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Move saves Bucs $3.75 million in cap space
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers they will have a new kicker in 2023, with the Bucs’ salary cap purge that now includes the release of Ryan Succopthe team announced Thursday.
The measure saves Bucs $3.75 million in cap space.
Ryan Succop, 36 years old, had been with the team for three seasons. Before his arrival, the Bucs averaged 78.4% on field goals from 2009 to 2019, last in the NFL. Con Succop, Tampa Bay averaged 84%, fourth best in the NFLfrom 2020 to 2022.
but the coach Todd Bowles expressed his desire to improve the Bucs’ long-range kicking game after last season and that wasn’t his forte. Succop. He made 2 of 7 attempts from 50+ yards in 2022; while he was 12 of 12 on kicks of 40-plus yards.
Ryan Succop hit the game-winning kick in the Bucs’ season-opener against the Dallas Cowboys in 2021. He also had four field goals and an extra point in the Bucs’ 19-16 overtime victory over the Arizona Cardinals in 2022.
In 50 games for the Bucs, he was 84-of-99 on field goal attempts and 132-of-141 on extra points. His 384 points scored rank eighth in Bucs history and sixth among kickers.
Since 2009, the Bucs have had 13 players attempt at least one field goal in a regular-season game, tied for the most in the league with the Cleveland Browns y Los Angeles Chargers, according to the research of ESPN Statistics & Information.
