Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield convinced free agent WR Sterling Shepard to delay retirement and sign with the Bucs this offseason.
Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN.signing with the Bucs -- he saw himself in his former Oklahoma teammate, who'd been contemplating retirement at age 31 after eight seasons with the
Shepard joked that he spent the last month and a half to two months in"straight dad mode," taking the kids to school and"trying to figure out the next steps." He hadn't run any routes but was still sprinting and lifting and maintained his season-ending weight of 190 pounds. "It was leg day," Shepard said with a laugh."That was the crazy part. I put 415 on the bar that day. I was like, 'Why did I decide to do that?'"
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