The contract particulars have emerged for outdoor linebacker Randy Gregory’s one-year take care of the Tampa Bay Bucs.
Professional Soccer Speak has reported that Gregory’s deal has a base worth of $3 million and the possibility to earn $2 million extra by way of incentives. Pewter Report has confirmed that report.
The triggers for these incentives are for reaching 40% and 50% enjoying time, in addition to reaching six-sack, eight-sack and 10-sack marks this season.
Of his base quantity, $2.49 million is absolutely assured, in keeping with PFT, and his deal has $510,000 complete in per-game lively roster bonuses.
Gregory, 31, contemporary off a Tremendous Bowl look with San Francisco after splitting time between the 49ers (12 video games) and the Broncos (4 video games) final season. Denver traded him to San Francisco in the course of the season within the midst of a five-year deal value $70 million that he signed in 2022 that featured an opt-out after the 2023 season.
The 49ers used the opt-out mechanism, thus making Gregory a free agent this offseason.
Even at a most worth of $5 million this 12 months, Gregory is a discount for Tampa Bay contemplating he was making $14 million per 12 months on common together with his final contract.
Bucs Hope Randy Gregory Can Be One other Shaq Barrett-Sort Discount
Bucs OLB Randy Gregory – Picture by: USA In the present day
In 2019, the Bucs signed exterior linebacker Shaq Barrett to a one-year, prove-it deal value $5 million and received an incredible return on funding for the unheralded cross rusher. In his first 12 months in Tampa Bay, Barrett emerged as a Professional Bowl sack artist, main the NFL in sacks that 12 months with 19.5, which set a brand new Bucs single-season document.
Whereas Barrett was a former backup edge rusher in Denver and largely an unknown commodity as a former undrafted free agent, Randy Gregory is extra of a family title. Gregory was a former second-round choose by Dallas in 2015, and spent his first 5 seasons with the Cowboys. He moved on to Denver in 2022 the place he lasted simply over a 12 months earlier than ending the 2023 season in San Francisco after being traded.
One other huge distinction between Barrett and Gregory is their age. Barrett got here to the Bucs at age 27 – nonetheless within the prime of his profession. Gregory is 31 and can flip 32 later this 12 months. He’s within the twilight of his profession as a cross rusher, notching simply 3.5 sacks final season between Denver and San Francisco.
Recognized for enjoying exhausting, the 6-foot-5, 242-pound brings measurement and expertise to a Tampa Bay exterior linebacker room that wants each after the departure of Barrett. Gregory was not essentially signed to be a starter in Tampa Bay. However he will probably be competing with Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and Anthony Nelson for the correct to start out reverse YaYa Diaby this season. His signing doesn’t preclude the Bucs from drafting one other edge rusher, too. But it lessens the necessity to take action.
Gregory reunites with Bucs exterior linebackers coach George Edwards, who was the Cowboys’ cross rush coach from 2020-22. Gregory has recorded 117 tackles, 22 sacks, 10 pressured fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries in his seven-year NFL profession. He additionally had an interception in the course of the 2021 season the place he additionally tied his profession excessive with six sacks.
Gregory had seven pressures and a sack whereas with the Broncos final 12 months and 18 pressures and a pair of.5 sacks with the 49ers.
With the Bucs having a really younger exterior linebacker room with three gamers getting into their second season within the league in Diaby, Markees Watts and Jose Ramirez, it was necessary that the crew signal an edge rusher like Gregory to exchange the veteran presence that Barrett dropped at the room.
