After acquiring Mike Evans with the 7th pick in
R1, the Bucs have addressed one weakness – finding a starter opposite Vincent
Jackson. While I found the pick
underwhelming, there’s no mistaking that Evans is an upgrade over Mike
Williams, gives Josh McCown two very large wideouts to work with, and is an
eventual #1 replacement for Jackson .
With two picks for Friday night’s action, the positions I
would target are – QB, WR, OL, CB, and DL.
Here’s what I expect to happen with the first six picks of
the evening:
33) Houston
Texans – Louis Nix (DT, Notre Dame)
I don’t think the Texans want to tempt fate by drafting
David Carr’s little brother. I think
this will be a DL pick. Ra’Shede Hageman
is my fallback.
34) Washington
Redskins – Morgan Moses (T, Virginia)
I think this one is going to be a tackle, and I’m going with
Moses. Cyrus Kouandjio is my fallback.
35) Cleveland
Browns – Xavier Su’a-Filo (G, UCLA)
The Browns want to upgrade at RG, and XSF might be the best
player remaining on the board, regardless of position. Marqise Lee is my fallback as a nice addition
to Gordon-Cameron-Hawkins.
36) Oakland Raiders – Derek Carr
(QB, Fresno State
Unless they simply enjoy confusing the media, all
indications point to the Raiders taking Carr.
I’ll be shocked if Carr isn’t a Raider.
They may even move up to #33 to secure him.
37) Atlanta Falcons –
Demarcus Lawrence (DE, Boise
State
The Falcons need an impact rusher, and Lawrence is widely considered the most
dynamic pass rusher remaining. A sneaky
good pick would be to take XSF as a follow up to Matthews last night. Jace Amaro could be Tony Gonzalez’s
successor.
38) Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Joel Bitonio (OL, Nevada )
If XSF is off the board, I think Bitonio becomes the Bucs #1
target. He has the ability to play both
tackle and guard but would likely settle into one of the guard spots in Tampa . I like Bitonio, but he’s not my first
option. I would first encourage the Bucs
to deal down, and with a lot of talent remaining at receiver and along the
offensive and defensive lines, hopefully the Bucs are able to move down a bit and
add another pick or two.
My order of preference for pick #38 –
1) Derek Carr
2) Donte Moncrief
3) Joel Bitonio
4) Lamarcus Joyner
5) XSF
6) Timmy Jernigan
7) Allen Robinson
8) Kony Ealy
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