Saturday, 4 a.m.
If the first day of the NFL was about hope, the second was about trust.
The Tampa Bay Bucs picked a pair of player who, well, aren’t exactly brand names. They were selections that left Bucs fans groaning in frustration.
First, the team bypassed more well known inside linebackers to take Josiah Trotter, a hard-hitting linebacker with questions about his coverage ability.
After trading back with their third-round pick, they took Ted Hurst, a big wide receiver from a tiny school (Georgia State).
It was enough to leave observers unhappy.
With Trotter, the 46th pick, fans would have preferred to trade up three picks and take Jacob Rodriguez, or to take Jake Golday (who went 51st), C.J. Allen (53rd) or Anthony Hill (60th).
Much of the frustration was because of the knocks on Trotter’s coverage skills, an area where the Bucs have struggled.
Obviously, the team has done far more work on Trotter than on any of their critics, Still, teams do make mistakes.
Hurst, however, will remind you of how Bucs' general manager Jason Licht has often gone to smaller schools for offensive linemen.
Hurst has 127 catches for 1,965 yads over the last two seasons.
