I feel that LL had a very good draft strategy first and foremost by going all offense. Its what needed to be done to upgrade the dead last ranked offense from last year.The top. Rounds 1 and 2.LL have done everything they could at the top of the draft to help our QB and OC. Tedford is coming into the NFL and has a lot to prove. Mike Evans and ASJ are two players that are extremely hard to cover by anyone on opposing defenses because of their insane cathing radii. Both guys can appear to be covered but then the ball is zipped in there high and tight and the opposing defense can only watch. We dont really need to analyze these picks. These were obviously picks that will turn our anemic offense into a real NFL offense to be reckoned with.The middle.Rounds 3 and 4.Obviously, everyone with a brain is questioning the RB in round 3 Charles Sims. We reached for this guy and ignored OL. It is not insignificant to note that 11 OL were picked in the 3rd round. That must be a record. And the reason why is because the 3rd round is where starting caliber OL were starting to become BPA, the second tier so to speak. With an early pick in the 3rd we were poised to pick up a day one starter at OG. This pick requires a bit of analysis. Choosing RB in the 3rd round meant that without a 4th round pick we would have to wait until the 5th round ... 70 some picks later to address the OL. We have two turnstiles at OG. So what does this tell us about the Bucs RB situation? To me, this indicates that:1) The RB in this offense will need to be a great pass catcher. This is what Sims does best. 2) They are not sold on Doug Martin in this role. Martin was not good at pass catching last year and got injured trying to run a wheel route. A route that he has already proven incapable of running previously. 3) We are going to a spread offense. This is now beyond a doubt for me now. Without a great pass catching RB this offense would struggle. 4) Licht had a couple late round OG's in mind who he feels can contribute? I say this with a big question mark because this is not easy to pull off.5) Sims may get a significant amount of reps. If you are running a spread offense, the RB has to be able to pass pro and catch the ball out of the backfield as well as split out wide ... all things that Doug Martin struggles with. The end. Rounds 5-7. Kadeem Edwards, Kevin Pamphile and Robert Herron. This is a strange draft because usually you arent counting on anything out of your late rounders. But we waited until the end to draft arguably our greatest need. OL. Analysis: In order to justify the early pick of the RB, we need one of the OL we chose to pan out. Otherwise, it was not really a very good strategy. If our QB has no time to throw the ball, our interior OL crumbles to a tough DL then how is the offense going to work? Did we just spend 3 premium picks on skill position offensive players who may not have the time to execute the offense? Im trying to be as optimistic as possible but this is a question that needs to be asked.
