Copied! The NFL's 2021 free agency period begins on March 17 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers figure to be busy before and after that date as they confront a list of two dozen players on their championship roster who could become unrestricted free agents. Fortunately for their title defense hopes, the Buccaneers have a very recent track record of navigating those waters very well. Their run to victory in Super Bowl LV may have started (symbolically if not necessarily chronologically) with the signing of quarterback Tom Brady last March, but that was just one of many moves that helped create a champion.