Defensive tackle Tony McDaniel, recently released by the Seattle Seahawks, reportedly is going back to Florida to play with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Head coach Lovie Smith, who specialize in defense more than anything else, has also time and again declared his belief that they have the best outside linebacker in the NFL right now.
However, this deal is a little bit more than what I would have given to David. He was at referred to as in the Football AllovervallenPro department because of this. How he has played in a Pro Bowl yet is mind boggling, but it was quiet clear that after Gerald McCoy, David was the one player the Bucs let get away.
On Monday, during the Bucs’ news conference to announce the All-Pro linebacker’s five-year, $50.25 million contract extension through 2020, David surprised his mom by revealing plans to buy her a new home. “Soccer is what has gotten me by means of loads of issues in my life”.
“I put football first over everything”, David said.
Smith said he considers himself “blessed” to have inherited David and McCoy when taking over as coach.
“Lavonte, he can do it all“, Smith said. So we pulled him out of meetings. David also notched a safety, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and 10 pass breakups that season and finished tied for the league lead with 14.5 run stuffs, according to STATS, Inc.
Last season, despite missing two games, the first time in his NFL career, David set a career-high with 146 total tackles, which ranked third in the NFL, and had 101 solo tackles, the second-most in the league. “The sky really is the limit with him”.
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“Yesterday, when we came close to doing the deal, Lavonte needed to sign off on it. So his agent, Ron Butler, wanted Lavonte to get on the phone”. Additionally, wide receiver Louis Murphy passed his physical and was thus activated from the active/non-football-injury list. “If you’re winning, people will look at the things you’ve done”. He’s been the centerpiece of that defense, and now with this extension he’ll be the centerpiece going forward.
