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Draft breakdown: Don't look past pass rushers as top Bucs pick

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TAMPA — If you don't have a franchise quarterback in the NFL, the search for one is always a draft priority. And once you have one, another must is the kind of dominant pass rusher who can get to the other team's franchise quarterback.

Do the Bucs have such a pass rusher on their roster? It remains to be seen how well Noah Spence can progress in his second NFL season after getting 5.5 sacks as a rookie. But until the Bucs can get 10 sacks from someone, anyone — it hasn't happened since 2005 and Simeon Rice, who is now 43 — they'll be closely linked to pass rushers as potential top picks.