NFL Rumors: Lions Trade for Carlton Davis; CB Won Super Bowl with Buccaneers

NFL Rumors: Lions Trade for Carlton Davis; CB Won Super Bowl with Buccaneers

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TAMPA, FL - DECEMBER 03: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cornerback Carlton Davis (24) looks into the offensive backfield during the regular season game between the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on December 03, 2023 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have apparently delivered away a member of their Super Bowl LV-winning team.

Per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Buccaneers traded cornerback Carlton Davis III to the Detroit Lions on Monday, ending his six-year run in Tampa Bay. ESPN’s Adam Schefter included that the Bucs 2nd sixth-round draft selects in 2024 and 2025 and got a 2024 third-round choice in return.

Davis was a second-round choice by the Bucs in the 2018 draft. He saw instant action as a novice and rapidly endedupbeing a secret member of the Tampa Bay defense. During the group’s postseason run in 2020 that culminated with a Super Bowl title, he appeared in all 4 videogames and racked up 22 overall dealswith.

This past season, Davis appeared in 12 videogames and amountedto 52 dealswith, 9 passes protected and 2 interceptions. He played both of the group’s playoff videogames and tape-recorded 11 takeson before the Bucs were removed by the Lions in the NFC Divisional Round.

Davis is signingupwith a Detroit defense that ranked 27th in the league with 247.4 passing lawns enabled per videogame last season. The group fared mu

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