Greg Gaines unexpectedly stepped up for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now a free agent, his future NFL destination remains uncertain.
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Will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers keep Greg Gaines around for 2026?
Will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers keep Greg Gaines around for 2026?
That remains to be seen.
That remains to be seen.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable.
The Bucs signed Gaines to a one-year deal ahead of the twenty twenty-three season and kept signing him for twenty twenty-four and twenty twenty-five.
The Bucs signed Gaines to a one-year deal ahead of the twenty twenty-three season and kept signing him for twenty twenty-four and twenty twenty-five.
He’s still relatively young, not even thirty years old yet.
He’s still relatively young, not even thirty years old yet.
Will turn thirty in May.
Will turn thirty in May.
But, you know, if the Bucs wanna keep Gaines, they’d be able to keep him for cheap, and he’d be a veteran presence on that defensive line that they go with Vita Vea, Kalija Campsey, and now A’Shawn Robinson.
But, you know, if the Bucs wanna keep Gaines, they’d be able to keep him for cheap, and he’d be a veteran presence on that defensive line that they go with Vita Vea, Kalija Campsey, and now A’Shawn Robinson.
One thing that Gaines has that those guys do not have is a Super Bowl ring.
One thing that Gaines has that those guys do not have is a Super Bowl ring.
He won a Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams for the twenty twenty-one season.
He won a Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams for the twenty twenty-one season.
That was his most productive season.
That was his most productive season.
He played above seven hundred and forty snaps for Wade Phillips’s defense.
He played above seven hundred and forty snaps for Wade Phillips’s defense.
We’ll see what the role is for him in twenty twenty-six should he come back to Tampa Bay with Todd Bowles as DC.
We’ll see what the role is for him in twenty twenty-six should he come back to Tampa Bay with Todd Bowles as DC.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable.