Tis the season of mock drafts.
To hardcore NFL fans, it is a four-month long celebration culminating with their favorite team making seven picks – give or take a few – over a three-day weekend in April.
And for NFL websites and publications, it a four-month long bonanza of mock draft debate and chatter, filled with smokescreens, hidden messages, players rising and falling, and a lot of luck to even get a few of the picks right.
For NFL front offices, the pressure is on, and those “sources” we have built over the years become suddenly tight lipped.
Below is a list of Bucs picks from the latest mock drafts.
PewterReport.com
TE O.J. Howard – Alabama
ESPN’s Todd McShay
TE O.J. Howard – Alabama
ESPN’s Mel Kiper
DE Taco Charlton – Michigan
USA Today’s Luke Easterling
DL Solomon Thomas – Stanford
Walter Football
RB Christian McCaffrey – Stanford
CBS Sports
Rob Rang – CB Sidney Jones – Washington
Dane Brugler – WR John Ross – Washington
NFL Network
Charley Casserly –DE Charles Harris – Missouri
Daniel Jeremiah – RB Alvin Kamara – Tennessee
Bucky Brooks – DE Derek Barnett – Tennessee
Lance Zierlein – DT Malik McDowell – Michigan State
Mark Cook currently is the director of editorial content and Bucs beat writer and has written for PewterReport.com since 2011. Cook has followed the Buccaneers since 1977 when he first began watching football with his Dad and is fond of the 1979 Bucs team that came within 10 points of going to a Super Bowl. His favorite Bucs game is still the 1979 divisional playoff win 24-17 over the Eagles. In his spare time Cook enjoys playing guitar, fishing, the beach and family time.Cook is a native of Pinecrest in Eastern Hillsborough County and has written for numerous publications including the Tampa Tribune, In the Field and Ya'll Magazine. Cook can be reached at [email protected]
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