Overview
- Tampa Bay re-signed veteran defensive tackle Rakeem Nunez-Roches to a one-year contract, the Tampa Bay Times first reported, with ESPN and Yahoo Sports confirming.
- Nunez-Roches returns to the team he played for from 2018 to 2022, when he was part of the Buccaneers' Super Bowl LV championship run.
- He spent the past three seasons with the Giants, where ankle and toe injuries limited him to nine games last season after a stint on injured reserve.
- Bowles has publicly stressed the need for size and toughness on the line and named Nunez-Roches as a fit for that plan alongside recent pickups A'Shawn Robinson and Al-Quadin Muhammad.
- The 32-year-old has appeared in 142 regular-season games with 62 starts and eight playoff games, posting 233 tackles and nine sacks as the Bucs replace experience lost when Logan Hall left in free agency.