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EDTShareTweetShareShareGrading the Buccaneers’ 2019 draft class from a Falcons fan’s perspectiveChristopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY SportsThe Buccaneers finished the 2018 season ranked No. 27 in the NFL for total defense. New head coach Bruce Arians clearly wants to change that, and the Bucs focused heavily on upgrading that side of the ball in the 2019 NFL Draft. Let’s take a look at what the Buccaneers did from the perspective of how it may impact the Falcons this season. Round 1, Pick No. 5: Devin White, LB, LSUI was certain the Buccaneers would take Ed Oliver at this spot to replace Gerald McCoy, but they went with White instead and added quality talent at the middle linebacker position. They needed a replacement for Kwon Alexander, and White has the potential to be an upgrade. White was the No. 3 player on Mel Kiper’s big board this draft season, and Oliver came in at No. 9. This is unfortunately a solid pick for Tampa Bay. Grade: A-Round 2, Pick No. 39: Sean Bunting, CB, Central MichiganIn the words of NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein, Bunting is “a solid Day 3 prospect with CB4 potential.” The Bucs may have reached on Bunting. He ran a 4.42 at the Combine, showcasing straight-line speed, but one knock on Bunting is his closing speed, which could be a problem against the Falcons’ receivers. Grade: B-Round 3, Pick No. 94: Jamel Dean, CB, Auburn The Bucs traded back to land Dean at No. 4, picking up an additional third rounder in the process. When a team has to face receivers like Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley twice a year, investing in the secondary isn’t a bad idea. Dean’s got good size at 6’2 and 208 pounds, and he ran a 4.3 40-yard dash at the Combine. Dean has a substantial injury history, but he does shine in press coverage, which may help Tampa Bay against the Falcons. Grade: B-Round 3, Pick No. 99: Mike Edwards, DB, KentuckyThe Bucs got through three entire rounds without addressing a pass rush that needs improving Julio Jones Womens Jersey , and instead added yet another defensive back with the 99th pick. But still, unfortunately, I really like the Edwards pick for Tampa Bay because of his versatility. He can play nickel, outside, or safety, and he was a ballhawk in college, with 10 interceptions. He’s also adept at the corner blitz, which has to be appealing to Todd Bowles, the Buccaneers’ new defensive coordinator. Grade: BRound 4, Pick No. 107: Anthony Nelson, DE, IowaFinally the Buccaneers got around to landing a defensive end, but the bad news for Tampa Bay is that Nelson looks the part, but his ceiling is pretty low. He’s got size and length, and he is able to use it to his advantage, but he’s not quick off the snap. There’s little chance, barring any catastrophe, that Nelson starts this year — which isn’t the end of the world for a fourth-rounder. But the Bucs passed on a ton of pass rushing talent and Nelson isn’t the most exciting consolation prize. Grade: CRound 5, Pick No. 145: Matt Gay, K, UtahRemember when we all laughed at the Buccaneers for trading up to draft Roberto Aguayo a few years back, and then Aguayo turned out to be a disaster? Well, I’m laughing now because the Bucs did it again, and it makes no sense. They have Cairo Santos on the roster, though he wouldn’t leave them with much dead money if they cut him. The Bucs need help along the offensive line in particular, so going with a kicker here seems absurd Youth Julio Jones Jersey , and I love it. Grade: FRound 6, Pick No. 208: Scott Miller, WR, Bowling GreenMiller ran somewhere in the high 4.2 to low 4.3 40-yard dash range at his Pro Day. He’s undersized, at 5’8 and 166 pounds, but that speed could still make him a threat, and he was a reliable receiver in college, albeit in a non-Power 5 conference. Low risk pick with potentially solid reward if he can keep up that reliability at the pro level. Grade: BRound 7, Pick No. 205: Terry Beckner Jr., DT, MissouriBeckner Jr. had impressive stat lines his final two years of college, with 20.5 sacks over those two seasons. He can play three tech or nose guard or kick outside, and the versatility is nice. But a seventh rounder isn’t going to replace Gerald McCoy. Grade: COverall grade: CThe Bucs added some interesting talent, and I really like a few of these picks for their versatility and skill sets. But they totally ignored the offensive line and didn’t really add surefire stars along the defensive line. HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — More than 50 years after taking his first football coaching gig, Jerry Glanville sees the light at the end of the tunnel like only he can.Glanville is completing his first season as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ defensive coordinator after serving as a guest coach in 2017. The Ticats face the Ottawa Redblacks in the East Division final Sunday after beating the B.C. Lions 48-8 in the conference semifinal.“When I took this job my wife (Brenda) asked, ‘How long do you think you’ll stay there?'” Glanville said straight-faced before delivering the punch line with a broad smile. “I said, ‘No longer than 15 years.’“I love it (in CFL), I love everything about it. It’s great fun, great players, the players play hard. It’s just been totally great experience.”He’s appeared in movies, driven race cars and served as a television football analyst. But make no mistake, Glanville — a former linebacker at Northern Michigan University — is a football coach and always will be.“Coaches coach and preachers preach, they take that to the box,” Glanville said. “I’ll be coaching when they put me in the box.“When I was doing TV, Waylon Jennings told me Julio Jones Men Jersey , ‘Quit TV tomorrow. You know more football than anybody. Don’t you dare die without teaching it, don’t you dare die with the music inside you.’ Watching coaches grow and players play is why you never say, ‘I’m done.'”Glanville, a Detroit native who calls Knoxville, Tennessee, home, took his first coaching job in 1967 as Western Kentucky’s defensive coordinator. He spent 20 seasons in the NFL, including nine as a head coach with Houston (1985-89) and Atlanta (1990-93).It was with the Oilers that Glanville coined the now famous phrase, “NFL means ‘not for long,'” while chewing out an official for a bad call. Glanville often stands on the sideline dressed in black with sunglasses, he’s left tickets at will call for the late Elvis Presley and rubbed many people — most notably former Pittsburgh coach Chuck Noll — the wrong way with his words and antics.“You can’t try to live forever, try to live the moment,” Glanville said. “The brave and courageous don’t live forever but those who aren’t never get to live at all. A cat is supposed to have nine lives and I think I’m down to about four. I’ve been very blessed.”The Hamilton job reunited Glanville with Ticats head coach June Jones. Glanville was on the Falcons‘ staff when Jones was a quarterback with the club (1977-81) and the two have worked together in both the NFL (Houston and Atlanta) and NCAA (Hawaii).But the CFL presented challenges for Glanville, none bigger than its unlimited motion.“You have to be smart enough to throw out a lot of your American coverages,” he said. “In the U.S. I’m a full bump-and-run teacher but I don’t full press bump and run anybody that’s off the line. I treat the motion guy like he’s a slotback off the line, then I add four yards in my depth to cover them. You know what? There’s a lot of bump-and-run people playing in the NFL that couldn’t cover anybody up here. It’s different.”Hamilton finished the regular season ranked third against the pass (247.7 yards per game) and fewest yards allowed (334.3), fourth in rushing yards (101.6), sixth in offensive points allowed (23.6 per game) and eighth in sacks (31). On Sunday against B.C., the unit surrendered just 319 total yards and one touchdown while defensive back Frankie Williams registered a pick-six.However, Glanville takes no credit for that performance.“What I tell them (players) is the biggest difference between American and Canadian football is nothing,” he said. “It’s still who hits who in the mouth, who gang tackles, who hustles. It’s your attitude, it’s how you play. I don’t take credit for one thing we do and I shouldn’t because I don’t deserve it. There’s never a game where our guys don’t spill their guts and that’s the fun of it.”Linebacker Larry Dean, who had 106 tackles this season and is a finalist for the CFL’s top defensive player award, calls Glanville a “football historian Color Rush Julio Jones Jersey ,” who delivers sometimes very colorful messages.“I can’t repeat some of them,” Dean said. “We’re just trying to get as much knowledge from him as we can. He has different philosophies, different ways to look at things and I just find it interestingto pick his brain and get the skin and bones of it.”Glanville credits assistant Ticats head coach Orlondo Steinauer with helping him learn the nuances of Canadian football. But Glanville gushes about the work defensive backs coach Williams Fields and former Ticat Craig Butler, now the team’s special-teams and defensive assistant, have done.However football isn’t what defines Glanville, who’s rubbed elbows with such big-name entertainers as Jennings, Johnny Cash and Burt Reynolds.“I was with Johnny Cash when he was dying,” Glanville said. “When I walked over to see him I said, ‘Gee Johnny, how you doing,’ and he said, ‘I’ve got Parkinson’s and it ain’t funny.’ Waylon Jennings was playing the guitar when I saw him and I said, ‘Waylon, you’re playing the blues.’ He looked at me and said, ‘Coach, sooner or later we all go back to the blues.'”But Glanville took Reynolds’ death in September at the age of 82 especially hard. The two worked together in the ’17 film The Last Movie Star and became close friends.“He taught you humility,” Glanville said. “People would line up three blocks for autographs and he never turned anyone down, he never treated anyone badly, he signed every autograph and spoke to every single person. He was bent over and had a hard time walking but he’d never take a double. He was just that type of guy.”Like Glanville, Reynolds also enjoyed pushing the envelope when he could.“The movie premiere was in Knoxville, because most of it was shot there,” Glanville said. “Burt is onstage with the producer and director and they’re taking questions. So this guy asks what Burt thought about the people of Tennessee. Burt looked at him and said, ‘The first thing we’ve got to realize is we all don’t have a chance to live in Georgia.’ Now who else would do that? The crowd cheered. Anybody else would’ve been booed off the stage.”FOX Fantasy AutoForm a Racing Team, Compete for PrizesPlay Now!