Bucs have a big offseason checklist, beginning with NFL combine

For the first time since dismissing five assistant coaches and seeing two others retire and replaced, Bucs head coach Todd Bowles will have an opportunity to explain his decisions when he meets the media Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. The availability comes after a disappointing finish in which the Bucs stumbled from a promising 6-2 start to lose seven of their final nine games, missing the playoffs for the first time in five years.