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Buccaneers guard Shaq Mason and edge-rusher Shaq Barrett were both named for Shaquille O'Neal... and Hakeem Olajuwon. What are the odds?

Bucs general manager Jason Licht took a brief break from his team’s prosperous free-agency phase Wednesday to confirm he’d like to have a veteran in place to back up quarterback Tom Brady.

TAMPA, Fla. — He’s now Paid Off Lenny.

Tampa Bay is keeping the band together.

Tom Bray retired from the NFL in January despite leading the league in passing yards and touchdowns at the age of 44 - but it was a short-lived decision as before we knew it, he announced his return to the sport

TAMPA, Fla. — Twenty minutes before Tom Brady made the announcement that he was ending his retirement, Chris Godwin said he and fellow Bucs wideout Mike Evans received a group text message from the quarterback with the good news.

The message helped solidify the receiver’s future in Tampa.

TAMPA, Fla. — The window had closed. That seemed pretty indisputable.

TAMPA, Fla. — His competitive fire wasn’t extinguished by the sips of champagne from all the toasts to his career, which ended awkwardly only six weeks earlier. Instead, 44-year-old retiree Tom Brady sounded as if he were preparing for a game when he telephoned Bucs quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen.

TAMPA, Fla. — Logan Ryan won two Super Bowls in four seasons playing with Tom Brady in New England. So add another player likely recruited by the Bucs quarterback headed to Tampa Bay.

After the return of Tom Brady, Tampa Bay has taken key steps to bolster the team's passing attack.