Team news: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The #Bucs are bringing back WR Antonio Brown per @MikeGarafolo and @TomPelissero, giving him a 1-year deal worth $3.1M.

Antonio Brown will serve as the Bucs third receiver behind Mike Evans and Cris Godwin after a 45-483-4 season in 2020. He'll slot in as a fantasy WR4.

Veteran RB Giovani Bernard is signing a one-year deal with the #Bucs, per source.

Tom Brady and Bruce Arians both personally recruited Bernard, one of the NFL’s best receiving backs, after his release from Cincinnati. Another weapon for Brady and the Super Bowl champs.

It's been a while since we've had a fantasy-relevant signing, but this one qualifies. Tom Brady has potentially found his James White 2.0. Bernard is a good pass-catcher, so he'll eat into Leonard Fournette and Ronald Jones's snaps on third down. This backfield is going to be tough to predict again in 2021.

Bengals announced they released HB Giovani Bernard.

After eight seasons with the Bengals, Giovani Bernard will move on and will most likely get a gig in the coming weeks. Joe Mixon could see a tad more work in the passing game in his absence.

RB Leonard Fournette just told me "I am re-signing with the #Bucs," over facetime.

Ronald Jones out-touched Fournette during the regular season by a margin of 220 to 133. However, in the 12 games that both players played, RoJo out-touched Fournette 130 to 104, or 10.8 to 8.7 on a per-game basis. The script flipped in a big way in the four playoff games, when Fournette led in touches by a margin of 82 to 35, though Jones missed the first game. In the three playoff games they both played, Fournette saw 59 touches to Jones's 35, or 19.7 and 11.7 on a per-game basis. Both players will be involved in 2021, though it looks like Fournette will lead the backfield in touches when healthy. Jones was a more effective runner in the regular season (5.1 YPC to Fournette's 3.8), but Fournette was better in the passing game (2.8 catches per game to 2.0 for Jones during the regular season) and his rushing efficiency picked up in the postseason (4.7 YPC, 4.5 catches per game). Fournette is not clearly the lead back, so his ADP should fall somewhere in the fourth to sixth round in early fantasy drafts.

PK Ryan Succop has signed a 3 year deal with the Bucs.

Ryan Succop was K7 on the season last year and should be in a great spot for success again with the Bucs.

A chance to run it back: Tight end Rob Gronkowski is returning to the Bucs on a one-year deal worth $10 million, @DrewJRosenhaus told ESPN.

Gronk ended last season as TE14 in half-PPR points per contest with 7.8. With Chris Godwin, Mike Evans and Tom Brady all returning, they'll be looking to earn another trip to the Super Bowl in 2021. Heading into his age 32 season, Gronk isn't what he used to be, but should still serve as a low-end TE1/E2 this season.

The #Bucs have agreed to terms on a 1-year extension for QB Tom Brady, sources say, one that gives the Super Bowl champs some cap room and locks Brady in 2022.

This extension goes until 2022, putting Tom Brady in the NFL until he's 44 years old. No doubt they are hoping for another Super Bowl run with Chris Godwin already franchise tagged. Brady is currently 4for4's QB13 in our never-too-early-rankings.

Buccaneers informed WR Chris Godwin he is being franchise tagged, per source.

Looks like the band is back together for 2021, and both Chris Godwin and Mike Evans should continue to see similar target share as Tampa Bay attempts another Super Bowl run.

#Bucs WR Chris Godwin on @PatMcAfeeShow just now: "I want to be in Tampa. But at the end of the day, I want to get paid too.”

Godwin said he wants a long term deal, but if he’s tagged he’s fine with it and will work for a long term deal next year.

It appears free agent wideout Chris Godwin won't be playing for a hometown discount in 2021. Head coach Bruce Arians has been vocal about wanting to keep Godwin in a Bucs uniform, so it will be interesting to see if they franchise him or let the 24-year old explore other offers.

#GoBucs RB Ronald Jones will have a pin removed from his broken left pinky finger on Tuesday. He had the surgery to repair it in mid-December and managed to play through the injury.

After surgery in mid-December, Ronald Jones played through the injury as Tampa Bay's RB2 behind Leonard Fournette. The 23-year old is likely to be the Bucs' lead back entering the 2021 season.