The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one of the many NFL teams who could be active players on the QB free agent market this offseason. While the team could still bring back Jameis Winston for a sixth season, there’s a chance Bruce Arians and crew will look for a veteran to come in under center in 2020.
Names like Philip Rivers and Tom Brady have been linked to the Bucs at one point or another, but there’s another veteran QB who could be a good fit in Tampa Bay. Adam Rank over at NFL.com listed the Buccaneers as one of the five teams he thinks could land Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton.
Per Rank:
“It’s almost too easy to say: Bruce Arians has enjoyed great success with one former Bengals quarterback, why not another? So I’m not going to say that. But Dalton makes a lot of sense. The Buccaneers might have the best receiving tandem in the NFL. Bring in Dalton, and you could be looking at something special. Dalton doesn’t throw an insane amount of interceptions. And oftentimes, post-breakup, you are looking for something that is completely different from the person you were with before. Dalton’s two best seasons were in 2015 and ’16, when he threw a total of 15 picks. That is half of Jameis Winston’s total in 2019 alone.”
Cincinnati owns the top pick in April’s NFL draft after finishing the 2019 season just 2-14. The general consensus among draft experts is that LSU quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow will be the top pick, meaning Dalton will be looking for a new home.
Maybe a change of scenery to sunny Florida would be just the thing to help Dalton get that elusive first playoff win?
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