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The Buccaneers are giving their new safeties first-team practice time

The weakest point on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense last year was probably the safety position, though pass-rush specialists were sorely lacking too. The team didn’t quite solve that: they signed J.J. Wilcox and drafted Justin Evans, but it’s unclear whether they can start, or even whether they really represent upgrades.

Still, head coach Dirk Koetter seems somewhat satisfied with his two new safeties, and has started rotating them in with starters (for now) Keith Tandy and Chris Conte. Here’s what he said today:

"The last two days we've started rotating J.