The Facts: Brown didn't play in Green Bay Sunday due to a knee injury, but the Buccaneers want him to play for the Buccaneers during the 2021 season. Via Ian Rapoport, the Buccaneers want Brown back next season.
Diehards Line:
It’s no surprise, given that the Buccaneers want more than anything to keep quarterback Tom Brady next season. Brown was good not great in 2020, due in part to the fact that he never supplanted Mike Evans or Chris Godwin. Brown wasn’t supposed to. Come next year, however, Godwin could be gone via free agency. That would open a spot for Brown across from Evans. It also would bump up Scott Miller and Tyler Johnson, both of whom have shown they can get it done. Without a new deal, Brown will become a free agent on March 17. It’s unclear whether he’s done enough to get other teams to try to sign him. The Seahawks had real interest (or, more accurately quarterback Russell Wilson did). With the Josh Gordon experiment once again indefinitely on hold, Wilson could clamor for the team to bring Brown to town. But that all waits until the Buccaneers -- likely with Brown back on the field -- take on the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV in two weeks.