When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defense played its first snap against the Houston Texans on Monday night, Lavonte David was right at the heart of it. As always.

David's first snap of the game allowed him to join a very elite fraternity in Buccaneers franchise history, one that previously only included Pro Football Hall of Famers. The prime-time contest in Houston was both the 200th regular-season game that David has played for Tampa Bay and his 200th career start. Only David and Canton residents Rondé Barber and Derrick Brooks have reached either of those marks in Buccaneer annals.

Barber, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2023, is the Buccaneers' all-time leader in both categories, with 241 games played and 232 starts. Brooks, a Hall of Fame Class of 2014 inductee, is next with 2

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