WEBVTT - Could the Bucs Select a Quarterback in the First Round? | Road to the Draft

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into Road to the Draft. Casey Phillips here with

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<v Speaker 1>senior writer and editor Scott Smith. This is where we

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<v Speaker 1>talk about all the news that's happening in the buccaneer

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<v Speaker 1>world and how it might affect what they do in

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<v Speaker 1>the draft. We are almost to April now, it's right

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<v Speaker 1>around the corner. It always feels like this is about

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<v Speaker 1>the time where maybe some of the mock drafts start

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<v Speaker 1>to coalesce a little bit. People start to get kind

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<v Speaker 1>of these common themes for different teams, whereas at the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning it's kind of all over the place. So more

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<v Speaker 1>free agency has happened, we have a lot more evidence

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<v Speaker 1>and information. So last weekend we talked a lot about

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<v Speaker 1>some of the lesser likely things to happen. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like you're starting to get a sense of what

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<v Speaker 1>people view is the more likely scenario? And part of

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<v Speaker 1>that involves the inevitable rise of certain positions. So quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 1>tend to rise. Offensive tackles, they tend to rise as

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<v Speaker 1>you get closer. And by rise, I mean if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at a mock draft, you see them lower one

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<v Speaker 1>week and then higher the next week. Are they really

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<v Speaker 1>changing on the boards of teams? Probably not a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>but just people are getting either better ideas that everybody

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<v Speaker 1>agrees with or the getting information. And I'll start with

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<v Speaker 1>one that came from a guy who's pretty plugged in,

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel Jeremiah. He's got good sources in the NFL. So

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of mock drafts you see out there are

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<v Speaker 1>people basically doing the logical thing, Okay, this team needs

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<v Speaker 1>a quarterback, who's the best quarterback available. Some of these guys, though,

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<v Speaker 1>they can maybe get some bits of information, and so

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<v Speaker 1>you look at their drafts a little bit more like

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they know something. And Janel Jeremiah of NFL dot

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<v Speaker 1>Com recently put out his I think it's his first

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<v Speaker 1>mock draft, and it's an unusual pick. I've seen it

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<v Speaker 1>a few times, but he had Will Levis, the Kentucky quarterback,

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<v Speaker 1>falling all the way to the Buccaneers and US taking

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<v Speaker 1>him at nineteen. Will will Levis last till nineteen, not

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<v Speaker 1>on most mock drafts, But it's possible, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying. So what you have to think about is

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<v Speaker 1>would the Buccaneers even consider taking a quarterback at nineteen?

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<v Speaker 1>And I honestly think you can't write off the possibility

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<v Speaker 1>because you have Baker Mayfield on a one year contract

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<v Speaker 1>and you have Cole Chess who you really don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how it's going to go yet, And are either of

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<v Speaker 1>them going to be the quarterback of the future. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure of them are going to try to be, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know hopefully that is the case, right, but you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know that for sure, And if you have a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to add another candidate there, maybe you do it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's out of the out of the question.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think quarterback is the Buck's number one goal

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<v Speaker 1>going into this draft in the first round, but I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think it's out of the question. Yeah, Which, what

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<v Speaker 1>would you say? So outside of that one, what are

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<v Speaker 1>some of the ones that do feel like maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>more traditional look based on what the Bucks probably more

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<v Speaker 1>like and more likely might you see the offensive tackles?

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<v Speaker 1>As I mentioned all this time, it looks like if

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<v Speaker 1>the Buckner state at nineteen, that Northwesterns Peter Scrownski and

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<v Speaker 1>ohiouse States Paris Johnson and probably George's Roderick Jones will

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<v Speaker 1>be out of our reach by then. And so that's why,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've talked about in previous weeks. You see a

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<v Speaker 1>guy like Darnell Wright of Tennessee going to US a

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<v Speaker 1>lot at nineteen. But all of a sudden, now Darnell

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<v Speaker 1>Right's rising too because he you know, he's a good prospect.

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<v Speaker 1>He could step right in and be right tackle, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of teams that could use that. So

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<v Speaker 1>now I start seeing him go before nineteen. So who's

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<v Speaker 1>next on that list? For most people, it's Oklahoma's Anton Harrison,

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<v Speaker 1>who is very technically sound guy. He's probably not quite

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<v Speaker 1>as like strong as some of these guys that would

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<v Speaker 1>go before him, but he's very technically sound. He does

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<v Speaker 1>the right thing all the time. He could seven right

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<v Speaker 1>away and be a left tackle for you or a

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<v Speaker 1>right tackle depending on what you want to do with

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<v Speaker 1>Tristan Worth. So you see a lot of that. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that. In our Insider this week, we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>the dB position of knowing you've lost. You know you've

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<v Speaker 1>already lost Mike Edwards, you've lost on Murphy Bunting. You

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<v Speaker 1>do have your outside corners back, but just in general,

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<v Speaker 1>do you feel like dB? And I know you always

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<v Speaker 1>love to talk about that you can never have enough corners.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if safety always applies as much in

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<v Speaker 1>your mind, but just the dB position overall, do you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like that's one where based on the whole need

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<v Speaker 1>versus strength of the draft, is that one that could

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<v Speaker 1>end up lining up well for the Bucks. Yeah. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>And if you look at it just recent years, Jason

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<v Speaker 1>Light and company did such a good job, like in

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<v Speaker 1>the second and third round, drafting one dB after another,

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<v Speaker 1>multiple ones in the same year. They all stuck around,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're starters for four years. Some of them you're

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<v Speaker 1>able to resign. Some of them, like Mike Edwards and

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Murphy Bunting, you are not. And so it's at

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<v Speaker 1>some point it becomes time to reload. There. And a

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<v Speaker 1>guy that we've talked about before but I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>mention again because he's all of a sudden really popular

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<v Speaker 1>for the Buccaneers at number nineteen is Alabama's safety Brian Branch.

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<v Speaker 1>And we were talking about this earlier today that the

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers and Todd Bowles was asked about this yesterday at

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<v Speaker 1>the owner's meetings. Clearly with Carlton Davis and Jamal Dean.

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<v Speaker 1>The Buccaneers have their outside corners in place for a

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<v Speaker 1>few years, but who's going to play the slot with

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<v Speaker 1>Anton Woodfield now focusing on free safety. Alabama's Brian branch

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<v Speaker 1>is really a lot a lot of scouts like him

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<v Speaker 1>because he's very versatile. You can put him at back

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<v Speaker 1>there at safety, but you could also play him in

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<v Speaker 1>the slot. So the Buccaneers don't necessarily have a frontline

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<v Speaker 1>candidate for that slot position right now. If you could

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<v Speaker 1>add one through the draft in the first round, plus

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<v Speaker 1>a guy that could played a couple of different positions

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<v Speaker 1>for you, it could be pretty good value. Well, and

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<v Speaker 1>in those highlights, we just saw him being a return guy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that would be bad either, that would be I was

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<v Speaker 1>just thinking. I was like, man, this wasn't something we

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<v Speaker 1>plan on talking about, but that is something that I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like isn't set necessarily for the Bucks this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Devin Tompkins finished the season, but is he one for sure? Yeah? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>So if and add that, that's a whole other reason

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<v Speaker 1>to draft him. All right, Well, that's going to do

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<v Speaker 1>it for us. On this edition of Road to the

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<v Speaker 1>Draft again, We'll be doing these all the way up

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<v Speaker 1>until the draft based on everything going on. So come

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<v Speaker 1>back for another Road to the Draft next time.