When asked, the average Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ fan would tell you the Bucs need to leave the 2024 NFL Draft with an edge rusher. Most would say the Buccaneers should address the need early rather than late.
The Tampa Bay Bucs won the Super Bowl in 2020. The team’s pass rush was a decisive determinant in Tampa being crowned champions. To this day, Todd Bowles’ defense has never quite fallen off but simultaneously has failed to recapture the apex it achieved that day.
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Tampa Bay’s defense, as a group, has lacked a true dominant edge presence since Shaq Barrett circa 2021 where Barrett made it to double digit sacks (10).