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Best-Case Scenarios: 4 Useful Buc Comps

About a year ago, we compared then-second-year running back Mike James to Earnest Graham, one of the more popular Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the current millennium. That was (as intended) a compliment to James but also an invocation of the traits that allowed his predecessor to have such a fine NFL career. A former undrafted free agent, Graham lasted almost a decade in the league by first excelling on special teams and later proving his worth as both a blocker and a ballcarrier. Graham was hard-working, dedicated and team-oriented, and we saw the same things in James.