NFL combine nuggets: Why the Bucs want Lavonte David back, WR futures and more
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While Tampa Bay waits for two of its most impactful players in team history, the coach and GM open up in Indy.
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NFL combine nuggets: Why the Bucs want Lavonte David back, WR futures and more --> Skip to main content Skip to navigation < > Menu ESPN scores NFL combine nuggets: Why the Bucs want Lavonte David back, WR futures and more Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2h Jenna Laine NFL franchise and transition tag winners, losers: Solak sizes up deadline dominoes Dallas Cowboys 2d Ben Solak The curious case of Sawyer Robertson, Mike Leach's last quarterback Baylor Bears 3d Dave Wilson Kiper's top standouts from the NFL combine: 13 prospects who helped their draft stock Tennessee Volunteers 3d Mel Kiper Jr. 2026 NFL combine superlatives: From combine kings to best mullet 2d Brianna Williams Super Bowl 2027 on ESPN: Date, location, venue, more details 21d ESPN Bucs talk wanting Lavonte David back, WRs and more at combine Jenna Laine Mar 5, 2026, 06:00 AM ET Close Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Jenna is a former cheerleader at the University of South Florida and speaks to the consistency of the program as being one of the top best in the nation. Follow on X Multiple Authors Email Print Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS -- Nearly two whole months after the 2025 NFL season failed to deliver a postseason berth for the first time since 2020 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , the team's brass -- including coach Todd Bowles and general manager Jason Licht -- spoke at the 2026 NFL combine. It was the first time either had spoken since the decision was made to retain Bowles following an 8-9 season, since a mass overhaul of the coaching staff and since Mike Evans ' agents Deryk Gilmore and Darren Jones said the wide receiver would test the waters of free agency . Here's what we learned at the combine: Licht calls missing playoffs 'painful experience' Licht didn't mince words when asked about the team failing to reach the playoffs after a promising 6-2 start and them pegged as a Super Bowl fav...
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