2019 NFL Mock Draft: Redskins, Patriots trade up in at-the-buzzer projection

5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Devin White, LB, LSU

It feels like one of the worst-kept secrets in the 2019 NFL Draft is that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have eyes for LSU linebacker Devin White. For weeks, the word has been that they are going to take him with the fifth-overall pick. Yes, this is 100 percent smokescreen season, but sometimes smoke means fire and that feels like it is indeed the case with the Buccaneers given their situation.

Put simply, the Buccaneers have few answers to the questions at linebacker right now with Kwon Alexander gone, even after Deone Bucannon signed on. White coming to Tampa under Bruce Arians and Todd Bowles would give them a potential game-changer there. White is an elite athlete and, while he needs to add some discipline and more physicality to his game, his ability to patrol the middle of the field as a tackler and in coverage is elite and would be an upgrade for the Bucs.

6. New York Giants: Daniel Jones, QB, Duke

Yep, the New York Giants are going to do this, no matter how ridiculously misguided it is. It’s been pretty widely stated that Dave Gettleman and the G-Men are enamored by Duke quarterback Daniel Jones (despite the fact that he’s not even a top-75 player in the 2019 NFL Draft class). With prototypical size and athleticism for the quarterback position, the Giants act on that with the early run on quarterbacks and nab Jones with the sixth-overall pick.

Jones now becomes the successor to Eli Manning, who he’ll likely sit behind for the 2019 season. No matter how long he sits, though, this is a questionable choice at best. Jones is as pedestrian as they come at the quarterback position, drawing comparisons to the likes of “greats” like Christian Ponder and Blaine Gabbert, largely because of his position in a weak quarterback class. Good luck with this, Gettleman.