The 2024 NFL draft features one of the deepest and most talented wide receiver classes in recent memory, with three elite prospects at the top, and a loaded second tier that could end up putting double-digit pass-catchers among the top 50 selections.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers already have one of the NFL’s best receiver tandems in Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, as well as some promising young talent behind them, but that won’t necessarily stop them from dipping into this year’s rare crop of talent at the position.
“It’s another position that you can’t have too many of those,” Licht said during his annual predraft press conference. “I think [Offensive Coordinator] Liam [Coen] can find a way to use a lot of very good receivers and playmakers… We really like Trey [Palmer] and we like what ‘Rock’ (Rakim Jarrett) was showing before he got injured last year. Like I said, it’s another position that I would consider a need and you can’t fill them all right now in the draft, but we’d love to get one.”
The Bucs currently have four top-100 picks in this year’s draft, and though there are more pressing needs elsewhere on both sides of the ball, it wouldn’t be shocking if they use one of them to add another dynamic receiver to their offense.
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