Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2009 NFL Draft Needs

Draft Needs of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Offense: QB RB FB WR TE OT OG C
Defense: DT NT DE Hybrid DE/OLB OLB ILB FS SS CB
Special Teams: K P RS LS

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NFL Mock Draft

Buccaneers Picks by Round: 1st(19), 2nd(51), 3rd(83), 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 7th, plus any compensatory picks that may be awarded.

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Buccaneers NFL Draft Needs
Urgent: The Buccaneers urgently need to draft a quick, large, fast do it all defensive tackle who can fit into any defensive scheme to make their defense dominant. Unless Josh Johnson is the answer, Tampa Bay urgently needs to draft their future franchise quarterback.

Strong: Another starting wide receiver to pair opposite Bryant strongly needs to be drafted. A cornerback to play nickel back and to back up Phillip Buchannan and Aquib Talib and replace Rhonde Barber, now a defensive liability, is needed.

Moderate: A lightening bug type running back to alternate with Earnest Graham is needed as Warrick Dunn is venerable and Cadillac Williams is more often in the shop for medical repairs. An offensive tackle to serve as a swing tackle and to push Jeremy Trueblood and Donald Penn is needed. Another cornerback to play dime back is needed.

Nice to Have: A center in case Jeff Faine decides to leave, a reserve wide receiver who could start when called upon, another defensive end, and two more defensive tackles would be nice to have.

Wild Card: What kind of defensive scheme will the new Buccaneers' defensive staff employ this year? Will Cadillac stay off the injury list? How will Tampa Bay's defense perform with their new head coach, their former secondary coach, in 2009?

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Buccaneers Draft Board
First Round: B.J. Raji DT Boston College, Matthew Stafford QB Georgia, Mark Sanchez QB USC, Percy Harvin WR Florida, Darrius Heyard-Bey WR Maryland, Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri, Malcolm Jenkins CB Ohio State, D. J. Moore CB Vanderbilt, Vontae Davis CB Illinois, Alphonso Smith CB Wake Forrest

Second Round: Sean Smith CB Utah, Hakeem Nicks WR North Carolina, Derrick Williams WR Penn State, Darius Butler CB Connecticut, Brian Robiske WR Ohio State, Kenny Britt WR Rutgers, Josh Freeman QB Kansas State, Evander Hood DT Missouri, Coye Francies CB San Jose State, Juaquin Iglesias WR Oklahoma, Pat White WR/QB West virginia, Phil Loadholt OT Oklahoma, SenDerrick Marks DT Auburn

Third Round: Louis Murphy WR Florida, Devin Moore RB Wyoming, Brandon Gibson WR Washington State, Mark Parson CB Ohio

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