BREAKING: Buccaneers Draft Vernon Hargreaves, Fans React
By James Yarcho
The Buccaneers snagged an extra fourth round pick to move down to eleventh overall and took cornerback Vernon Hargreaves. Fans took to Twitter to react to the pick.
You all know I was on the “don’t draft Hargreaves” boat for the Buccaneers, but now that ship has sailed. I felt that pass rush was far more important than taking a corner with their first round pick. An undersized, short-armed corner in the NFC South doesn’t exactly scream “great move” to me. That being said, I am apparently in the minority.
Jason Licht told reporters after the pick that Hargreaves’ size doesn’t scare him. “Ask Brent Grimes and Ronde Barber about that,” he said. Now, if the Bucs use that fourth rounder they acquired from the Bears to move back in to the first for Noah Spence or Robert Nkemdiche, I may change my tune. As it stands now, however, the Bucs have way too many corners to go with no pass rush or safeties.
I reached out on Twitter to see how fans felt about the pick;
@ThePewterPlank That's the player I wanted all along
— Taken (@TakenLeonidas) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank Pleased. Got the best cover CB in the draft, & picked up a useable extra pick into the bargain.
— Lee Bromfield (@LeeBrom) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank Meh, I was looking for D line. They have Grimes, Banks and Verner in the fold.
— Robbie G. (@thunderchunkyPA) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank love it to be able to pick up a 4th and still get VH3 gotta love that
— Jaybo (@MrCervon) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank great pick, wait and see
— Miller Lite Bob (@MillerLiteBobby) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank it really depends on who we get for the next few picks. Lots of areas to address
— Brent Allen, the OG ChuckleNugget (@BrentAllenLive) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank No pass rush. Useless
— Nick Weber (@N5web) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank love it. But I’m biased because my fav player on my fav college team just went to my fav pro team
— Kevin Wilson (@kwilsondesign) April 29, 2016
@ThePewterPlank - wasted pick, we have other needs. They need to trade back into the first and pickup a pass rusher.
— Jacen Santiago (@BigBlockJacen) April 29, 2016
As I said, I appear to be in the minority here, but I will stand by my take unless pass rush is addressed immediately. Otherwise I do feel this was a wasted pick. We have two more rounds tomorrow and four more on Saturday, so there is still a lot of drama left to be had.
One thing I will say I really like about Hargreaves was his desire to be here all along. From wearing cleats that read “Tampa” at the combine to getting the call from Jason Licht tonight, who asked him if he was ready to be a Buc. Hargreaves response was, “Are you kidding?”
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So, for those of you who didn’t share your thoughts with us on Twitter, how do you feel about Vernon Hargreaves to the Buccaneers? Let us know in the comments!