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As expected, the Buccaneers have picked up the fifth-year option on DL Vita Vea's initial NFL contract, which extends the deal through the 2022 season

DL Ndamukong Suh, who had six sacks in 2020 and was at the center of the league's best run defense is returning for a third season in Tampa after re-signing with the defending Super Bowl champs on Monday

The good news on the free agency front continues for the Buccaneers with a new deal done for K Ryan Succop, who made 37 of his 40 attempts in 2020 and set a new team scoring record

On the heels of an outstanding performance during the team's run to a Super Bowl championship, left tackle Donovan Smith has signed an extension to remain with the Buccaneers past the 2021 season

Rob Gronkowski, most recently seen catching two touchdown passes in Super Bowl LV to give him 100 scores in his career, has signed a one-year deal to remain with Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in 2021

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches has re-signed with Tampa Bay after filling a critical role on defense during the team's 2020 title run

ILB Kevin Minter is re-signing with the Buccaneers for the third year in a row after spending the 2019-20 campaigns as a core special teamer and a valuable spot starter on defense

WR Chris Godwin has signed the franchise tag tender he received last week, locking him in with the Bucs through at least 2021, though he and the team can continue to work on a long-term deal through mid-July

OLB Shaq Barrett, one of the NFL's best edge rushers, will return to the Super Bowl champions after signing a new contract with the Buccaneers on Wednesday

Guard Aaron Stinnie, who performed well in three playoff starts including Super Bowl LV, re-signed with the Buccaneers on Wednesday shortly before he would have become a restricted free agent

After winning his seventh Super Bowl in his first season as a Buccaneer, future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady has signed an extension that will keep him with the team past the original deal that covered the 2020-21 seasons

The last week before free agency ends with fantastic news for the Bucs, who have re-signed ILB Lavonte David, a seven-time team captain, a 2020 second-team All-Pro and one of the most accomplished players in team history

The Buccaneers have chosen to use their franchise player designation on WR Chris Godwin, who plays multiple important roles on offense and is a key part of the team's effort to defend its Super Bowl title

The Bucs signed three more players to their 2021 roster on Friday, bringing veteran RB C.J. Prosise back and adding first-year players DL Sam Renner and C Donell Stanley

The Buccaneers have signed 11 players to reserve/futures contracts, which will take effect once the new league year begins in March…All 11 were on the practice squad in 2020

The Bucs elevated G Ted Larsen and QB Drew Stanton from the practice squad for Super Bowl LV, making them eligible to play in Sundays' game if they are kept among the team's 48 active players

Versatile veteran lineman Earl Watford has returned to the Bucs on their practice squad, giving the team more experienced depth at the interior line spots

The Bucs elevated S Javon Hagan and G Ted Larsen from the practice squad for Sunday's NFC Championship Game in Green Bay, giving the team two more players it can choose to keep active for the contest

Tampa Bay's defense is getting a boost for Sunday's conference title game in Green Bay as DL Vita Vea is being activated from injured reserve in time to play against the Packers

ILB Kevin Minter came off the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday and can now return to practice and will be eligible to play in Sunday's NFC Championship Game

Tampa Bay's rotating inside linebacker depth changed again in the NFC Championship Game week, with Jack Cichy going to injured reserve with a broken arm and Deone Bucannon moving up to the active roster

Buccaneers NT Vita Vea, who has been on injured reserve since suffering an ankle fracture in Week Five, will return to the practice field this week and could conceivably play again this season

The Bucs elevated ILB Deone Bucannon, G Ted Larsen and S Javon Hagan from the practice squad for Sunday's game in New Orleans, giving Hagan a chance to make his NFL debut

Starting right guard Alex Cappa will miss the remainder of the season due to his ankle fracture, and the Buccaneers have re-signed versatile veteran Earl Watford, who started four games for them in 2019

The Buccaneers will use all four of their practice squad protection options in the second week of the playoffs, adding ILB Deone Bucannon to an otherwise familiar list of K Greg Joseph, G Ted Larsen and CB Herb Miller

In the same day that the Buccaneers got ILB Devin White back from the reserve/COVID-19 list they had to move his replacement from the last two weeks, Kevin Minter, to that same list

The Bucs' defense will be closer to full strength for the next round of the playoffs as both ILB Devin White and DL Steve McLendon were activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday

The Buccaneers have waived rookie ILB Chapelle Russell and elevated four players from the practice squad for Saturday's game in Washington, including recently-signed ILB Deone Bucannon

OLB Shaquil Barrett has returned to the team and will be available to play in Saturday's Wild Card gamer after being activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday

The Bucs have added veteran ILB Deone Bucannon, who played five games for them in 2019 and four seasons under Bruce Arians in Arizona, to their practice squad

DL Benning Potoa'e is on the list for the first time since Week Two as the Buccaneers use all of their practice squad protection options leading up to Saturday's Wild Card game

The Buccaneers have signed former Seahawk C.J. Prosise to their practice squad, which had not been carrying any running back depth since the early-December promotion of Kenjon Barner

The Bucs have added game-day depth on defense by elevating CB Herb Miller and DL Benning Potoa'e from the practice squad to be available Sunday against Atlanta...Also RB LeSean McCoy has been added to the injury report as questionable