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Are the Buccaneers a playoff team after the 2016 NFL draft?

The 2016 NFL draft is over, most of free agency over, most NFL rosters are basically set at this point. We can now have somewhat vaguely informed opinions about how each team will do this season. The key question for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: will they make the playoffs for the first time since 2007-08?

The Bucs drafted four players who should help immediately: first-round cornerback Vernon Hargreaves, second-round pass rusher Noah Spence, second-round kicker Roberto Aguayo, and sixth-round fullback Dan Vitale. Add in the free agent additions of J.R. Sweezy, Brent Grimes and Robert Ayers, a return to health for Vincent Jackson, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Clinton McDonald, Jacquies Smith and the end of Kwon Alexander's suspension, and the Bucs should be much better this offseason.