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2020 NFL Mock Draft: First round projections after Week 1

By Tanner Nestle

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 07: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his 62 yard touchdown reception thrown by Tua Tagovailoa #13 against the Clemson Tigers during the first quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship at Levi's Stadium on January 07, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 07: Jerry Jeudy #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates his 62 yard touchdown reception thrown by Tua Tagovailoa #13 against the Clemson Tigers during the first quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship at Levi's Stadium on January 07, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 01: Riley Ridley #8 of the Georgia Bulldogs celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown in the third quarter during the 2018 SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 1, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

OT. Georgia. Andrew Thomas. 11. player. Scouting Report. 48. Pick Analysis

Another team that really needs to start eating its vegetables is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. New head coach Bruce Arians has visions of reshaping this Bucs offense, with or without Jameis Winston, and getting an elite offensive lineman is one of the cornerstones necessary in doing so.

I don’t have confidence either way in what Winston’s future holds in Tampa Bay and I don’t like any of the defensive pieces on the board for them currently. Receiver doesn’t seem like with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and O.J. Howard all looking like reliable targets, and Arians doesn’t seem like the type to go running back this early. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Bucs go that direction though.

Tampa Bay has invested a lot of draft capital into the defensive side of the ball recently and it hasn’t been working out. The talent on offense is hit or miss and Thomas is certainly not a miss. We just finished talking about one of the best defensive line’s and how good its key piece is. Well, Thomas is the key piece of one of the best offensive line’s in the country at Georgia.

And if he can be that very thing for the Buccaneers for the next decade, then they have little choice about where to go.

The way Georgia likes to run the ball should showcase what Thomas can do on the football field and it fits right alongside what Arians wants his teams to look like; physical and relentless.

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