Charles Johnson Choses To Stay Home

The Bucs tried to brought in Panthers veteran Charles Johnson today and looks like he's giving the Bucs some bad news, Per Josina Anderson.

Charles Johnson to me: "It’s not about the money. Carolina is home and I wouldn’t have been happy if I went somewhere else.” #Panthers

— Josina Anderson (@JosinaAnderson) March 9, 2016

 Johnson seems to be a true Panther and would rather stay with his original franchise that drafted him. Cant argue that as players staying with their original team these days are becoming less frequent due to following the big money. The Bucs did give there run at him evident by reports of Ian Rapport.

DE Charles Johnson agreed to a 1-year deal with the #Panthers for 3M, source said. He turned down $6M from other teams

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 9, 2016

Jason Licht notices the lack of pass rush and is trying to find ways to bring them here to Tampa. Free agency officially begins tomorrow at 4 p.m. and the top pass rusher Olivier Vernon is still siting waiting for his highest offer. Will Jason Licht be the man to give it to him or will he sit back again and wait for the draft. Big things to report tomorrow, stay tuned!

Stealing from the Division Rival?

According to multiple sources the Bucs have scheduled a visit for former Carolina Panther Charles Johnson, Per Profootballtalk.com

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Johnson is scheduled to visit with the Buccaneers after he meets with the Giants.

Charles Johnson still only 29 has had great production with the Panthers, amounting to 63.5 sacks in 9 years and had double digit sack totals in 3 of them. Johnson dealt with a hamstring injury last year and only managed 1 sack in the regular season. Even though he had a bad regular season he turned it up in the playoffs and ended up with a sack in each game with 2 forced fumbles. There is still plenty juice left in Johnson and he would make for a great pickup for the bucs. He isn't the prototypical speed rusher but the guy can produce and knows how to get to the QB. The Bucs need an influx of defensive talent and what better opportunity than taking from your division rival.