-On Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET NFL Network's Emmy Award Winning series "NFL 360" will air a feature in partnership with the Buccaneers on Robert DuBoise. The Tampa native was wrongfully imprisoned for 37 years, spending three on death row for murder. Even after he was exonerated and the real killer identified, DuBoise made headlines when it was declared that due to Florida law, despite his wrongful imprisonment, DuBoise was not entitled to compensation from the state.
That's when Bucs left guard Ali Marpet first hear DuBoise's story. He sent a group text to both Alex Cappa and Donovan Smith, the latter of which sits on the Bucs Social Justice Board with him. They decided they needed to do something and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Social Justice Fund would help. They even had DuBoise in the stands for the Bucs' Monday Night Football matchup against the Rams this season, marking DuBoise's first-ever football game.
Check out the full feature done by NFL Films with the help of the Buccaneers on NFL Network at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday night with host Melissa Stark and Jeffri Chadiha as the story's correspondent.
-General Manager Jason Licht reflected on the season so far on Wednesday morning, thinking about how far the Buccaneers have come this season. It was a challenging season in many ways, especially with the Coronavirus pandemic, and had its share of lows. One of those dips was indeed a loss to the Chicago Bears on Thursday Night Football in Week Five. It was a game filled with penalties and a loss that stung maybe more than any other for Licht. But what he came to realize, with the help of Head Coach Bruce Arians, is that there is a silver lining to everything.
"That game was a game that, probably in my career here – and we've had a lot of bad losses – that one was one that really stung the most, I think," said Licht. "Not only did we lose the way we lost with the penalties and things like that, we also lost Vita [Vea]. I was talking about this the other day with Bruce [Arians], actually. I said, 'Gosh, that game still stings.' He said, 'That's the best thing that happened to us. That game is the best thing that happened to us, looking back in retrospect.' I think he's right. We cleaned up our penalties, we were more disciplined and it just brought everybody together. It showed that we're all human – everybody – and everybody needs to be held accountable. Everybody on the roster, everybody in the front office and everybody in the organization. It brought us closer together."
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