Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 7-Round mock draft following Tom Brady signing

If there’s ever been anything that frustrated TB12 during his career, it’s been a pass rush from the interior. When he and the New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants in their two Super Bowls, it wasn’t Eli Manning who got to Brady — even if that did create some fun memes. Instead, it was the dirty pocket he was forced to throw from.

That’s something Tampa Bay has to make sure Brady doesn’t deal with this season. The good news is, they do have a couple of decent options on the interior of their line in left guard Ali Marpet and center Ryan Jensen. The same can’t be said about the right guard position, which is an area where they could use some help.

Alex Cappa played the majority of the snaps for the Bucs at this spot last season and he had a rough time, earning a grade of just 62.7 from Pro Football Focus (subscription required) — which was 37th at the position. This was a huge jump from his prior season but the Bucs still need to make an improvement.

With their second pick in the fourth round, they try and get some competition by selecting Oregon’s Shane Lemieux. Considered a highly intelligent guard who also plays with above-average toughness, Lemieux falls some in this mock due to his shorter than desired arms, which hurts his stock. Still, at this point, the Bucs are quick to turn in their card as he could potentially develop into a starting-caliber player for them.