Buccaneers coaches got their man when Daryl Smith signed

Daryl Smith started every game and recorded at least 121 tackles in each of the past three seasons with the Ravens.BOCA RATON, Fla. -- One of the easiest decisions the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had this month was signing linebacker Daryl Smith.

Head coach Dirk Koetter, defensive coordinator Mike Smith and linebackers coach Mark Duffner all wanted Daryl Smith, 34, who spent the past three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens.

"Daryl Smith is a guy I wanted to bring in," Koetter said last week at the NFL's owners meetings. "Mike wanted to bring him in. Duff wanted to bring him in. Just look at Daryl Smith's stats over his career, and other than that one year when he missed [most of the year] in…