The Facts: Fournette is one of the 22 Super Bowl starters back with the Buccaneers in 2021 as they attempt to go for two straight titles, but it wasn't as simple as returning to the team that he helped win a ring. When it came time to make a decision on what he'd do for 2021, less money with a team he understood ($4 million max on a one-year deal) and loved ended up being the best option. "I think me coming to this team kind of humbled me a lot, being around so much talent, and you're so used to being that guy on the team," Fournette said Wednesday. "Instead of me coming and being the new face on the block, I came back to the team that I enjoyed my process with. I think it just helped develop me as a better man, too. I could've went somewhere and got more money, but I think this is just the place right now."

Diehards Line:Fournette encountered what many other veterans discovered rather quickly in March: The free-agent market simply wouldn't be nearly as lucrative in 2021 as it would be in a typical year that followed the salary cap's steady increase. With the reduced cap affecting decisions made by every team in the NFL this spring, Fournette wasn't going to cash in, so he decided to stick with what he knew. Fournette also wasn't exactly deserving of a significant payday. Save for a 103-yard, two-touchdown outburst in Week 2, Fournette wasn't much of a factor for most of the regular season. He'd lost his starting role to Ronald Jones and was a healthy scratch for three games, playing one total snap in another. It ended better for Fournette, who scored in each of Tampa Bay's playoff victories en route to a Super Bowl LV triumph. He wasn't breaking records (other than the whole scoring a touchdown in each of the playoff games, an unmatched franchise feat), but he was more important to Tampa Bay's chances than he'd been in the regular season. That late-blooming production and the sweet, lingering taste of victory made a return easier.