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Leonard Floyd Is Finally Ready to Live Up to Draft Status and Dominate the NFL

With the No. 9 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced a decision: draft the player they wanted in cornerback Vernon Hargreaves or swing a trade with the Chicago Bears. Everyone in the draft world knew the New York Giants, with pick No. 10 overall, wanted Georgia pass-rusher Leonard Floyd.

News had been leaking from their draft room for weeks that Floyd was the target in Round 1. The Bears knew it too, so they jumped the Giants, moving up from No.