kaimaru wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 2:17 pm
BuccaNOLEer wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 12:45 pm
I'm just amazed that Licht has a job after this draft. The biggest need was LT and he completely blew it. Anyone who thinks Wirfs can put up Pro Bowl numbers at LT in his first year playing the position is beyond delusional. It is not an easy move to make. The fact that Licht didn't draft Harrison who was a stud LT and available and instead spent a second rounder on a guy who is projected at guard is appalling. Even more appalling is the fact that he gave up several picks this year and next year to do it.
I guess he sees the writing on the wall and is making some high risk moves. Either way, I don't see him in the Bucs front office within the next two years.
We gave up ONE pick this year (6th) and no picks next year. Also Harrison was considered soft as a lineman. We would never have picked him even if he fell to the 7th round. He is the antithesis of a Licht lineman.
A bit off (the post you're responding to is using "several picks" for "two," but they're pretty much correct) but only because we gave up a pick next year. Our trades in this year's draft:
* Round 6 (179) pick to move up 2 spots for OL Cody Mauch
* Round 7 (252) pick to move up 4 spots for TE Payne Durham
* Round 5, 2024 pick to attain Round 6 (191), 2023 pick to select WR Trey Palmer
That first pick is nearly an end of round 5 pick (2nd pick of round 6) so that was likely galling for some folks with lots of solid prospects being on the board at that point. Particularly given that we have no information on if it was even a necessary move (obviously the Bucs front office either "felt it" or received some kind of call/intel that was either real or a bluff/false signal to get them to make that move).
Second move is basically priority FA. Nothingburger all day.
That last pick given up for the rights to Trey Palmer will likely end up being selections 129 to 141. If Palmer gives us nothing, that will surely sting some folks. If he gives us something, then we've traded an immediate year of service with something for future assets. The question becomes; "is this year competitive or noncompetitive?" Because if we don't get anything for Palmer's year of service, you've basically net lost a year of service by a potentially productive player in the future during a competitive window.
All of this is TBD, but those are the inputs into the questions/thoughts about the moves imo.