B-
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers cashed the board's mistake on Golday: B-.
by stestansfield ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
The Buccaneers spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jake Golday, the No. 58 name on the board, in pick 94.
The Durant pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 11th pick they get a ballhawk on the outside. A real need, handled.
Jacob Rodriguez at pick No. 77 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Jake Golday in pick 94, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Ted Hurst at slot 116 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Zane Durant at the Round 5 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pat Coogan at the 195th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
No edge and no loss on Noah Whittington in Round 7, Pick 13; it is a wash and a sensible one. A need, and now a little less of one.