Earlier this week, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sent linebacker/safety hybrid Deone Bucannon packing, releasing him after just five games with the team. There is reason to believe the Bucs may not be done axing free agent additions from this offseason; Are wide receiver Breshad Perriman and punter Bradley Pinion next to go?
In an attempt to keep competitive balance to the league, the NFL has a formula in which teams can earn compensatory draft picks for players who left during free agency in the offseason. The league uses an undisclosed formula to seek to determine a full round of picks to be awarded to teams based on the difference of value lost and value gained in free agency.