thinned out.

The prime two would nonetheless be exceptional. Mike Evans is a No. 1 male no matter, and having Chris Godwin step into the No. 2 role is both of those nicely-deserved and particularly exciting. But the trouble arises from there. Who gets to be the No. 3 male if Jackson and Humphries are gone? Is it Justin Watson, a second-calendar year male out of Penn who by no means performed extra than a number of snaps below and there for the duration of his rookie calendar year? Is it Bobo Wilson? Equally of those guys could split out and be reputable, but they’re nonetheless unknowns.

Getting a strong restricted finish group will help minimize some of the sting of getting rid of two of your prime receivers, but there’s nonetheless a little something uneasy about turning your depth into prime-line guys and having to convey in new depth driving them.

Of training course, this is all hypothetical. It doesn’t just take into account any doable signings or draft picks the crew could make to fill out the group. But with a difficult cap condition and so numerous wants to deal with in other places, it is relating to that one of the team’s strongest positions is suddenly a dilemma mark.

Where do you stand? Are you preserving Jackson or throwing extra money at Humphries to keep away from having a trouble on your fingers? It won’t be very long just before we see what the Bucs decide to do.