Free agency is just around the corner, beginning on Tuesday at 4 p.m. but the Bucs are getting an early jump by meeting with a pass rusher that was let go earlier this week.

Eagles linebacker Trent Cole is visiting Tampa Bay according to Adam Caplan of ESPN and could help boost a pass rush that was very inconsistent in 2014. Cole, who was a salary cap casualty in Philadelphia, was a fifth round selection in the 2005 NFL draft by the Eagles, signed a four-year, $53 million contract extension with $14.5 million guaranteed in March 2012. Eagles coach Chip Kelly mentioned upon Coles’s release that the Eagles would like to have him back, but it appears Cole will explore his free agency.

Cole, who has 88 career sacks, ranks second all time in Eagles history, just behind the late great Reggie White.