There’s a saying in NFL analyst circles: offseason winners are regular season losers. Or something to that effect circulates, anyway, to be forgotten as soon as the offseason starts and we can all get really excited over (potential) new additions.
Bucs fans have encountered that excitement repeatedly in the past, ever since Tampa Bay loosened the purse strings way back in 2012. In fact, they were widely named Offseason Winners in 2012 (when they signed Vincent Jackson, Eric Wright and Carl Nicks) and in 2014 (when they signed Michael Johnson, Alterraun Verner, Anthony Collins and Josh McCown, among several others).