B-
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
A solid, sensible weekend for the Buccaneers: B-.
by stestansfield ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 2 steals
· 4 reaches
The Buccaneers went off the board in a big way for Nadame Tucker, 58 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.
That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Johnson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 15 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, reach and all. A clean fit for the roster.
The board had Chris Johnson higher than Round 2, Pick 14, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Value with a capital V on Dontay Corleone in pick No. 77, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Nadame Tucker well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Bryce Boettcher at pick 155 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
No drama and no debate, Eric McAlister went about where he belonged in the 195th pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Joshua Braun. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.