I believe a look at the Bucs constitution and philosophy, could provide us insight into Hickey's plan. Clearly, the Bucs are known to be a defensive focused team, and their past drafts strongly bear that out. Now I know Hickey wasn't the GM but as Director of Player Personnel, he had influence on the teams direction. The first thing that strikes me is the lack of offensive players drafted. Has the Bucs OL and WR been set for 4 years because these selections seem to have no cohesion or plan? In 16 years, they had 4 division titles, and 1 SB championship. I believe that's an average showing, but the drafts appear sub par. Drafted Players [TABLE="class: sortable stats_table"] [TR="class: over_header"] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 9, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 5, align: center"]Passing[/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 3, align: center"]Rushing[/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 3, align: center"]Receiving[/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Year[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Rnd[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Pick[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Pos[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]To[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]AP1[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]PB[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]St[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]CarAV[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]G[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Cmp[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Att[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Int[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Att[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Rec[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Int[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Sk[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]College/Univ[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]43[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Johnthan Banks[/TD] [TD="align: left"]DB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD="align: right"]16[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Mississippi St.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]73[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Mike Glennon[/TD] [TD="align: left"]QB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="align: right"]13[/TD] [TD="align: right"]247[/TD] [TD="align: right"]416[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2608[/TD] [TD="align: right"]19[/TD] [TD="align: right"]9[/TD] [TD="align: right"]27[/TD] [TD="align: right"]37[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]North Carolina St.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4[/TD] [TD="align: right"]100[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Akeem Spence[/TD] [TD="align: left"]DT[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD="align: right"]16[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]1.0[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Illinois[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4[/TD] [TD="align: right"]126[/TD] [TD="align: left"]William Gholston[/TD] [TD="align: left"]DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]12[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]2.0[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Michigan St.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD="align: right"]147[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Steven Means[/TD] [TD="align: left"]DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Buffalo[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: hl"] [TD="align: left"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="align: right"]189[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Mike James[/TD] [TD="align: left"]RB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]8[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]60[/TD] [TD="align: right"]295[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]10[/TD] [TD="align: right"]43[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Miami (FL)[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: thead over_header"] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 9, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 5, align: center"]Passing[/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 3, align: center"]Rushing[/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 3, align: center"]Receiving[/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [/TR] [TR="class: thead"] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Year[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Rnd[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Pick[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Pos[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]To[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]AP1[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]PB[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]St[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]CarAV[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]G[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Cmp[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Att[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Int[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Att[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Rec[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Int[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Sk[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]College/Univ[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Mark Barron[/TD] [TD="align: left"]SS[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]10[/TD] [TD="align: right"]30[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2.0[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Alabama[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]31[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Doug Martin[/TD] [TD="align: left"]RB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]17[/TD] [TD="align: right"]22[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]446[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1910[/TD] [TD="align: right"]12[/TD] [TD="align: right"]61[/TD] [TD="align: right"]538[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Boise St.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]58[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Lavonte David[/TD] [TD="align: left"]LB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]22[/TD] [TD="align: right"]32[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="align: right"]8.0[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Nebraska[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD="align: right"]140[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Najee Goode[/TD] [TD="align: left"]LB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]17[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]1.0[/TD] [TD="align: left"]West Virginia[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="align: right"]174[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Keith Tandy[/TD] [TD="align: left"]DB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4[/TD] [TD="align: right"]25[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]18[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]West Virginia[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="align: right"]212[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Michael Smith[/TD] [TD="align: left"]RB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Utah St.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7[/TD] [TD="align: right"]233[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Drake Dunsmore[/TD] [TD="align: left"]TE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2012[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Northwestern[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: thead over_header"] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 9, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 5, align: center"]Passing[/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 3, align: center"]Rushing[/TH] [TH="class: bold_text, bgcolor: #DADCDE, colspan: 3, align: center"]Receiving[/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [/TR] [TR="class: thead"] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Year[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Rnd[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Pick[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"][/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Pos[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]To[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]AP1[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]PB[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]St[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip show_partial_when_sorting, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]CarAV[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]G[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Cmp[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Att[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Int[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Att[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Rec[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Yds[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]TD[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Int[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]Sk[/TH] [TH="class: tooltip sort_default_asc, bgcolor: #DADCDE, align: center"]College/Univ[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2011[/TD] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]20[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Adrian Clayborn[/TD] [TD="align: left"]DL[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]13[/TD] [TD="align: right"]35[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]13.5[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Iowa[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2011[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]51[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Da'Quan Bowers[/TD] [TD="align: left"]DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD="align: right"]39[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]5.5[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Clemson[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2011[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]84[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Mason Foster[/TD] [TD="align: left"]LB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: 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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Tennessee[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2011[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD="align: right"]151[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Ahmad Black[/TD] [TD="align: left"]SS[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]24[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"][/TD] [TD="align: left"]Florida[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: left"]2011[/TD] [TD="align: right"]6[/TD] [TD="align: right"]187[/TD] [TD="align: left"]Allen Bradford[/TD] [TD="align: left"]RB[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2013[/TD] [TD="align: right"]0[/TD] 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The 2012 draft was decent at the top .Otherwise I am underwhelmed. http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thed...k-back-at-dennis-hickeys-drafts-in-tampa-bay/
Yeah I agree the top end is a lot better. Kind of like the opposite of what we're used to with Ireland, actually hitting on a 2nd round pick.
That defense is one edge rusher away from being really really good...but they keep missing on them. Nice interior DLine picks, good RBs, the franchise cornerstones in McCoy and David. Their biggest error of the recent past was not getting a slot guy or legit TE in there for Glennon. They really left him without any inside threat, and it showed. WR is a bigger issue now since Mike Williams kinda lost it after looking like a long-term legit #2. They'll be back to the drawing board for a #2 and for a slot, imo.
My understanding of Hickey's role and reputation while at TB was that he was an unremarkable grinder that never had final say and was only occasionally listened to. There were rumors that he pushed for Doug Martin and Lavonte David, but I believe that mostly it was Hickey saying that. So obviously it may or may not be true. I'm not sure how instructive those TB drafts as to what Hickey would have done or what he will do in Miami.
It may or may not be true that he was an unremarkable grinder while at TB. I don't know. But I'm not so sure how much that matters. I tend to agree that what happened in TB while he was there probably doesn't mean much for what he'll do in Miami because he wasn't a decision-maker there. IMO, the GM's primary role is as a decision-maker, not a scout. You don't have to be a great scout in your own right as a GM -- you just have to be a good decision-maker. Just like you don't have to be a computer genius as a programmer in order to be a successful CEO of a computer company. You don't have to be a great lawyer to successfully manage a law firm. Etc. We'll see how he does as a decision-maker.