After requesting a trade, which NFL team is most likely to land Lamar Jackson?
By Jake Hook
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Vegas Odds: +800
Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans would genuinely be spoiled if this trade happened. To go from Tom Brady to Lamar Jackson is an idea that would send Jets fans into a coma.
According to SportsBet, the Buccaneers have the fifth-best odds to land Lamar. I could see Jackson wanting to get closer to home and wanting to throw to two of the NFL’s best receivers in Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.
The Buccaneers would be a great short-term landing spot for Lamar, but I’m not sure how long the team around him would remain elite. The offensive line struggled mightily to keep Tom Brady upright last season and Mike Evans is almost 30.
I think this would be about as talented as a team that Lamar could land on, but with an older surrounding cast and some cap room issues, I’m not sure if this is the best landing spot for him. Plus, the Buccaneers were such a pass-heavy team last year (first in the league with 45 attempts per game). I’m not sure if adding Lamar makes a ton of sense with the scheme they’ve run in the past.