{"id":479150,"date":"2024-02-27T14:07:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=479150"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:07:09","slug":"tampa-bay-to-release-2-time-pro-bowler-barrett","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/tampa-bay-to-release-2-time-pro-bowler-barrett\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay to release 2-time Pro Bowler Barrett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will cut LB <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/shaquil-barrett\/\">Shaquil Barrett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Buccaneers are releasing two-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett had a $15.04 million option bonus due next month. Instead of collecting it, he now will become a free agent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4We6T0zzXw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/4We6T0zzXw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1762453226933088689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The linebacker had a 15 million dollar option bonus due to in March and will be a salary cap charge of almost 14 million dollars for this year. Shaquil shared with the media on January that he wants to remain with the organization but he also knowns &#8220;it&#8217;s a business&#8221; and that could mean that Tampa Bay could release him.<\/p>\n<p>Shaquil was a 2-time Pro Bowler during his 5 campaigns with Tampa Bay and a crucial figure in the Bucs\u2019 championship-winning defense in 2020, having 3 sacks vs. Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game and another sack vs. Kansas City in Super Bowl LV.<\/p>\n<p>An undrafted free agent out of Colorado State in 2015, the linebacker has 59 career sacks in 9 years with Tampa Bay and Denver. Barrett led the National Football League with an organization-record almost 20 sacks in 2019, his debut campaign with the Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bucs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Bucs<\/a> are expected to release Shaquil Barrett as a Post-June 1 cut.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dead money in 2024: $9.2M<br \/>\n\u2022 Dead money in 2025: $17.4M<br \/>\n\u2022 Cap savings after 6\/1: $4.9M <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pn5J74w9Sq\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/pn5J74w9Sq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySportsUpdate\/status\/1762464277099589671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will cut LB Shaquil Barrett. Buccaneers are releasing two-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett, per sources. 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