The Bucs haven\u2019t brought in any big names from free agency, but there\u2019s still plenty of new faces joining the team. Linebacker Alex Anzalone and running back Kenneth Gainwell are the two most-notables names while defensive tackle A\u2019Shawn Robinson brings another veteran presence to a position that\u2019s long been a strength in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n
But even with the loss of longtime wide receiver Mike Evans, CBS Sports\u2019 Pete Prisco believes the Bucs have lost much ground to other teams after the first week of free agency. In a new set of power rankings, Prisco has the Bucs ranked 13th in the league, just behind the Ravens and one spot ahead of the Cowboys.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey didn\u2019t do a lot in free agency, but they did add nice pieces in linebacker Alex Anzalone and edge Al-Quadin Muhammad,\u201d says Prisco. \u201cThe big key will be staying healthy in what looks like a win-or-else year for coach Todd Bowles.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most surprising part is that the Bucs actually moved up five whole spots since Prisco\u2019s last set of power rankings prior to free agency. Most surprising because, as I mentioned above, the Bucs lost a player that may very well currently reside on the franchise\u2019s Mount Rushmore. The post-Evans era is going to feel very weird for fans, but there\u2019s still enough firepower on offense to believe that unit will be just fine moving forward.<\/p>\n
So what do you all think of Priscoe\u2019s ranking? Should the Bucs be higher or lower? Go ahead and tell us why, along with all of your thoughts below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bucs haven\u2019t brought in any big names from free agency, but there\u2019s still plenty of new faces…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,7,6,704,250,14443,45342,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-821808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-buccaneers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-tampa-bay","12":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","13":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-news","14":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-free-agency","15":"tag-tampabay","16":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116257763779753026","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821808","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=821808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}