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Early in the offseason, the Bucs chose not to pick up Sean Tucker's RFA tender for $3.5 million. They eventually backtracked on that decision and extended him the tender, though it seemed like they regretted that move by the time the preseason rolled around. Tucker split reps with 2025 UDFA Josh Williams during the preseason. He made the roster over Williams, but only after agreeing to a pay cut.
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Tucker forced into pay cut; preseason rep split signals diminished role expectations.

Buccaneers strong-armed Sean Tucker into a pay cut from $3.5 million RFA tender to $2.5 million with incentives after initially declining his tender, then reconsidering. Tucker split reps with 2025 UDFA Josh Williams during preseason and made roster only after pay cut. This does not signal team expects him to be meaningful part of offense, contradicting fantasy managers' draft assumptions of goal-line role in backfield-by-committee.

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