In 2017, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hope to apply pressure on opposing quarterbacks in unrelenting fashion, one wave after another. The recent addition of former Washington defensive tackle Chris Baker through free agency is the latest step in that plan.
"D-linemen don’t play 100 percent of the plays; d-linemen are almost always in a rotation," said Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht on the day Baker was introduced to the Bay area. "You can see we’re really building great depth on our defensive line. Our inside three, [with Baker] joining Gerald McCoy and Clinton McDonald; what we’ve got coming back on the outside with Robert Ayers, signing Will Gholston back, Noah Spence, Jacquies Smith coming back off an injury – we’re really excited about the group we’re putting together.