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Bucs sign ex-Raven LB Daryl Smith, who is likely to start

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TAMPA — The Bucs continue to add key pieces to their defense for 2016, signing veteran linebacker Daryl Smith to a one-year contract on Thursday night.

Smith, 34, is expected to step in as the Bucs' strongside linebacker, after the team released Bruce Carter and declined to tender a contract to Danny Lansanah. Smith has a long history with Bucs coaches, having played under defensive coordinator Mike Smith and linebackers coach Mark Dufner when he was in Jacksonville, when Bucs coach Dirk Koetter was the Jaguars' offensive coordinator.

Smith has had at least 120 tackles in each of the last three seasons with the Ravens, who cut him last week in a salary-cap move.