The Buccaneers are gambling on J.J. Wilcox

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers swapped out safety Bradley McDougald for Dallas Cowboys safety JJ Wilcox. Safety is the weakest of all Bucs positions according to many. The Bucs strengthened that position by adding Justin Evans in the draft, too. There is one hitch in the drafting of Evans: he is a project.

So Wilcox is more likely to replace McDougald than Evans is. Wilcox was injured for part of 2016, but what exactly did the Bucs get in exchange for McDougald?

McDougald was the team’s second leading tackler, behind LB Kwon Alexander at 108 solo and 145 total.