The big pre-draft discussion among Tampa Bay Buccaneers revolved mostly around Florida State running back Dalvin Cook: would the Bucs really spend a first-round pick on a running back, were they done with Doug Martin, would a tight end or a defensive lineman not make more sense?
Ultimately, most of those discussions became moot when Alabama tight end O.J. Howard fell to the Bucs at number nineteen. A prospective top ten pick, Howard was too good to ignore no matter how the Bucs felt about Doug Martin and Dalvin Cook.