The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been the punching bag of the NFC South over the last two seasons, and that trend continues today as the quarterback of the Carolina Panthers Cam Newton got his shot at the Bucs. The jab taken by Newton at the Buccaneers surrounded all of the offseason drama around defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.
After nearly a decade in Tampa Bay with the Buccaneers, McCoy was cut as the team found themselves up against the wall of the salary cap. Cutting McCoy saved the Buccaneers $13 million in cap space, they signed Ndamukong Suh (picked one selection ahead of McCoy in the 2009 draft) for $10 million, leaving them with a net of $3 million in space.