T-9. Buccaneers (7.70)
Tom Brady (8), Ke'Shawn Vaughn (4), Chris Godwin (9)
Obviously, Brady's ceiling is sky-high. He's likely the best quarterback of all time, and he's working with a better group of weapons than he has in quite some time. But his 2019 season was worrisome, and not it can't all be blamed on the infrastructure around him. We tend to think he'll be just fine in Tampa, but there does seem to be a bit of a gap between him and the very best passers in the league right now, based on what we've seen most recently.
It doesn't feel right to give Vaughn the same grade as running backs who were thought of much more highly than he was coming into the draft, so he gets a 4 grade here. If the Bucs had any confidence in Ronald Jones, they wouldn't have forced the ball to Peyton Barber so often last season, or used a high-value pick on Vaughn on the first place. Godwin and Mike Evans are pretty interchangeable here, as players who are among the small handful of best wideouts in the league. We went with Godwin here because his role in the slot seems likely to make him a favorite of Brady's.
Interesting they went with Vaughn over rojo. Not sure rojo would've changed it much if at all anyway.
Godwin over Evans not surprising. He has more upside than evans, and had a better 2019. I've said it his whole career Evans has never been elite. Borderline though. Godwin was elite last year & should be moving forward barring injuries.