C+
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Buccaneers: C+.
by Cloud9blazers ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
The Buccaneers torched the value chart for Zane Durant, taking him 24 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Jackson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.
If Anthony Hill Jr. and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 15 they get a downhill thumper at linebacker, though the board says they badly overpaid. More want than need.
They jumped the gun on Germie Bernard, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The roster fit checks out.
They talked themselves into Malik Muhammad at the Round 3 slot, and the board did not agree. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jack Endries in the 116th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They reached a country mile for Zane Durant at No. 155, and the board is aghast. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Domani Jackson in Round 6, Pick 14 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Bryce Foster at the Round 7 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.