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Draft Selections
Drew Mestemaker Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (TB)
Drew Mestemaker
QB Oklahoma State
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (TB)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Trey'Dez Green Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (TB)
Trey'Dez Green
TE LSU
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (TB)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
A'Mauri Washington Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (TB)
A'Mauri Washington
DT Oregon
Lance Heard Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (TB)
Lance Heard
OT Kentucky
Raylen Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TB)
Raylen Wilson
LB Georgia
Cayden Lee Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (TB)
Cayden Lee
WR Ole Miss
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (TB)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Noah Carter Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (TB)
Noah Carter
LB-EDGE Georgia Tech
Draft Picks Received
Drew Mestemaker Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Drew Mestemaker
QB Oklahoma State
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BUF)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (JAX)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
A'Mauri Washington Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
A'Mauri Washington
DT Oregon
Lance Heard Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (NE)
Lance Heard
OT Kentucky
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYJ)
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Draft Picks Traded
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
Omarion Miller Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Omarion Miller
WR Arizona State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB+ FutureB
The Buccaneers answered their biggest question with Mestemaker. Grade: B.

The Buccaneers spent premium capital on Drew Mestemaker, lining up the next man under center well before they had to. Luxury, maybe, but a defensible one at the game's most important spot.

If Carter pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. On value alone, Washington makes the weekend a net positive. The Mestemaker pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at running back.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Drew Mestemaker
Of all the spots to shop, they chose quarterback. Drew Mestemaker in pick 6 leaves running back for later.
Pick29 Rnd1 Will Echoles
In the 29th pick they get an anchor for the defensive front, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 Trey'Dez Green
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Trey'Dez Green in No. 33. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kade Pieper
A slide stopped in slot 56, with Kade Pieper worth more than the price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick62 Rnd2 A'Mauri Washington
A'Mauri Washington at Round 2, Pick 30 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick75 Rnd3 Lance Heard
A reach on Lance Heard in the 75th overall pick; the board had better options right there. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick106 Rnd4 Raylen Wilson
They bypassed pressing needs at running back to take Raylen Wilson, a linebacker that was not the priority.
Pick140 Rnd5 Cayden Lee
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Cayden Lee. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick183 Rnd6 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
Jermaine Mathews Jr. at the 183rd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick220 Rnd7 Noah Carter
They reached into another round for Noah Carter, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.