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Buccaneers 2017 NFL Draft: Trade Back Partners and Scenarios

By David Harrison

Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Vernon Hargreaves III (Florida) is selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the number eleven overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 28, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Vernon Hargreaves III (Florida) is selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the number eleven overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at Auditorium Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 9, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Joe Mixon (25) runs with the ball during the first half of the spring game at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 9, 2016; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Joe Mixon (25) runs with the ball during the first half of the spring game at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

19. player. 42. . Quarterback. Clemson. Deshaun Watson

49ers Select: QB Deshaun Watson, Clemson / WR ArDarius Stewart, Alabama

This is what could happen if the San Francisco 49ers’ new general manager doesn’t waste the second overall selection on a quarterback.

Instead, John Lynch takes someone like Jamal Adams to help sure up his secondary and then makes a move with his former team to move back into the first-round when he sees this classes top quarterback still available at 19th overall.

Deshaun Watson isn’t what I’d call starter ready, but he’s the best thing this quarterback class has seen, and he’s a proven winner.

. Wide Receiver. Alabama. ArDarius Stewart. 125. player. 42

Later on, with the Bucs’ fourth-round pick, Lynch can go ahead and add Alabama receiver ArDarius Stewart to come in and help his rookie passer get someone to throw to.

He can turn quick passes and bubble screens into chunk plays, and fits in with a team needing options to throw to early in his quarterback’s progression.

With this, the 49ers have a future. Without it, they probably have Deshone Kizer.

Running Back. Oklahoma. Joe Mixon. 34. player. 48.

Trading out of the first-round wouldn’t make many Buccaneers fans happy on day one of the NFL Draft.

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However, this is the year to trade out and gain picks if you were ever going to do it.

Here, Tampa moves into the second round, gains a third-round pick and swaps up in the fourth. These moves open up new names to pick from, but some are familiar.

We all know who Joe Mixon is. We all know the baggage he brings. Still, the stance most have taken – including myself – is, if Jason Licht takes him it’s because he feels Mixon is a good guy who made a bad mistake.

I’m not trying to trivialize what he did, but I’m also not turning this into an expose on morals and the NFL landscape.

From a talent standpoint, Mixon is elite and gives the Buccaneers the out they need to cut ties with Doug Martin if they so choose.

48. . Wide Receiver. Penn State. Chris Godwin. 66. player

Wide receiver Chris Godwin knows what it means to resurrect a reputation as he’s been part of the re-birth for Penn State.

Now, he hopes to help complete the re-birth of the Bucs’ passing game joining DeSean Jackson and Mike Evans with this pick.

Godwin is the perfect number four receiver to play behind Adam Humphries on the depth chart, and I can express enough how much I hope he lands in Tampa.

Colorado. Tedric Thompson. 109. player. 48. . Safety

Finally, moving up in the fourth helps Licht get his secondary some safety talent from one of the promising players in this year’s talent loaded class.

Tedric Thompson is right behind Marcus Maye for me in this year’s crop, and if Maye is there then he’s the pick here for me.

Either way, the team will be happy with the guy they get, and we’ll all be fans soon enough.

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