Miami edge Akheem Mesidor.
If this happens, Joe has one kind request.
Funny story about NFL draft analyst Todd McShay. When he worked for the four-letter, he was downright awful at schlock drafts, one of the worst.
Since he got away from BSPN, he suddenly became proficient. In the last five years, he’s been one of the best schlockers out there.
For example: Joe remembers McShay’s schlock drafts used to be behind a paywall. One spring, he got two right in the first round. TWO! The next day, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo completely crucified McShay as a hack.
“Pay for [McShay’s schlocks]?” Russo bellowed on his SiriusXM Radio show. “I wouldn’t urinate on them!”
McShay’s turnaroud makes Joe think someone at BSPN was ordering him how to put one together so the right players would go to the right teams and give BSPN something to discuss on its two dozen platforms, including Last Take and Stay in Bed.
Now typing and yapping for The Ringer, McShay believes Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht will get his edge rusher. And he will go down to Miami to do it by drafting Hurricanes edge rusher Akheem Mesidor is coming to town.
Mesidor’s age, past durability issues, and lack of ideal length are factors to consider. But while Rueben Bain Jr. and David Bailey are more skilled (and Bain is more well-rounded), Mesidor might be the most polished, ready-to-rush-the-QB edge in this class.
There’s so much violence and tenaciousness on tape, and he loves being on the field (played a whopping 878 snaps in 2025). Plus, I like that he played his most impactful ball in the CFP, recording 5.5 sacks in four games.
The “violence” McShay cited with Mesidor struck a chord with Joe. Notice who Licht has added to the defense this offseason?
Alex Anzalone may not be a “violent” guy, but damn, he brings juice and heart to the field.
Then there is A’Shawn Robinson. He is a violent dude, there’s no two ways around it. He even bragged he still carries his violent ways from his childhood to the football field.
So if this Mesidor really is violent like McShay suggests, that seems to fit a fresh Licht pattern.
The only request Joe has for the Bucs if they draft Mesidor: Please sign Mesidor’s position coach at Miami, Hall of Fame edge rusher Jason Taylor, and let him be Mesidor’s personal position coach? Pretty please?