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  • Piero Puntel DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (TB)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (TB)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (TB)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Storm Duck Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (TB)
Storm Duck
CB Louisville
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Buccaneers.

The Buccaneers looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Storm Duck at the Round 7 slot regardless, 89 picks early. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. On value alone, Brade makes the weekend a net positive. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
A reach on Chop Robinson in the Round 1 slot; the board had better options right there. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick58 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick89 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
No drama and no debate, Sedrick Van Pran went about where he belonged in the 89th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick126 Rnd4 Beau Brade
Beau Brade at the 126th overall pick is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick204 Rnd6 Trevor Keegan
Trevor Keegan at pick 204 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick220 Rnd6 Taulia Tagovailoa
They took Taulia Tagovailoa at par in Round 6, Pick 45, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick247 Rnd7 Storm Duck
Storm Duck in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.