{"id":153844,"date":"2025-06-24T03:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/153844\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T03:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:35:14","slug":"buccaneers-could-cut-former-fifth-rounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/153844\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers Could Cut Former Fifth Rounder"},"content":{"rendered":"

After stacking up talent from the NFL Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may cut cornerback Zyon McCollum before the 2025 regular season. According to one report<\/a>, the source believes the Buccaneers may release McCollum since they have a ton of depth after drafting Benjamin Morrison in the second round<\/a> and Jacob Parrish in the third. This means there might not be a realistic path for McCollum to succeed in this unit if he doesn\u2019t have a long-term contract that promises that he will get an extension. For the past three seasons, the Buccaneers went big on extending secondary talent such as Carlton Davis, Jamel Dean<\/a> and Antoine Winfield Jr., so that doesn\u2019t leave a lot of room for Tampa Bay to find a way to extend McCollum. The source explains that if McCollum gets a new contract extension, they may risk that they\u2019ll never see him the same again.<\/p>\n

After giving Davis, Dean and Winfield new deals, they haven\u2019t been performing up to standards, which is why they let go of Davis this past year. They don\u2019t want the run the same scenario again this offseason, which is why McCollum didn\u2019t receive a new extension yet as the cornerback enters the final year of his contract. If Parrish and Morrison appear to be making strides at practice, they could be open to trading McCollum, at least to garner some draft capital. After coming off a career-high of 17 deflections and two interceptions, these four teams may pursue him to salvage their unit.<\/p>\n

\"LavonteJan 12, 2025; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Deion Jones (45) celebrates with cornerback Zyon McCollum (27) and linebacker Lavonte David (54) after a play during the fourth quarter of a NFC wild card playoff against the Washington Commanders at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
\nReport: Buccaneers Could Cut Former Fifth Rounder Zyon McCollum \u2013 4 Suitors Emerge
\nPotential Destinations
\nBaltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

Despite signing Jaire Alexander to a one-year deal<\/a>, it wouldn\u2019t hurt to add another cornerback to bolster the Ravens\u2019 secondary department. Chidobe Awuzie<\/a> was arguably one of the worst signings this year, and they\u2019re better off targeting someone like McCollum in a possible trade. Between Marlon Humphrey and 2024 draft pick Nate Wiggins, the Ravens always do well with a deep cornerback unit, and McCollum could solidify this entire group.<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Washington Commanders need the depth to bolster their secondary. After losing Benjamin St-Juste, the team is risking a one-year deal on Jonathan Jones<\/a> to hopefully provide some relief alongside veteran Marshon Lattimore and Mike Sainristil. McCollum might not get the starting job right away, but he could add potential if Lattimore sustains another injury due to his history.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

The New Orleans Saints made several moves this offseason in the trenches, but have ignored adding capable pass secondary talent. Between Alontae Taylor and Kool-Aid McKinstry<\/a>, it doesn\u2019t sound like a team that wants to win. However, even though the Saints aren\u2019t contenders this season, it doesn\u2019t mean they should throw in the white towel. McCollum could revive this unit and change the scenery since Lattimore and Paulson Adebo left.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Chargers had one of the most surprising performances last year when it came to the team\u2019s secondary under new defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. However, they did lose Kristian Fulton to their bitter rival<\/a>, but made up for it by signing Donte Jackson<\/a> and Benjamin St-Juste for backup. 2024 draft pick Cam Hart has large shoes to fill, but Jim Harbaugh shouldn\u2019t risk him yet, as McCollum could be in a better place to start full-time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After stacking up talent from the NFL Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may cut cornerback Zyon McCollum before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[849,211,5403,5853,7,7343,2453,7142,7185,401,6,10420,6211,704,250,14443,2597,2596,10421,16516],"class_list":{"0":"post-153844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens-news","9":"tag-buccaneers","10":"tag-chargers-featured","11":"tag-donte-jackson","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jamel-dean","14":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","15":"tag-marlon-humphrey","16":"tag-marshon-lattimore","17":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-ravens-featured","20":"tag-saints-featured","21":"tag-tampa-bay","22":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","23":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-news","24":"tag-tampabay","25":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers","26":"tag-washington-commanders-news","27":"tag-zyon-mccollum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114736249573799284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}