Buccaneers Predicted To Land $54 Million Star To Patch Up QB Baker Mayfield’s Injured Receiving Room
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers can’t appear to catch a break.
Broad receivers Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Emeka Egubka are coping with accidents, leaving star quarterback Baker Mayfield with a extreme lack of dependable weapons. The Buccaneers have a troublesome upcoming matchup with the Detroit Lions in Week 7, however after that face the New Orleans Saints (1-5) in Week 8 and have a Week 9 bye.
Nonetheless, including further assist to the receiving room will likely be essential down the stretch if Tampa Bay hopes to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy at season’s finish.
Might the Buccaneers Capitalize on the Cleveland Browns’ Woes?
Nobody anticipated the Cleveland Browns to return out trying like a Tremendous Bowl contender, however their outcomes to this point are arguably worse than anticipated.
Veteran quarterback Joe Flacco was benched after simply 4 begins, and rookie Dillon Gabriel has underperformed since getting beneath heart in Week 5. Given the Browns are clearly nonetheless a number of items, together with a franchise QB, away from contending, it could possibly be of their greatest curiosity to commerce away star tight finish David Njoku. He’s within the ultimate season of a four-year, $54 million contract.
Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox predicts the Buccaneers may swoop in and commerce for Njoku to patch up Mayfield’s receiving room.
“Regardless of being an impending free agent, it looks as if the Browns aren’t keen to maneuver considered one of their most dependable offensive stars—even when his substitute is already within the constructing,” Knox wrote. “Harold Fannin Jr. has impressed and seems poised to take over as Cleveland’s long-term beginning tight finish.”
Fannin, in accordance with PFSN’s influence scores, is already the higher tight finish on Cleveland’s roster. Fannin has a rating of 77.6, which ranks him No. 16 at his place, in comparison with Njoku’s rating of 74.1 and rank of 30.
Knox then went on to share a report from Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, which reads, “The #Browns will seemingly make extra trades, however should not trying to dump key gamers similar to TE David Njoku. (However in addition they didn’t plan to commerce Joe Flacco or Greg Newsome II).”
The parentheses in Cabot’s publish make apparent there’s room for altering the entrance workplace’s thoughts. If Flacco and Newsome II weren’t supposed commerce items but ended up with the Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars, the identical may completely occur for Njoku.
Knox set Njoku’s projected commerce worth at a 2026 third-round decide, so the Bucs seemingly have to half with a precious asset so as to add him to the combination.
