Florida boy aims to return home.
To hear the words coming out of Adam Schefter’s mouth, superior sack artist Trey Hendrickson is there for the Bucs to take.
If the Bucs want him.
Schefter, the BSPN NFL uber insider, said on “Pardon My Take” last week, co-hosted by Big Cat and PFT Commenter of Barstool Sports, that free agent edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, the pride of Warren Sapp High School in Apopka, desires to return to Florida to continue his NFL career.
Currently a resident of Ponte Verde on the east coast just south of Jacksonville, Schefter believes the Jags don’t have the loose change to sign Hendrickson, which Schefter hinted would be Hendrickson’s first choice destination.
However, a team that plays across the state from the First Coast, the Bucs, is very high up on Hendrickson’s wish list.
“I think that he would love to be in Tampa,” Schefter said. “I think he would love to be in Tampa. He lives in Ponte Verde. I don’t think the Jaguars have the requisite cap room for him.
“Tampa would be a great fit. I think in a perfect world, Trey would like to stay in Florida. No state income tax. But, he’s also open to going to the best possible situation.
“If Trey has a pick, I think he’d like to end up [with the Bucs]. But we will see if it works out that way.”
So here we are, the Bucs needing an edge rusher worse than Joe needs a cold beer on a sizzling Florida July Friday afternoon, and one of the game’s premier edge rushers apparently wants to play for the Bucs.
For Joe, this is a no-brainer of all no-brainers. You bring the guy in. You work out a deal. Stop dancing around this crater of a hole on the roster and attack it!
Imagine what this guy could do for YaYa Diaby and David Walker?
Are you trying to tell Joe the Bucs, starving for sacks, couldn’t find a way to use a guy who has 74.5 sacks this decade playing in a significantly tougher division?