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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team needs going into the draft: DE, CB, S, DT, K, WR Round 1, Pick 11 - Vernon Hargreaves III, CB, Florida: Fills an obvious need considering how bad the Bucs secondary was last year. The Bucs have talent at CB but Grimes is pretty old and might not be good anymore. Hargreaves will probably start as a nickel/dime back behind Grimes, Verner, and Banks. He is a bit undersized but those types of players seem to be ok in Mike Smith's system. Bucs traded down 2 spots and picked up an extra 4th round pick here as well. B Round 2, Pick 39 - Noah Spence, DE, Eastern Kentucky: His character concerns seem to be behind him and was an Ohio State transfer. Spence is probably the Bucs best pure pass rushing end already, which doesn't say much for the roster. All the Bucs really need him to do is be a pass rusher and he's arguably the best in this draft class. It's been since Simeon Rice in 2005 since the Bucs had a double digit sack end. I love this pick. A Round 2, Pick 59 - Roberto Aguayo, K, Florida State: By far the most polarizing pick in the entire draft and I love this pick. The Bucs kickers were awful last year and cost the team 2 games. Combined, Bucs kickers missed 11 field goals and 4 PATs last season. The Bucs addressed this issue by getting the most accurate kicker in NCAA history. He also has more power than people realize. Another overlooked thing is the fact that touchbacks are now moved to the 25 yard line. One of the things Aguayo did best at FSU was pinning return men with high hang time kicks (4+ seconds) in the corner near the end zone. Countless times he did this and it left teams with poor field position to start with. All the Bucs really gave up to move here was the 4th round pick they got for trading down in the first so it wasn't much. B Round 4, Pick 108 - Ryan Smith, S, North Carolina Central: A small school sleeper who may be a bit undersized to play Safety, which the team said he is starting out at. He played CB his last year but has experience playing safety. He'll be a project who can hopefully help our awful safety group down the road. He does have some KR experience as well. C Round 5, Pick 148 - Caleb Benenoch, OL, UCLA: Versatile lineman which the Bucs love. Can play inside or outside. He'll need some time to develop and could potentially take over at RT in a couple years. Not high expectation here. C Round 6, Pick 183 - Devante Bond, OLB, Oklahoma: Depth/ST selection here. The Bucs opted to not bring back some of the veteran LBs so this pick makes sense. Undersized but athletic guy. Should make the roster. C Round 6, Pick 197 - Dan Vitale, FB, Northwestern: I had a feeling they'd end up with Vitale as they flirted with him in the pre draft process quite a bit. Might be more of an H-Back than a traditional FB as he has good hands and experience in the role. If the Bucs want a FB on the roster he will be the guy. C Overall the Bucs came away with 3 probable starters after getting 4 last year so Lichts work in the draft is encouraging. The only thing anyone will talk about is the kicker thing and that's fine.
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R.D. Mangles posted:Vitale owns a lot, literally the only receiving threat for the 'Cats last year with their putrid mummy quarterback and he still was fantastic. Dude destroyed the combine as well. If Koetter can find a way to use a super-athletic fullback who spent a lot of time in college in the slot, he'll be good. Yeah, I did some more reading on him after I posted this and he's probably going to stick. He actually switched his number to 85 or something so he will probably be used like an h back.
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