Shaquil Barrett Fantasy

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are giving pass-rusher Shaq Barrett a four-year deal worth up to $72 million on Monday, according to his agent, Drew Rosenhaus. The deal includes $36 million fully guaranteed. The Buccaneers elected not to use their franchise tag on Barrett this year, but he will return nonetheless. He broke out in 2019 with a league-leading 19.5 sacks as a first-time Pro Bowler and followed it up with eight sacks in 15 games during the regular season in 2020. Barrett recorded four sacks in the NFC Championship game and the Super Bowl. His new deal pays him a base salary of $17 million per year, with escalators that can get him to $18 million per year based on 15 sacks and making the playoffs. He'll have a 2021 salary cap hit of just $5.6 million, and his new deal places him just outside of the top four highest-paid edge rushers in the NFL at an average annual value of $18 million.

Mar. 15th • 1:06 PM

Tampa Bay Buccaneers impending free-agent pass-rusher Shaquil Barrett, who played the 2020 season under the franchise tag, feels that he's earned a big contract this offseason after helping the team win Super Bowl LV. "I'm most definitely looking forward to getting a long-term deal done..." Barrett said. "I feel like it's time for me to break the bank now, and I most definitely want to do that to be able to set my family up better and most definitely going to keep producing, so it's not like anything is going to fall off." Barrett was a rotational player in Denver for five years before putting up a league-high 19.5 sacks in 2019. The 28-year-old had eight more sacks in 2020 and added four in the playoffs. A second franchise tag in 2021 would cost Tampa around $19 million. Paired with Jason Pierre-Paul, Barrett helped Tampa's defense become fantasy relevant the last two seasons.

Feb. 11th • 3:14 PM

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers activated outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett from the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday, while linebacker Devin White remains on the list. Barrett should be available to play in the wild-card playoff game against the Washington Football Team on Saturday night, which will give an already improved Tampa defense more firepower this weekend. Barrett has 43 tackles, eight sacks, four passes defensed and two forced fumbles in 14 games this year for the Bucs. Getting White back will be crucial for this defense if they advance deeper into the postseason. The Buccaneers Defense will be one of the most popular fantasy choices in playoff formats this weekend against a Washington offense that could be using backup Taylor Heinicke in tandem with an injured Alex Smith (calf).

Jan. 6th • 7:01 PM