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USA Today
03-06-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Analyst praises Bucs current approach to roster building, NFL Draft
Analyst praises Bucs current approach to roster building, NFL Draft Jason Licht did not start off strong as the general manager of the Bucs when it came to drafting. Some of his early draft classes are some of the worst in franchise history if we are being honest. Specifically the 2016 class where they traded up to draft Roberto Aguayo who lasted one year after being an all-time great college kicker at Florida State. But like most things in life, failure can lead to lessons learned, and Jason Licht is a prime example of that. His recent run of free agency and trades, paired with his draft classes, has the Bucs with one of the more complete rosters in the entire NFL. That roster has now become a talking point for analysts who cover the league, most recently on ESPN by Kevin Clark on their program, NFL Live. "The way the Buccaneers draft now is for value. They're drafting because their roster is so good ... Jason Licht is one of the best GMs in all of football." Licht has earned that distinction in recent years as we mentioned. It isn't just his roster building, though; it is also how well he handles the constant turnover of their coaching staff year to year. They have lost their playcaller the last two years, and he has shown continued support for Todd Bowles that has allowed the players on the roster to continue to develop. It all plays a part in the success that the team is having right now.
USA Today
02-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Bucs 2016 NFL Draft trade ranked among the worst in league history
Bucs 2016 NFL Draft trade ranked among the worst in league history The recent run of success for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has had its fans forget about the rough sledding they dealt with in the 2010s up to 2020. Winning a Super Bowl helps with that, and a recent run of division titles also doesn't hurt. General manager Jason Licht joined the franchise in 2014 and was tasked with turning the team around. His early drafts were not considered successful by any stretch of the imagination, and as Bleacher Report sheds light on his 2016 draft specifically, it came with some historically bad trades. That trade involved moving up for Roberto Aguayo, a historically accurate kicker for the Florida State Seminoles who proved to be anything but once he came to the NFL. Kristopher Knox writes, "In the 2016 draft, Tampa made the curious decision to trade up and draft kicker Roberto Aguayo in the second round. That's right, the Buccaneers traded up to draft a kicker in Round 2. The move to No. 59 cost Tampa the 74th and 106th overall selections. In return, the Bucs got 16 games and a 71-percent field-goal rate out of Aguayo, who was waived during the 2017 preseason and hasn't appeared in a regular-season game since." Licht survived that trade and pick of Aguayo, as well as the picks of Vernon Hargreaves and Noah Spence in that same year. By all intents and purposes, it will go down as one of the worst draft classes in recent history. Credit to Jason Licht, though, it seems he has fixed his methods, and his staff have now mastered their craft. Look no further than the complete roster they have seemingly built in recent drafts. They say sometimes you have to fall down to get back up. In Jason Licht's case, he had to fall off Mount Everest to climb back up it.
