B-
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Buccaneers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
by stestansfield ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
It is the swing that defines the weekend: Vincent Anthony Jr. in No. 155, a good 75 spots before the room expected him.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Abney II. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 15 they get a matchup weapon at tight end. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A slide stopped in the 46th overall pick, with Anthony Hill Jr. worth more than the price. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Keith Abney II at the Round 3 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Kaleb Proctor at the 116th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A real head-scratcher, Vincent Anthony Jr. in slot 155 is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Domani Jackson at pick 195 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
Logan Taylor in the 229th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.