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Bucs trade out of round 1 and grabs Jacob Rod B-

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Buccaneers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

by stestansfield · 2026 NFL Draft · 8 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades D+
Future B-

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Buccaneers spent pick 116 on Nadame Tucker, a name the board had a full 60 spots lower. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Ponds. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R2.9 · Pick 41 · Peter Woods · DT · rank 30
A quiet steal in pick No. 41: Peter Woods for less than the market said. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.14 · Pick 46 · Jacob Rodriguez · LB · rank 52
They paid sticker price for Jacob Rodriguez in pick 46, and that is fine. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Lee Hunter · DT · rank 49
They barely believed it either: Lee Hunter still on the board at the Round 3 slot. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · D'Angelo Ponds · CB · rank 48
D'Angelo Ponds at Round 3, Pick 13 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Nadame Tucker · DE-EDGE · rank 176
A big swing on Nadame Tucker at slot 116, well ahead of any board in the building. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.15 · Pick 155 · Oscar Delp · TE · rank 133
The board fumbled Oscar Delp all the way to the 155th overall pick, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.14 · Pick 195 · DJ Campbell · OG · rank 188
Nothing to complain about; DJ Campbell went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.13 · Pick 229 · Eric McAlister · WR · rank 202
Steal is underselling it; Eric McAlister at the 229th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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