When 2016 Patriots Hall of Fame inductee Kevin Faulk relayed that he almost signed with the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent after the 2004 Super Bowl season, it led me to reach out to ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden to ask what he saw in Faulk that would have been a good fit for his team that year. The Buccaneers were coming off a 5-11 season, and after Faulk declined their offer, they drafted running back Cadillac Williams No. 5 overall and bumped
Michael Pittman down the depth chart to No. 2 before finishing 11-5. "I loved Faulk at LSU. He picked up blitzes, caught the ball and ran routes at a high level every week," Gruden said. "He was hard-nosed, versatile and perfect for what we wanted to do on offense.