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Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (TB)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (TB)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (TB)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (TB)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (TB)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Kyle Monangai Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (TB)
Kyle Monangai
RB Rutgers
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Buccaneers let Monangai fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

Call it larceny. Kyle Monangai sat on the board until pick 236, and the Buccaneers did not need to be asked twice. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want. They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The back end got a real overhaul.

Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
In pick No. 21 they get an enforcer at safety. More want than need.
Pick52 Rnd2 Xavier Restrepo
A tidy little value on Xavier Restrepo in the 52nd pick, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick83 Rnd3 Deone Walker
The board had Deone Walker higher than pick 83, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick124 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
Taking Smael Mondon Jr. in slot 124 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick157 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at Round 5, Pick 20 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick236 Rnd7 Kyle Monangai
Steal is underselling it; Kyle Monangai at the Round 7 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.