TAMPA — DeSean Jackson should've been a Buccaneer from the very start. In fact, the Bucs did select a wide receiver named D-Jax in the second round of the 2008 draft.
But they got the wrong guy, and in some ways it might have cost coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen their jobs. Here's what happened.
The Bucs entered the 2008 season with a couple of glaring needs. With Ronde Barber turning 33 and Phillip Buchanon in the final year of his contract, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin needed a long-term solution at cornerback.
Aqib Talib, who had tested positive for marijuana three times at Kansas and served a two-game suspension for violating team rules, became the Bucs' first-round selection, No.