With The First Pick

The legal tampering period opened on Monday, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made headlines by locking edge rusher Shaquil Barrett into a long term contract. Barrett was the headliner of the free agent edge rusher group and was being pursued by multiple NFL teams. In the last few weeks, the Bucs have brought back their top three targets. Franchise tagging Chris Godwin and signing Lavonte David and Shaq Barrett to new contracts locks key players into place. Bruce Arians said they weren’t going anywhere, and he kept his promise. Signing these players have major draft implications, as well.