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The Bucs and DeSean Jackson: Should the pairing be saved?

TAMPA, Fla. -- With free agency rapidly approaching and salary-cap resources low, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face some big decisions about what to do with some of their higher-paid players, particularly DeSean Jackson.

The wide receiver's frustrations last season with the previous regime were well-documented, with Jackson reportedly wanting out of Tampa. Can first-year Bucs coach Bruce Arians fix the chemistry and soothe whatever residual feelings possibly left over from the Dirk Koetter regime?

The first step was Arians having a sit-down with Jackson, a conversation the coach said “couldn't have been any better.