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Shaquil Barrett Says COVID-19 Pandemic Prevented Agreement on New Bucs Contract

While Shaquil Barrett signed his one-year franchise tender with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the 2019 Pro Bowler acknowledged a longer deal proved difficult to finalize amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It was pretty much just the whole situation with COVID," Barrett said of the unsuccessful negotiations, per the Tampa Bay Times' Kyle Wood. "It was too much up in the air, so we weren't able to get on time or get really the right negotiations going because we really didn’t know anything."

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