{"id":801571,"date":"2026-03-09T04:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/801571\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T04:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:13:22","slug":"db-rumors-bryant-bucs-flott-pierre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/801571\/","title":{"rendered":"DB Rumors: Bryant, Bucs, Flott, Pierre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joining Riq Woolen<\/a> and Josh Jobe<\/a> as Seahawks DB regulars less than a day away from free agency, Coby Bryant<\/a> will be expected to draw extensive interest once the legal tampering period begins Monday. PFR\u2019s No. 28-ranked free agent<\/a>, Bryant is part of a crowded safety market that could see several starter-level players need to take lesser-value deals. Bryant may come in above that line, and the Seahawks are attempting to keep him off the market. The defending Super Bowl champs \u2014 who made a summer effort to extend Bryant last year<\/a> but had not circled back as of Super Bowl LX<\/a> \u2014 are interested in re-signing the converted corner, ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks already have Julian Love<\/a> on a three-year, $33MM deal, and even though the team once employed Love and Quandre Diggs<\/a> alongside Jamal Adams<\/a>\u2018 then-record deal, that came under Pete Carroll. Bryant started 26 games for the Seahawks over the past two seasons. While Ty Okada<\/a> moving into the lineup alongside Love could serve as a Seattle contingency plan, it appears the team wants to keep Bryant from reaching the market. At 11am CT Monday, the Seahawks will need to compete against other teams for him.<\/p>\n

Here is the latest from NFL secondaries.<\/p>\n

After removing a year from Jamel Dean<\/a>\u2018s contract \u2014 as a pay cut also took place<\/a> \u2014 the Buccaneers are expected to move on from the seven-year veteran, per the Tampa Bay Times\u2019 Rick Stroud<\/a>. Dean was tied to a four-year, $52MM deal entering September but was given a pay cut. The 29-year-old cornerback still excelled, allowing just 49.5% of the passes thrown his way to be completed and earning a fifth-place CB ranking from Pro Football Focus. As discussed in the Buccaneers\u2019 Offseason Outlook<\/a>, this will sever ties with Tampa Bay\u2019s Super Bowl-era CB corps. The team will have Benjamin Morrison<\/a> and Jacob Parrish<\/a> positioned to start on the outside in 2026, Stroud adds.
\nThe Giants were believed to have been the runners-up for<\/a> Trent McDuffie<\/a>, pointing to heavy cornerback interest. This effort may have been overblown, The Athletic\u2019s Dan Duggan tweets<\/a>, expressing some doubt about the team\u2019s interest in paying top dollar for a cornerback. No free agent on this year\u2019s market will draw that kind of offer, but Duggan notes Cor\u2019Dale Flott<\/a> is expected to land somewhere from $8-$14MM per year. PFR\u2019s No. 42 free agent, Flott started 37 games as a Giant. John Harbaugh identified the former third-round pick as a player the team would like to keep<\/a>. With Paulson Adebo<\/a> on an $18MM-per-year contract, how much will Big Blue be willing to spend to ensure he stays?
\nJames Pierre<\/a> delivered a surprising season, based on his past as a part-time starter in Pittsburgh. PFF ranked Pierre second among corners last year, though he only logged 408 snaps. A six-year Steeler who has only started 13 career games, Pierre played well in spot duty (five starts) last season. As a result, The Exhibit\u2019s Josina Anderson hears<\/a> eight or nine teams have shown preliminary interest. This would be a nice development for Pierre, a former UDFA who played on a veteran-minimum deal in 2025. Pierre\u2019s market will be hindered, to a degree, by his age. The Lamar Jackson<\/a> cousin turns 30 this offseason.
\nThe Bills\u2018 recent Sam Franklin<\/a> re-signing<\/a> is for $7MM over three years, according to OverTheCap<\/a>. The veteran special-teamer will see $2.53MM guaranteed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joining Riq Woolen and Josh Jobe as Seahawks DB regulars less than a day away from free agency,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[279,211,53,2873,7,1314,7343,5856,56,6,3873,261,704,250,2597,2596,4223],"class_list":["post-801571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-benjamin-morrison","tag-buccaneers","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-coby-bryant","tag-football","tag-jacob-parrish","tag-jamel-dean","tag-james-pierre","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-sam-franklin","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabaybuccaneers","tag-trent-mcduffie"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116197274859777408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801571","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=801571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}