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As with all NFL Draft picks, the social media reactions came in fast and furious when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Emeka Egbuka at No. 19. And, as usual with first-round picks, most were positive. Lots of Tampa Bay fans and beat writers were quite happy to add another talented receiver to an already-stacked room. If I had to pick one tweet to best sum up why Egbuka is such a great fit for Tampa Bay, it's this one:
Egbuka made himself into the leading receiver in Ohio State history by being a hard-working great talent surrounded by elite talents. Maybe teams have one elite corner that can try to handle a Marvin Harrison Jr. or Jeremiah Smith. But few teams have a second that can take on a player like Egbuka. And that should hold true in the NFL, too. Egbuka is too good a second or third option. Even if you cover Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, you're not going to have a third member of the secondary to battle Egbuka.
There are way too many impressed tweets with the Bucs offense now to list all of them, so I won't even try.
There are very few criticisms of Egbuka, because he's hard to criticize. Most of those who don't love the pick are along these lines: arguing that Egbuka is solid, but Tampa is already stacked at receiver and there were probably bigger needs for their first-round pick.
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Reactions to Tampa Bay drafting Emeka Egbuka
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Egbuka made himself into the leading receiver in Ohio State history by being a hard-working great talent surrounded by elite talents. Maybe teams have one elite corner that can try to handle a Marvin Harrison Jr. or Jeremiah Smith. But few teams have a second that can take on a player like Egbuka. And that should hold true in the NFL, too. Egbuka is too good a second or third option. Even if you cover Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, you're not going to have a third member of the secondary to battle Egbuka.
There are way too many impressed tweets with the Bucs offense now to list all of them, so I won't even try.
There are very few criticisms of Egbuka, because he's hard to criticize. Most of those who don't love the pick are along these lines: arguing that Egbuka is solid, but Tampa is already stacked at receiver and there were probably bigger needs for their first-round pick.
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Reactions to Tampa Bay drafting Emeka Egbuka
Continue reading...
