Jason Licht Has A Message For His Critics

By the primary week of free company the Bucs have done a tremendous job in constructing their roster with essential re-signings and an answer to the quarterback place. Credit score to the Bucs entrance workplace of Jason Licht, Mike Greenberg and Jacqueline Davidson for navigation via powerful obstacles.

Tampa Bay needed to first get cap compliant after being $56 million over the cap. Even after getting below, the Bucs nonetheless didn’t have a ton of cash to spend and but they had been in a position to re-sign cornerback Jamel Dean and linebacker Lavonte David at decrease costs than anticipated, whereas additionally re-signing outdoors linebacker Anthony Nelson and including Baker Mayfield at quarterback.

At a press convention to debate the re-signings of Dean and Nelson, Licht was in a position to present his appreciation to the employees round him for what they’ve achieved to this point.

Bucs GM Jason Licht, CB Jamel Dean, and OLB Anthony Nelson. – Photograph by: Matt Matera/PR

“I might discuss all day about how proud I’m of the crew we’ve,” Licht stated. “Mike Greenberg, Jacquie, the entire entrance workplace – John [Spytek], all people. We’ve been engaged on this plan for a very long time. There have been actually powerful selections, however I’ve a variety of confidence in these individuals. There have been a variety of challenges and we had been in a position to get via it. Sort of, type of coming via the again finish of it now. By no means as soon as did we ever suppose that we not going to be a superb crew this 12 months.

“We’ve a variety of good gamers. Gamers coming into their prime. Gamers of their prime. Gamers that haven’t even scratched the floor of their prime. It’s the identical scenario that drew Tom Brady to need to come signal right here. It’s a really related crew. And we’re not executed. We’re going to have some extra [signings]. We’ve to perform a little – we’ve to make some extra cheap signings proper now due to the place we’re at. However generally you get your greatest offers and also you get your greatest gamers – contributors – from that.”

Jason Licht Has Message For These That Doubt Him

Bucs GM Jason Licht – Photograph by: Cliff Welch/PR

“I used to be assured that we might be capable of put our greatest foot ahead. And I used to be assured that they wished to be right here,” Licht stated. “I knew that due to the teaching employees that we’ve, the entrance workplace that we’ve, and the gamers that we’ve.

“If I might return in time I might do all of it once more. We pushed, we borrowed about $100 million towards this 12 months’s cap and future caps to do what we did. Got here shut a second time. If anyone desires to criticize what we did they’ll come to our houses and take a look at our rings. We’re glad about that and we’re going to pursue one other one, too.”

The truth that the Bucs have core items intact with their latest strikes and including one other quarterback to the combination in a contest to be the starer units Tampa Bay up effectively subsequent season. It’s extensive open within the NFC South because the Bucs look to make the postseason for a fourth season in a row.

“It’s an excellent feeling,” Licht stated. “For all of the challenges that we had going into this offseason, yesterday and right now – it’s an excellent day to see that folks nonetheless consider within the imaginative and prescient that we’ve and the power that we’ve as a soccer crew to nonetheless compete for this division.”