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Capital Gains: Jason Licht Magnified Draft Assets

Despite trading their third-round pick to the New York Giants to acquire pass-rusher Jason Pierre-Paul, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers went into last week's NFL Draft with a decent amount of draft capital. That's largely because they had a pick high in the first round and another one high in the second round, and those are valuable assets. The Bucs seemed certain to get two highly-regarded players to fill key needs on the depth chart, and then they had five more picks to try to find additional help on Day Three.

Picks 7, 38, 102, 144, 180, 202, 255 – that's exactly what Jason Licht had in his possession when the Cleveland Browns went on the clock with the first pick, shortly after 8:00 p.