Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign OL Henry Lutovsky

Henry Lutovsky earns a C+ Contract Value Index (CVI) for a deal that lands squarely in fair-value territory—nothing more, nothing less. At $1.038M AAV on a three-year, $3.115M pact, Tampa Bay is paying market rate for a depth offensive lineman capable of filling rotation minutes without breaking the bank. The contract itself carries no exotic guarantees or void years; it's a straightforward low-risk commitment that allows the Buccaneers to add veteran line depth during the offseason without mortgaging cap flexibility heading into a season where they sit at 8-9 and fighting for playoff relevance. For a reserve-caliber tackle or guard, this price point—roughly $1M annually—reflects realistic production-to-cost alignment; he's not getting overpaid relative to his output, nor is the team scoring a bargain-bin steal. The real question is whether Lutovsky can stay healthy and provide reliable snaps across a three-year window, because any injury or performance decline makes the contract age poorly relative to the inflexibility of multi-year commitments. This is efficient cap deployment for a team filling a depth need, but the absence of upside embedded in the deal—no discount pricing, no star potential—keeps the value at fair market, not better.