Now that the draft is over, it’s time to start figuring out the roster for the 2019 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It’s not as easy as it sounds. According to spotrac.com, the Bucs sit dead last in the league with just $1,704,197 in cap space and they need $10,354,829 to sign the draft class.
So, that leaves the team with a need of right around $8,650,632 in order to sign the eight players it just drafted.
A popular - and very reasonable - theory has prevailed over the last few months that this deficit would be overcome by either the trade or release of long-time Buccaneer Gerald McCoy, who is due $13 million in 2019.