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<a href="http://www.nflshops.co.uk/jerseys-uk/tampa-bay-Buccaneers/">Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Mark Dominik had a busy -- and expensive -- Saturday morning, agreeing to terms with the team's first-round pick, defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, and <a href="http://www.Buccaneers.com/news/article-1/Penn-on-Paper-Tackle-Gets-Long-Term-Deal/105930ad-53f0-4b7f-8319-26d108439ab1">signing restricted free-agent offensive tackle Donald Penn to a six-year deal worth a reported $43 million.
"It's a great day for the Bucs in terms of securing two players who could be very important to this organization to long-term deals," Dominik said, according to the team's website.
McCoy, the No. 3 overall pick in April's draft, should be able to make an instant impact for a <a href="http://www.nflshops.co.uk/jerseys-uk/tampa-bay-Buccaneers/">Tampa Bay team that was last in the NFL against the run in 2009, while registering just 28 sacks -- only 3 1/2 of which came from defensive tackles. It's a five-year deal, and leaves Detroit's Ndamukong Suh, the No. 2 pick in the draft, as the only remaining player in the top five yet to strike a deal.
During his career at Oklahoma, McCoy recorded 14 1/2 sacks and 18 quarterback hurries to go with 33 tackles for loss.
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