TAMPA — It was sunny, 87 degrees with humidity around 70 percent. But it felt more like summer than it had in some time during the Bucs' organized team activities practice Thursday. Players ran gassers afterward, testing the limits of "voluntary" offseason workouts.
"It was oppressive," coach Dirk Koetter said. "Really, add six or seven degrees, this is training camp today. I think the guys adjust pretty fast to that. In training camp, we practice in the morning, so (Thursday) is as tough as it gets."
In fact, it felt a lot like the kind of heat the Bucs experience in the summer and early fall.