{"id":872214,"date":"2026-04-22T21:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872214\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:57:21","slug":"buccaneers-interested-in-trading-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872214\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers Interested In Trading Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After sputtering to an 8-9 record and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2019 last season, the Buccaneers are entering this year\u2019s draft with just seven picks. Looking to add more selections, general manager Jason Licht wants to move down from 15th overall in the first round, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/albert-breer-latest-nfl-draft-buzz-comparing-top-wide-receivers#inline-text-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Albert Breer of SI.com<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25078570-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-362699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/USATSI_25078570-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is likely to be a first-round run on offensive linemen beginning in the 10 to 14 range, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/2046999820959613265?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to insider Jordan Schultz<\/a>. As Breer notes, the Lions (17), Panthers (19), Steelers (21), Eagles (23), Browns (24) and Bears (25) are all candidates to draft an O-lineman in the first round. That could put the Buccaneers in prime position to find a trade partner. As the Bucs\u2019 GM since 2024, Licht has never been shy about moving his first-rounder. He went from nine to 11 in 2016, seven to 12 in 2018, 14 to 13 in 2020 and 27 to 33 in 2022 (h\/t:<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buccaneers.com\/news\/every-trade-buccaneers-history-involving-first-round-draft-picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0Scott Smith of the team\u2019s website<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The trades in 2018 and \u201920 led to the Buccaneers using first-rounders on defensive tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/V\/VeaxVi00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-22_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vita Vea<\/a> and left tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WirfTr00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-22_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tristan Wirfs<\/a>, two cornerstones. The 355-pound Vea and the 320-pound Wirfs are among Tampa Bay\u2019s biggest players. Overall, though, head coach Todd Bowles believes the team needs more size.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to get bigger from a team standpoint,\u201d Bowles said (via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/bucs\/2026\/04\/21\/nfl-draft-kayden-mcdonald-peter-woods-christen-miller-caleb-banks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times<\/a>). \u201cI think we need to get bigger. We\u2019re smaller at some positions from a size standpoint. I\u2019d like to get bigger regardless of what position it is, and I think that will be a little more emphasis this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether the Buccaneers trade down, edge defender, linebacker and guard are among the positions they could target early in the draft. Based on Bowles\u2019 comments, anyone dinged with the \u201cundersized\u201d label may be off the table for Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After sputtering to an 8-9 record and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2019 last season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[211,7,6,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-872214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-buccaneers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-tampa-bay","12":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","13":"tag-tampabay","14":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116450601124369473","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}