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Buccaneers defensive line coach Kacy Rodgers has earned some league-wide recognition following the Bucs Super Bowl LV win after he was voted the John Teerlinck Defensive Line Coach of the Year for 2020.
The award is usually given out annually at the NFL Combine but with COVID-19 limitations, Joe Cullen of the Jacksonville Jaguars sent a video announcing Rodgers as this year s recipient on the first day of the 2021 NFL Draft. The award is named for John Teerlinck, who passed away last May, and is widely considered to be one of the best defensive line coaches in NFL history.
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Last year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers strategy for free agency, in the larger sense, consisted of Plans 1A and 1B: Pursue Tom Brady and keep the core of a promising defense intact. And that latter plan involved three primary targets for retention: Shaq Barrett, Jason Pierre-Paul and Ndamukong Suh.
As we count down the 15 most significant moves in building the Buccaneers Super Bowl-winning 2020 roster, we ll eventually get to all of those cornerstone transactions. But when it came to holding the defense together, the Bucs actually did more than retain their three biggest potential free agents. There were some ultimately significant depth signings last spring, too, such as the return of Kevin Minter that we examined on Thursday.