Somewhat lost in the additions of
Tom Brady and
Rob Gronkowski earlier in 2020 was the coupe that found running back
Leonard Fournette in Tampa. The former
Jaguars back signed a one-year deal to join the
Buccaneers for that season and proved to be a vital piece en route to the club's
Super Bowl LV title. Fournette was then signed to another one-year deal that following offseason and again impressed with a 2021 campaign where he totaled over 1,200 yards from scrimmage to go along with 10 touchdowns.
All that led to the
27-year-old inking a three-year, $21 million deal with Tampa Bay this offseason. However, since that deal has been signed, it doesn't appear like the Bucs coaches are all too thrilled with how Fournette has carried himself. He did not attend OTAs throughout the offseason and when he did show up for mandatory minicamp, Rick Stroud of the
Tampa Bay Times reports coaches were not happy with his conditioning, and weighed in at nearly 260 pounds.
"Coaches were not happy, and that's an understatement, when he didn't participate in the OTAs, but then he shows up at the mandatory minicamp weighing damn near 260 [pounds]," Stroud said of Fournette on the
Sports Day Tampa Bay podcast. "And that's not a good sign for a guy that you've just spent a three-year contract on."