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Bucs need to bring back special-teams aces Russell Shepard, Josh Robinson

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have 17 players scheduled to become unrestricted free agents when the new league year begins in March. In Part 1 of this series, I ranked the players who were the biggest priorities to re-sign -- defensive end William Gholston, running back Jacquizz Rodgers and center Joe Hawley.

Part 2 is a ranking of players 4-8 who are also priorities -- perhaps not quite as pressing as the first three but still an integral part of the team's 9-7 finish last year.