mainshark8'S MOCK DRAFT
  1. Home
  2. Simulator

2024 draft

  • mainshark8 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (TB)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (TB)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (TB)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (TB)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (TB)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Buccaneers: C+.

The board owed the Buccaneers one, and it paid up: Kyle McCord, the No. 119 name on the board, sitting there at Round 5, Pick 19 like a gift left on the doorstep. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

The cost of the Strong reach is exactly the players who went right after him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Hit on Jihaad Campbell and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Jihaad Campbell
In pick No. 19 they get a three-down second-level presence, though the board says they badly overpaid. Need was not the driver here.
Pick53 Rnd2 Landon Jackson
They read the board right and Landon Jackson was the payoff at the 53rd pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick84 Rnd3 Dorian Strong
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dorian Strong this early at pick 84. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick121 Rnd4 Mitchell Evans
This one needs a full-page explanation: Mitchell Evans in the 121st pick, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick157 Rnd5 Kyle McCord
The board fumbled Kyle McCord all the way to Round 5, Pick 19, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.