Bucs make it official, announce release of OT Donovan Smith
linkLuke Easterling
Tue, Mar 7, 2023, 4:36 PM EST1 min read
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers made it official Tuesday, announcing the release of veteran offensive tackle Donovan Smith.
Smith’s release was long expected, as the Bucs continue their efforts to get under the salary cap by the start of the new NFL league year next week. Moving on from Smith will save Tampa Bay nearly $10 million in cap space.
A second-round pick in the 2015 NFL draft out of Penn State, Smith was Tampa Bay’s Week 1 starter at left tackle as a rookie, and has made 131 starts out of 137 possible games over eight seasons with the Bucs.
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood