Quincy Williams & The Jets
February 11th, 2026
The Bucs need productive inside linebackers and Joe suspects Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht would be pleased to fill those roles with veterans on one-year contracts.
Enter Quincy Williams, a pending Jets castoff. And Licht has nothing against Jets castoffs.
Williams was a first-team All-Pro in 2023. (That’s no typo.) He was that good.
Williams turns 30 in August and his Jets contract is about to expire. Word out of New York is that Williams doesn’t like the Jets coaching staff — he was benched early last season — and he’s ready to find a new team after five years with a bumbling franchise. Williams had a good year in 2024 and then joined the rest of his Jets teammates and didn’t play well in 2025.
A shoulder injury cost Williams four games last year and he played through a December hand issue.
It doesn’t seem like Williams is toast. And again, he was an All-Pro in 2023, meaning he’s no SirVocea Dennis.
It smells like Williams is a classic change-of-scenery guy who could be a nice Band-Aid for a bleeding Bucs defense.