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By: Carmen Vitali Buccaneers Staff Writer @CarmieV
FOR THE 2020 BUCS, SBLV MEANS MAKING HISTORY Any Super Bowl season would be a historic season for a franchise that last appeared in the game in 2003, but should they end up there this February, the Buccaneers will have done something that has never been done in the history of the NFL.
The Super Bowl is the goal. There have been no qualms about that this season, or really, any other season. That’s every team’s goal every year, after all. But in 2020, for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that goal feels a little more urgent. The Bucs rocked the NFL boat this offseason with the signing of future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady – and the waves kept coming. A month later, they’d trade for Brady’s buddy in tight end Rob Gronkowski, after luring the fellow future Hall of Famer out of retirement first. The moves turned an already upside-down world in 2020 on its head, which I think means it put Tampa Bay right side up. At least, it sure feels like it with a guy like Brady steering the ship. In the midst of a global pandemic that has changed everything around us, football has remained constant – the North Star, if you will. The Buccaneers entered training camp relatively on schedule with fans already hyped up on what they could be. Then came another wave of additions beginning with the splash signing of veteran running back LeSean McCoy, who himself has a case for Canton. And they still weren’t done. Not only did McCoy jump on board, but so did former Jaguars’ running back Leonard Fournette, who is coming off a 1,000-yard season, one of two in his three-year career so far, at the ripe age of 25. Oh, and then the Bucs threw in another recent first rounder when they signed quarterback Josh Rosen to the practice squad, just for good measure. 7 TAMPABAYLV.COM
