This Bucs Nation Reader Award is going to hit a little bit different as we’re rewarding for the past but looking forward as it pertains to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster.

We’ve already done the Newcomer of the Year, Offensive Play of the Year, Defensive Play of the Year, and Game of the Year. Now, we’re looking at the pending free-agent Bucs Nation feels the team can least afford to lose.

Here are the candidates, in alphabetical order.

OLB, SHAQUIL BARRETT

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