Bucs’ 2023 Offseason Dates Announced

The first wave of free agency has come and gone, the NFL Draft is just under one month away and the regular season schedule release will follow soon after. The offseason is truly in full swing for the Bucs and the league’s other 31 teams, and the announcement of offseason workout dates for each squad on Friday even further proved that.

Fox Sports’ Greg Auman laid out Tampa Bay’s dates here:

The Bucs’ first offseason workout will come on April 17, then they’ll hold their organized team activities (OTAs) May 23-25, May 30-31, June 2, June 5-6 and June 8.

Upon completion of OTAs, the Bucs will hold their mandatory mini camp from June 13-15.

Bucs Will Come Back Together With New-Look Coaching Staff

Bucs OC Dave Canales – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

This offseason has already brought some significant changes to Tampa Bay both in terms of coaching and roster personnel.

For starters, offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, running backs coach Todd McNair and wide receivers coach Kevin Garver were fired. Assistant defensive line coach Lo Locust, specialists coach Chris Boniol and offensive quality control coach Jeff Kastl also won’t return in 2023, and quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen, senior offensive assistant Rick Christophel and outside linebackers coach Bob Sanders all retired.

After a lengthy search, head coach Todd Bowles ultimately hired former Seahawks quarterbacks coach Dave Canales as his new offensive coordinator. Brad Idzik came with him from Seattle to coach wide receivers in Tampa, and former Cowboys running backs coach Skip Peete came to town as well to take the same role with the Bucs. Thad Lewis, an assistant with the team the last few years, was promoted to quarterbacks coach.

Additionally, George Edwards also joined Tampa Bay’s staff to coach outside linebackers.

New — And Familiar — Faces Will Be In Town This Offseason

Bucs LT Donovan Smith and Panthers OLB Brian Burns – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

Once the coaching staff was finalized, the Bucs had to make some tough decisions to get under the salary cap by the start of the new league year. Donovan Smith, Leonard Fournette and Cameron Brate were among those released, as was Ryan Succop. Right guard Shaq Mason was also traded to Houston.

Given its salary cap situation, the team’s free agency period was always going to be about finding value. Former Browns, Panthers and Rams quarterback — and former No. 1 overall pick — Baker Mayfield signed on a one-year deal. He’ll compete this offseason against 2021 second-round pick Kyle Trask for the team’s starting quarterback position.

Ex-Rams defensive tackle Greg Gaines came in on a one-year deal, as did veteran running back Chase Edmonds. Mayfield, Gaines and Edmonds will be among the new faces who report to workouts at the AdventHealth Training Center for the first time this offseason.

Bucs LB Lavonte David – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

But joining those new faces will be some familiar ones, as the Bucs were able to retain some of their own top free agents. The surprise was Jamel Dean, who signed back on for the next four years. Longtime captain and Bucs legend Lavonte David is also back on a one-year deal, while key rotational pass rusher Anthony Nelson inked a two-year deal to stay in Tampa.

Outside linebacker Cam Gill, defensive lineman Pat O’Connor and offensive linemen Nick Leverett and Aaron Stinnie will also be back with the Bucs when the team comes together for offseason training. Rakeem Nunez-Roches and Sean Murphy-Bunting are on new teams now, and some of the Bucs’ other free agents likely will be soon as well.

Tampa Bay still has plenty of work to do with its roster — both in free agency and the draft — before there’ll be a full picture of what the team will look like this fall. But at least for now, we know exactly when we’ll see the Bucs back to work at their facility.

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