DutchNugget'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (TB)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (TB)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (TB)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (TB)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (TB)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (DAL)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (ARI)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brandon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Brandon Coleman
OL TCU
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (ARI)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Brian Ugwu Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (DAL)
Brian Ugwu
DL-EDGE Miami (OH)
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Devin White
LB
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Rachaad White
RB
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall C
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureC
The Buccaneers cashed the board's mistake on Walker: C.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Buccaneers did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. Call it a C and check back in two years.

That Walker pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They will need Frazier to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

So much rides on Brock Bowers that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
Nothing to complain about; Brock Bowers went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick42 Rnd2 Trey Benson
Trey Benson in Round 2, Pick 10 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick58 Rnd2 Javon Foster
Javon Foster in No. 58 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick74 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
Jermaine Burton at the 74th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick110 Rnd4 Zach Frazier
Zach Frazier in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick169 Rnd5 Devontez Walker
Devontez Walker at the 169th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.