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Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Potential trades for this offseason

By Rob Leeds

TAMPA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 22: Tight end O.J. Howard #80 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers runs the ball against cornerback Deandre Baker #27 of the New York Giants during the game at Raymond James Stadium on September 22, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 22: Tight end O.J. Howard #80 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers runs the ball against cornerback Deandre Baker #27 of the New York Giants during the game at Raymond James Stadium on September 22, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 26: A video board displays an image of Vita Vea of Washington after he was picked #12 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 26: A video board displays an image of Vita Vea of Washington after he was picked #12 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

A different type of trade that the Buccaneers can make is to move their first-round pick this year to trade down in the draft or they can trade future picks to move up in the draft.

As far as trading up in the draft is concerned, this move would be very expensive for the Buccaneers and would likely only be to go after four players: Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert, or Chase Young.

Of these four players, the two that make the most sense for going after are Justin Herbert and Tua Tagovailoa as Joe Burrow and Chase Young are generally seen as top two picks and will be too costly to trade for.

When evaluating the potential for Tua and Herbert, the odds seem unlikely because the Buccaneer front office seems strongly behind Jameis Winston. With the Buccaneers likely to franchise tag Winston, the Bucs will probably stick with where they are at.

If, on the off chance, the Buccaneers do decide to trade up in the draft to take a quarterback it will likely be very expensive, but not impossible. Tampa Bay would likely have to give up at least one first-round pick but probably more to try and get up to a spot where they could take one of the available quarterbacks.

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