Nice... yet another now valuable compensatory pick... how many more can we get? Another from tracy porter perhaps?

Nobody thought very highly or Evans or Nicks. We are good at bringing in late round players and coaching them up to play at a high level. I'd like to see Bushrod at LG and Brown at LT. 31 mil guarantted for a guard is REDICULOUS. Sign Drew and get to work on the D.

i'm sure that money 's going to drews pool. LLT

Drew has A LOT to do with why these linemen look so good. 1.5 second release and very nifty feet in the pocket.

Bushrod wouldn't be effective as a guard, and Brown wouldn't stay healthy long enough to make a difference.

Pay Day for him. Guess money does trump all. Big names & big bucks do not always = wins.

The one good thing about this signing is that TB probably can't get Mario Williams. I was nervous that with all their cap space this was the guy they were going to target all along. They were last in the league in sacks and he seemed to make sense for them. I did not want to face Williams twice a year but this signing along with the Vincent Jackson signing most likely takes them out of the Williams sweepstakes. Don't get me wrong, Nicks is a great signing for them but signing Williams would have made me much more nervous given their needs.

I couldn't agree more. I'm not slacking on Nicks, because he is excellent with no question. It's not even up for debate...

...however...

Drew makes these guys look even better. I'm happy for Nicks to be sure, but Tampa over payed.

Tampa is really trying to buy their way out of sucking this off season. Too bad for them their suckage is innate and won't ever be changed.

I will miss Nicks. After some years on Tampa, he will likely be missed by most of the NFL.

That's one way to look at it, but from another stand point it would've been nice to see them give Williams a +$100M contract and get the same type of production the Texans got out of him this past season - him missing 3/4 of the season with an injury.