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From Pewter Report:
On the surface, it looked like Tampa Bay had made a terrible mistake by trading down with Jacksonville in the second round from the 52nd spot to the 58th selection in which the Bucs picked up the Jaguars’ fifth-rounder in 2008 and seventh-rounder in 2009, in addition to selecting Appalachian State wide receiver Dexter Jackson.
Pittsburgh drafted Texas receiver Limas Sweed with the 53rd pick, Tennessee drafted Eastern Michigan defensive tackle Jason Jones with the next pick, followed by Rutgers running back Ray Rice, who was drafted by Baltimore. But the real kicker was the selection of back-to-back quarterbacks – Brian Brohm and Chad Henne – who went to Green Bay and Miami, respectively, at picks 56 and 57.
Sources tell Pewter Report that none of those players would have been drafted by Tampa Bay at number 58 had they slipped there. The Bucs liked Jones, but not in the second round, while Rice and Sweed were not high on Tampa Bay’s draft board at all.
As for the quarterbacks, Brohm and Henne might have carried high grades on Tampa Bay’s draft boards, but the team could have made a conscious effort to not take a QB this year as Pewter Report reported on Friday as the team already has five on its roster, not including the retired Jake Plummer.
If Tampa Bay wanted either Brohm or Henne, it had two chances to draft them and passed both times.
On the surface, it looked like Tampa Bay had made a terrible mistake by trading down with Jacksonville in the second round from the 52nd spot to the 58th selection in which the Bucs picked up the Jaguars’ fifth-rounder in 2008 and seventh-rounder in 2009, in addition to selecting Appalachian State wide receiver Dexter Jackson.
Pittsburgh drafted Texas receiver Limas Sweed with the 53rd pick, Tennessee drafted Eastern Michigan defensive tackle Jason Jones with the next pick, followed by Rutgers running back Ray Rice, who was drafted by Baltimore. But the real kicker was the selection of back-to-back quarterbacks – Brian Brohm and Chad Henne – who went to Green Bay and Miami, respectively, at picks 56 and 57.
Sources tell Pewter Report that none of those players would have been drafted by Tampa Bay at number 58 had they slipped there. The Bucs liked Jones, but not in the second round, while Rice and Sweed were not high on Tampa Bay’s draft board at all.
As for the quarterbacks, Brohm and Henne might have carried high grades on Tampa Bay’s draft boards, but the team could have made a conscious effort to not take a QB this year as Pewter Report reported on Friday as the team already has five on its roster, not including the retired Jake Plummer.
If Tampa Bay wanted either Brohm or Henne, it had two chances to draft them and passed both times.
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