Fallback option?
This may not be as crazy as it seems on face value.
Joe would lose a lot of money betting someone the Bucs would not draft an inside linebacker next month in the draft. It seems like the ultimate no-brainer that they will.  But let’s say, on the first two days of the draft, the Bucs just don’t like the inside linebackers in their range when they are on the clock.
(Remember, it takes two to tango in trading back. If you can’t find a partner, you’re stuck where you’re at.).
If the Bucs don’t find that inside linebacker on the first two days of the draft — a dude drafted on the third day is projected backup depth. And there would the Bucs be interested in a Lavonte David clone?
Saad Yousuf of The Athletic believes the Bucs very much should be interested in free agent Bobby Wagner. While Yousuf admits Wagner’s skills aren’t what they used to be, he still has game.
Bobby Wagner with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs recently said goodbye to a franchise lifer, as linebacker Lavonte David announced his retirement this week after playing his entire 15-year career in Tampa Bay. The Bucs signed Alex Anzalone in free agency, but they can still do more to bolster the middle of their defense. Tampa Bay drafted David in the second round in 2012 with the No. 58 pick. Eleven picks before that, the Seattle Seahawks selected Wagner, who has turned in a likely Hall of Fame career. He’s not the player he was in his prime, but he’s shown to still have some juice.
Well, the Bucs also signed the Stinking Panthers’ leading tackler, linebacker Christian Rozeboom. So Joe isn’t sure how much more Team Glazer loot Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht wants to spend on the same position (inside linebacker). Signing Wagner would make three free agent inside linebackers signed.
That’s a lot tied up for two positions on defense.
But just from a football perspective, this wouldn’t be an awful idea. It gives the Bucs significant depth and one could put Wagner in a rotation with Alex Anzalone or Roseboom.
And of course, signing Wagner, 35, on top of Anzalone, 31, and Rozeboom, 29, would certainly lessen the odds that SirVocea Dennis gets on the field.
But yeah, this is a deep insider linebacker draft. Joe would rather Licht draft a guy than go damn near all thirtysomething crowd.