The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are about 48 hours away from finishing their offseason program and going on one final extended break before training camp. On Tuesday, however, they got a little sneak peek at what that much more demanding camp will be like on the first day of their three-day mandatory mini-camp.
The missing elements were pads and real player-on-player contact – none of that is allowed at any point in the offseason, even the final mini-camp – but the heat was there, and the tempo, and a full complement of players.
"Today was a good taste of what training camp is like," said Head Coach Dirk Koetter.