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Draft for Defense? Too Soon to Tell

In 2014, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers started their draft by taking Texas A&M wide receiver Mike Evans with the seventh overall pick. As the draft progressed over the next three days, with Jason Licht at the helm for the first time as the Buccaneers' general manager, the team added a tight end, a running back, two offensive lineman and one more receiver. By the end, famously, it was the first time the Buccaneers had ever finished an entire draft weekend without selecting a single defensive player.

Now, four years later, some might argue that the Buccaneers need to take the opposite strategy.