Welcome to Tampa, Emeka Egbuka

[Snake]

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[Miller4Prez64]

Our defense sucks and we draft a 6’1 WR. This might be my least favorite first round pick from Licht yet.

[Primeminister]

[Primeminister]

Our defense sucks and we draft a 6’1 WR. This might be my least favorite first round pick from Licht yet.

Yeah that’s about how I feel now

[Primeminister]

[Primeminister]

[Snake]

Our defense sucks and we draft a 6’1 WR. This might be my least favorite first round pick from Licht yet.

It’s pretty clear that Jason feels comfortable enough to adopt a zoomed out view of the team. I don’t think he’s drafting guys in the first round with a primary intention of plugging a current hole.

[Snake]

See:

[BearLandBucFan]

Recently our Pass rush selections have been meh

[Grahamburn]

Score 40+ pass rush don’t matter.

[Miller4Prez64]

Our defense sucks and we draft a 6’1 WR. This might be my least favorite first round pick from Licht yet.

It’s pretty clear that Jason feels comfortable enough to adopt a zoomed out view of the team. I don’t think he’s drafting guys in the first round with a primary intention of plugging a current hole.

I don’t care for it as a long term investment either. I get you need to look to a future after Evans and Godwin but I’m not high on this guy being a legitimate replacement for those guys. I’ll happy to be wrong but I’m not pleased.

[Terry Tate]

Our defense sucks and we draft a 6’1 WR. This might be my least favorite first round pick from Licht yet.

It’s pretty clear that Jason feels comfortable enough to adopt a zoomed out view of the team. I don’t think he’s drafting guys in the first round with a primary intention of plugging a current hole.

Licht has always used FA to plug holes and then draft for long term gain. It's a smart play even if he does occasionally fumble.

[Grahamburn]

Egbuka was never on my radar after they re-signed Godwin, but having the best WR room in the league is a really good thing.

Welcome, route technician, Mr. Egbuka.

[BucsNBills]

There's a ton of depth in this draft on the defensive side of the ball and EE is probably the most polished receiver in the draft.

There's no clear consensus on many of the prospects this year so it's no surprise that we had a different board than the media.

This pick will look much better after day 2 imo.

[Primeminister]

It’ll grow on me, but right now I’m disappointed

[BJJ34]

Heard on the McAfee show… “one coach said ‘he can date my daughter, he can be team captain in year one, that guy blew my mind”

[BuccaNOLEer]

It’s pretty clear that Jason feels comfortable enough to adopt a zoomed out view of the team. I don’t think he’s drafting guys in the first round with a primary intention of plugging a current hole.

I don’t care for it as a long term investment either. I get you need to look to a future after Evans and Godwin but I’m not high on this guy being a legitimate replacement for those guys. I’ll happy to be wrong but I’m not pleased.

Me either. The Bucs need serious help on defense. Reddick alone isn't enough to solve their defensive issues.

Makes me wonder if Bowles got to Licht?

[Grahamburn]

Our defense sucks and we draft a 6’1 WR. This might be my least favorite first round pick from Licht yet.

It’s pretty clear that Jason feels comfortable enough to adopt a zoomed out view of the team. I don’t think he’s drafting guys in the first round with a primary intention of plugging a current hole.

Someone won’t be happy we drafted for the future.

[BearLandBucFan]

I am a defensive-minded fan. However after sucking on Offense for a majority of my Fandom (1979), I am loving our offense.

[Snake]

As an OSU alum, I’m pretty hard on Buckeyes. calling Justin Fields and Chase Young overrated as prospects? Had to do it.

Egbuka, on paper, shouldn’t be as good as he is. He’s not the biggest. He’s not the fastest (not saying he’s slow, but he’s not DeSean Jackson). He plays the game correctly tho. Sure hands. High IQ. Good body control. Good deceleration.

I think the ceiling is Tyler Lockett. Emeka has bigger hands and is bigger overall. But the speed and agility numbers are basically identical, and I think they play very similarly.

[BearLandBucFan]

We will have weapons galore that is for sure. Lol

[BucsNBills]

We went on our 4 game losing streak when we lost Evans and Godwin. Clearly we want to avoid that happening again.

[__Chef__]

As an OSU alum, I’m pretty hard on Buckeyes. calling Justin Fields and Chase Young overrated as prospects? Had to do it.

Egbuka, on paper, shouldn’t be as good as he is. He’s not the biggest. He’s not the fastest (not saying he’s slow, but he’s not DeSean Jackson). He plays the game correctly tho. Sure hands. High IQ. Good body control. Good deceleration.

I think the ceiling is Tyler Lockett. Emeka has bigger hands and is bigger overall. But the speed and agility numbers are basically identical, and I think they play very similarly.

Tyler Lockett ... 1st round ... meanwhile the drop off in corner talent after Barron is not small ...

This sucks

[IchabodCrane84]

I'm not a college guy, so...

Would we have reached with a defensive player? An edge rushers?

Are we setting up our offense for the future and address this season in rounds 2-7?

[Snake]

This video illustrates his strengths well. Catches in tight windows. Laser focus. tearing up zones. Doesn’t move his hands until the absolute last second as to not tip off the corner. High motor.

It also illustrates his limitations. He won’t take the top off the defense. He’s not a big guy. He’s not physically imposing.

still work to be done. Route running needs tightened up.

But as Mike Tomlin says, “if they didn’t need coaching, then I wouldn’t have a job.”

[Snake]

As an OSU alum, I’m pretty hard on Buckeyes. calling Justin Fields and Chase Young overrated as prospects? Had to do it.

Egbuka, on paper, shouldn’t be as good as he is. He’s not the biggest. He’s not the fastest (not saying he’s slow, but he’s not DeSean Jackson). He plays the game correctly tho. Sure hands. High IQ. Good body control. Good deceleration.

I think the ceiling is Tyler Lockett. Emeka has bigger hands and is bigger overall. But the speed and agility numbers are basically identical, and I think they play very similarly.

Tyler Lockett ... 1st round ... meanwhile the drop off in corner talent after Barron is not small ...

This sucks

Lockett wasn’t a bum. And Egbuka comes more ready made. Especially physically.

[Grahamburn]

Isn’t Lockett more of a deep threat type? That’s not really Egbuka’s game.

We’re leaning more ball control. How the eff do you stop this offense?!

Awesome thing to think about.

[Miller4Prez64]

Tyler Lockett ... 1st round ... meanwhile the drop off in corner talent after Barron is not small ...

This sucks

Lockett wasn’t a bum. And Egbuka comes more ready made. Especially physically.

Lockett isn’t a bum, but he’s the “WR of the future” mold I’m looking for.

We have three 6’1 WRs that all could be slot guys behind Evans. I’m not sure that’s great for us now or in the future.

[Snake]

Lockett wasn’t a bum. And Egbuka comes more ready made. Especially physically.

Lockett isn’t a bum, but he’s the “WR of the future” mold I’m looking for.

We have three 6’1 WRs that all could be slot guys behind Evans. I’m not sure that’s great for us now or in the future.

Some of this stuff is above my pay grade. I don’t know what the offense will look like going forward. I don’t know what the NFL favors at this point, prototypically speaking.

McMillan needs to become something ASAP though

[Doctor]

Was far and away my #1 target when I was expecting to lose Godwin.

I had other players higher BPA wise but I don't have the insights OBP does. Particularly when it comes to character and being a Buccaneer man. Apparently Egbuka had that in spades. That's a huge deal for a Licht.

I'm not gonna be mad at drafting Godwin 2.0 because some people think we don't need him at this very moment.

[Snake]

watching prime Godwin is a sobering experience. This kid is gonna be a contributor. But Godwin is/was so damn good. So strong, so tough. plus all the concentration and body control of a player like Emeka.

I don’t think that they’re comparable because one is a RAC god via physicality and one isn’t.

Barring something unforeseen, Emeka is a stand up double. And that’s great. Godwin is a home run.

[Sdbucs]

We got tyler lockett at 19 with glaring holes on defense yay

[Doctor]

The guy that picked Godwin (and Evans) just used a first rounder for the first time since his first pick on this WR.

Gonna trust the guy with the eye.

[Snake]

We got tyler lockett at 19 with glaring holes on defense yay

You’d be happy with 9500 yards (adjusted for inflation) produced in a Bucs uniform, I think!

[Snake]

The guy that picked Godwin (and Evans) just used a first rounder for the first time since his first pick on this WR.

Gonna trust the guy with the eye.

I always said that Jason had an eye for wide receiver talent. Everyone’s gonna miss. Tyler Johnson, whatever. But he did identify Humphries, and got the decent years out of S. Miller. Evans, Godwin, Perriman on the cheap.