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Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy was suggested as a possible salary cap casualty by Jenna Laine of ESPN. As she notes, Tampa Bay can collect $13 million in salary cap space for the 2019 season by releasing McCoy from his contract. New Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians could justify the move with first-year defensive coordinator Todd Bowles introducing a new defensive scheme, as well as the down year McCoy experienced in 2018 (collecting just six sacks and 21 hits).

If they go that route, the New Orleans Saints should be the first team to contact McCoy about his free agency. Here’s why.

That ‘down year’ for McCoy would have ranked third on the Saints in sacks and tied with defensive end Cam Jordan for the team lead in tackles for loss. As great a year as breakout defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins experienced, McCoy arguably outplayed him.

https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2019...-cap-casualty/

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ChrisXVI

Absolutely. Rankins will start the season on PUP so we need another 3-technique. Sign anybody and everybody. Brees’s contract will be off the books after this season so who cares about the money.

jeanpierre

It'll have to be a short-term lease as I posted in the Free Agency thread...

Unless we cut loose with Rankins or move Rankins to end and let Cam's contract expire - you can't pay all of 'em long term with @CantGuardMike, Lattimore, Apple, Ramczyk in two years...