09-24-2019, 11:31 AM
(09-24-2019, 11:28 AM)pally Wrote: League sack leader Shaq Barrett had 2 offers in free agency. One was from the Bengals. Obviously, he chose the other one. Bucs gave him a 1 year $4 million base up to 5. In this case I can't see it coming down to the money so it had to be the intangibles.Ouch He figured with our depth at the position he figured it might be an uphill battle to make the team.
https://www.espn.com/blog/tampa-bay-buccaneers/post/_/id/22888/nfl-sack-leader-shaq-barrett-becomes-bucs-unexpected-star-on-defense
This is what he said
Barrett only had two offers in free agency this spring -- from the Bucs and the Cincinnati Bengals -- settling on a one-year prove-it deal with Tampa Bay worth $4 million and a chance to become a starter. He spent much of the spring splitting first-team reps with Noah Spence on the right side.
"I just wanted a chance to prove my worth," Barrett said. "Any interest is better than no interest. I’m just happy that somebody wanted me. That’s all I wanted -- somebody to want me, to feel wanted and to come down here and try to earn a spot.”
