Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Lovie Smith on Da'Quan Bowers: 'He came in, in shape and ready to go'

Published Aug. 7, 2015 4:54 p.m. ET

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Da'Quan Bowers is being given a second chance to revive his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. From the sounds of it, he looks and seems poised to take advantage of that opportunity. As Pat Yasinskas of ESPN reported, head coach Lovie Smith likes what he's seen from Bowers to this point.

“Most of us have been fired at least one time and it’s a humbling experience,’’ coach Lovie Smith told ESPN. “That’s definitely the case. To know and to see how blessed you are to have a chance be an NFL football player, you would get a different player at most positions if a player was cut first and then had to come back. He would appreciate it a lot more and know that you only have so many opportunities. Da’Quan did some good things for us last year and I know right now, he came in, in shape and ready to go.”

“We’re just basing it on the type of shape he’s in right now, which is good shape,’’ Smith said. “He has an opportunity to really show us what he can do.’’

So far, things sound good for Bowers. Obviously, he'll have to prove it once he gets onto the field, and it's safe to say that he'll be one of the more intriguing Bucs to watch throughout the preseason.

(h/t ESPN)

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