Source: Bredeson back to Bucs with 3-year deal
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Jenna Laine
Guard Ben Bredeson will remain with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, agreeing to a three-year, $22 million deal, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday.
The Bucs signed Bredeson to a one-year deal last year worth $3 million. A fourth-round draft pick out of Michigan in 2020, Bredeson became the starter at left guard by default because Sua Opeta, whom they signed to compete with him, suffered a torn ACL in training camp.
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With Bredeson, the Bucs’ rushing attack went from a league-worst 1,509 rushing yards on the season in 2023 to 2,536 rushing yards — fourth most in the NFL — in 2024.
Bredeson, 27, posted a run block win rate of 70.5% — 19th among guards in the NFL with 1,000 or more offensive snaps — and a pass block win rate of 91.6% in 2024, which was 17th in the league. He surrendered 10 total sacks, tied for 22nd in the league.
Bredeson started all 17 games for the Bucs and their postseason wild-card game. In total, he’s started 42 out of 62 contests since entering the league as a fourth-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2020, lining up at left guard, center, right guard and even one snap at left tackle in 2020.
