Jason Licht Shoulders Depth Blame
May 13th, 2026
Bucs GM Jason Licht.
The 2025 season left Bucs fans hunting for disinfectant, pitchforks, anger therapy and a desire for change.
Change certainly came, though some fans don’t think it was enough.
Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht kept his front office intact was the coaching staff got a massive makeover. However, Licht knows where he came up short. He addressed that while visiting Wake Up Barstool on FS1 yesterday.
“I’ll take one for the team. I felt like we needed a little bit more depth,” Licht said.
“We had some injuries that affected us. We were very intentional this year of beefing up our front-7 on defense and I think we accomplished that. Now they still have to come in here and the rookies still have to prove themselves. But even in free agency with A’Shawn Robinson and [Alex] Anzalone and Kwon Muhammad, on that defensive front, we feel like we added a lot of talent, a lot of energy, a lot of leadership — guys that really have a lot of passion about the game. We’ve seen it already in OTAs.”
Licht went on to talk about how much energy the recent return of Rakeem Nuñez-Roches has brought, and he cited re-signing offensive tackle Justin Skule and drafting Notre Dame guard Billy Schrauth as quality depth moves.
“We still have to roll the ball out there and play this year, but we feel good about where we are right now.” Licht said.
The Bucs should feel good about their depth, though there’s a lot of hope being placed on asssuming cornerback Zyon McCollum snaps out of his funk and corner Benjamin Morrison progresses to plays like a good second-round pick — and that rookie fourth-round pick cornerback Keionte Scott can hit the ground running.