Over the course of some brief weeks, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ahve seen two franchise cornerstones go away the NFC South.
First got here vast receiver Mike Evans, who lastly examined the free company waters and agreed to phrases on a brand new cope with the San Francisco 49ers. That brings to an finish a run in Tampa Bay that noticed Evans set nearly each single Buccaneers franchise receiver information, publish 11 consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons to start his profession (an NFL file) and match Jerry Rice with these 11 seasons, and be a part of the staff that received Tremendous Bowl LV.
Now it’s linebacker Lavonte David, who introduced on Tuesday that after 14 seasons within the NFL — all of which got here in Tampa Bay — he’s retiring from the sport:
After enjoying at Nebraska, the place he was a member of the famed “Blackshirts” and secured All-American honors twice, David was drafted within the second spherical of the 2012 NFL Draft. Over the course of his NFL profession he secured All-Professional honors thrice (together with a First-Workforce choice in 2013), and was named to the Professional Bowl in 2015.
He additionally walks away from the sport having set a number of franchise information, together with most mixed tackles in a profession (1,716), most tackles for a loss in a profession (176), most compelled fumbles in a profession (33), and most tackles for loss in a season (21).
David additionally completed his profession fourth all-time in NFL historical past in solo tackles and seventh all-time in league historical past in mixed tackles.
The upcoming query concerning David is likely to be if his subsequent cease is in Canton. What might harm his case is how the skin linebacker place developed over his profession, into extra of a go speeding place.
However two metrics that might definitely assist his case?
Count on this debate to be a serious focus 5 years from now.
