Jason Licht and the Bucs have doled out some big-money contracts over the last couple of offseasons, re-signing the team’s top free agents. But we saw Tampa Bay jettison one of those players this offseason for not living up to his huge contract.
The Bucs traded starting cornerback Carlton Davis III and a sixth-round pick to Detroit in March for a third-round pick in this year’s draft. Davis, who signed a three-year, $44.5 million contract with the team in 2022, was entering a contract year with a $14.5 million cap figure. The oft-injured Davis struggled to stay healthy, and didn’t produce many interceptions when he was on the field.