Rick Stroud reports that the Buccaneers are placing a low-round tender on restricted free agent DE Jacquies Smith.
The low-round tender will cost the Buccaneers $1.8 million for the 2017 season and give them the right of first refusal for any offer sheet he receives from another team during free agency. The Buccaneers would not get a draft pick in return if they elect to pass on an offer sheet Smith receives.
Smith, 26, originally signed on with the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent out of back in 2012. He had brief stints with the Jets and Bills before he was waived at the start of the 2014 season and later claimed by the Buccaneers.