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Life comes at you fast in the NFL.
Not that long ago, O.J. Howard was viewed as one of the next big things at tight end. After a standout career at Alabama, Howard was drafted 19th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017.
Now, Howard is all but certainly on his way out the door. As ESPN's Adam Schefter reported, Tampa dropped it's second bombshell of this offseason, agreeing to trade a fourth-round pick to the New England Patriots for tight end Rob Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick.
So much for retirement.