Big Year For Edge Rushers
February 1st, 2026
Buccaneers GM Jason Licht may have smiled in Mobile, Alabama, last week.
The Bucs need edge rush help again.
Haason Reddick didn’t cut it. (Did he try?) Chris Braswell isn’t a pass rusher and Anthony Nelson is an eighth-year backup who is much better against the run. And Markees Watts couldn’t get on the field in front of those guys.
NFL Network year-round draft guru Daniel Jeremiah just wrapped up his week at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, watching prospects and talking to NFL types.
Asked to characterize his big takeaway from the week, Jeremiah didn’t hesitate.
“It’s a good edge rush group,” told The Rich Eisen Show. “And I think that’s going to be, you know, kind of the larger draft class. A lot of times down here in Mobile it’s a little microcosm of what the class as a whole will look like. Man, it’s been some good edge rushers. And Derrick Moore … from Michigan, he’s been as good as anybody.”
The former Browns, Eagles and Ravens scout noted there will be “really good value” in edge rushers take on Day 2 of the 2026 draft, aka Rounds 2 & 3.
Joe hopes and expects the Bucs will try to end their edge rush blues in free agency again next month. As for the draft, it’s too early to try and get in the mind of Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht.
In his opening mock draft of the 2026 season, Jeremiah mocked Texas A&M edge rusher Cashius Howell to the Bucs at No. 15 overall.