The Buccaneers have started to get to work on getting under the salary cap. Entering today, the team was about 21 million dollars over the cap according to Spotrac and they have made a few moves to create some space before the new league year began.
Tampa Bay restructured pass rusher Shaq Barrett’s contract and the team also agreed to a reworked deal with tight end Cameron Brate. The deal with Brate is reportedly a two year deal worth eight million dollars which should reduce Brate’s 2022 and 2023 cap hit.
As the tweet says, the Bucs have a lot more work to do to create cap space including some more restructures or extensions potentially on the way for some players such as Mike Evans and Donovan Smith.