Bucs Keep Gholston
March 6th, 2017
Re-signed.
Will Gholston is staying put.
The free agent defensive lineman has decided to stay in Tampa Bay, per Adam Caplan of BSPN.
@caplannfl: Gholston terms with #Buccaneers: 5 years, max $37m, $13.5m fully gtd. He’s 1 of the better run DEs in NFL. He was a big priority to re-sign.
There is one of two somewhat big free agent questions for the Bucs answered. Joe wonders if this puts the brakes on a splurge to reel in Calais Campbell?
Now the big question is, can the Bucs keep Bradley McDougald?
March 6th, 2017 at 9:58 am
Good signing 5 year 37 mill
March 6th, 2017 at 9:59 am
13.5 mill guaranteed
March 6th, 2017 at 9:59 am
Hell Yeah!!!! I am happy about that and the numbers are great!!!! Glad your staying Big Will!!!!!
March 6th, 2017 at 9:59 am
Thank you!
March 6th, 2017 at 10:00 am
NICE!!! go get Campbell and a developmental DT (with an attitude) and this dline is going to be SCARY.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:03 am
Thanks, I needed that good news. Starts my week off on the right foot. Now lets look at some of our other home grown contributors.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:04 am
Good Move Tampa!
March 6th, 2017 at 10:06 am
Looks like a good contract up front. More like a two year deal with the 13.5 guaranteed. I wonder how much of that money is backloaded. No way to know if this will affect Cambell because we don’t know all of the contract details yet.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:07 am
This is great! I fully believe his arrow is still pointing up. He hasn’t reached his full potential yet. Go get Campbell too he can only help will.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:08 am
I’m happy for this guy. He’s caught a lot of flack but somehow, we can’t seem to replace him. I applaud his ability to grind and make this team year after year.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:10 am
thank god i don’t think people understand how big it is to have him back. even though he might not be a 3 down pass rushing phenom he is easily or best run defender and we couldn’t lose that. i mean i like noah spence but he’s a situational pass rusher right now and having him out there to stop the run on 1st & 2nd down would have been a disaster
March 6th, 2017 at 10:13 am
Campbell would be such a big help for this guy. Similar size, could help teach him how to use his size. This should not by any stretch of the imagination put us outo of the running for Campbell.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:13 am
Finally a positive off season move
March 6th, 2017 at 10:15 am
Nice! Not a bad deal for both sides.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:16 am
Excellent signing for an ascending young player. Good job Mr. Licht
March 6th, 2017 at 10:16 am
Plenty of cap space left for campbell and others. Good move licht. Hope will keeps workin hard to improve his pass rush. Go bucs
March 6th, 2017 at 10:18 am
Dude is on his 3rd coaching staff, he must be doing something right. congrats
March 6th, 2017 at 10:21 am
Lord be praise. No resign Bradley McDougald. And go get us Tony Jefferson, Calais Campbell, Desean Jackson(or Terrel Pryor), and Nick Mangold.
And we’ll be golden.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:22 am
Now**** Lol. Wanna make that clear.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:23 am
He is definitely a young player on the rise. Wonder what this says for possibly getting Campbell or Poe?
March 6th, 2017 at 10:28 am
They are still going after Campbell. We need to recognize that the pattern is real.
Ayers = gap/coach on the field for Spence
Grimes = gap/coach on the field for Hargreaves
Campbell = gap/coach on the field for Gholston
Jason Licht and coach Koetter are for real Bucs fans! Exciting times.
Now the question becomes, will DJax = gap/coach on field for John Ross??
March 6th, 2017 at 10:33 am
Awesome! I fking love it! Mr. Hayes dialed in and got it done!
March 6th, 2017 at 10:34 am
Never had a doubt. Congrats Will!
March 6th, 2017 at 10:34 am
Get Campbell.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:34 am
@JayBucBoi Please god no John Ross. Let him be someone elses bust. That speed is gonna do him no good riding the bench because he can’t stay healthy. His lower body injury history is long and detailed. Hell he couldn’t even run a second 40 because he came up lame. If it were anyone else i’d by that it was cramps, but personally I think he pulled a muscle or tore something.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:38 am
I was thinking about this last night while trying to fall asleep and this could wind up better than some of us suspect. If we add Calais Campbell at DT that middle could make our ends much better.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:41 am
@jaybucboi John Ross and that speed are tempting and he came in bigger than I thought he would at the combine. Then I read he is leaving the combine to go have another surgery. I would be very wary of his injuries.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:41 am
Gholston and Campbell would be tough to run on.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:45 am
Great news. Staying young and developing at the DE position. Now Will can ball out without the pressure of worrying about his future. I guess they learning from the Mike Bennett Cluster F#@k.
GO BUCS !!!!
March 6th, 2017 at 10:47 am
$37 million seemed like way to much at first…but it IS a 5 year contract, so it averages out to about $7.4 million per year.
Looking at it that way, it seems reasonable, especially if he turns into a beast seeing as he is only 25 right now. And with only $13.5m guaranteed, the Bucs can release him in two years without hurting for it.
This is a pretty good contract that Licht negotiated.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:50 am
@Blake, exactly! Im ok spending a 3rd on him maybe.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:50 am
My big resigns I want would be Bradley McDougald and Quiz. I think they are key to the teams’ success this year.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:52 am
@Bonzai No love for Bradly Mcdougald?
March 6th, 2017 at 10:53 am
Some people don’t realize that Bradley McDougald turned a corner last year. All of his stats jumped up a lot. (well, except picks, which remained at 2)
At 26, he’s about to leap into a new level. We NEED to resign him.
And as to Quiz…I know he’s not a long term solution at starting RB…but he sure is great depth.
March 6th, 2017 at 10:54 am
So DE in the first is out…..sorry Mr. Barnett 🙂
March 6th, 2017 at 11:01 am
Good news.. Amazing though how fans still don’t understand. It’s a 2 yr $13.5M contract. The last 3 years don’t matter because there is no guarenteed money.
March 6th, 2017 at 11:02 am
Not signing CC.. get over it.
March 6th, 2017 at 11:20 am
E/T William Gholston $5.5M (per year) <-
William Gholston signed a 5 year, $27,500,000 contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, including $13,500,000 guaranteed, and an “Average Annual Salary of $5,500,000”<-
$5.5M Per Year — Great Job Licht!
Now Sign – E/T Calais Campbell – and we looking real good.
March 6th, 2017 at 11:24 am
Nice sign, still have plenty of cap space to go after key free agents to upgrade this team…let the excitement begin!
March 6th, 2017 at 11:35 am
we need to sign a DT now. preferably John Hankins and also a WR. Stills, Woods, or Garcon
March 6th, 2017 at 11:57 am
Told you he wasn’t getting 16m guaranteed for 3 years. He didn’t even get that for 5.
Good signing. Let’s see the structure. I bet it’s just first two years are guaranteed or something similar to protect the team longer term if he doesn’t keep developing.
March 6th, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Great Depth and nice to have on run only downs.
March 6th, 2017 at 12:39 pm
Great news! It’s a superb sign that players want to stay. Now bring in the pieces that make us a real competitor.
March 6th, 2017 at 1:18 pm
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March 6th, 2017 at 3:13 pm
I’m glad the Bucs were able to keep him. He’s an important player to have on the 53 man roster.
March 6th, 2017 at 3:37 pm
Great signing! This may mean no DL in FA but we have a couple of starters not getting any younger. We still need to draft some young DL talent in this years draft to groom for the future.
March 7th, 2017 at 1:04 pm
Are the Bucs still going after Campbell ? Or was that to get gholston to sign