TAMPA, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have invested a lot of resources in the offense, but the defense has been stealing the show this offseason. You could see that during Tuesday's first minicamp practice, a good sign for a unit that struggled during the first half of the season and wound up finishing third in the league with 29 takeaways.
During the first team period, the Bucs lined up in the two-minute drill and defensive end Robert Ayers intercepted quarterback Jameis Winston. Ayers played softer coverage than he typically would in a two-minute drill since there's no tackling allowed in minicamp.