Bucs Pick Tristan Wirfs In Round 1
April 23rd, 2020
The cry used to be Weapons For Winston. Now it’s “Beasts For Brady.”
The Bucs have just traded up one spot with the 49ers to draft tackle Tristan Wirfs, the 6-5, 320-pound athletic freak out of the University of Iowa. He mostly played right tackle at Iowa and that’s where the Bucs need him.
Wirfs, 21, talked weeks ago about how he had a few phone calls with teams and noted his first Zoom video call was with the Buccaneers, specifically with offensive line coaches and Bryon Leftwich.
They must have loved him.
Iowa is certainly the school from which you want to draft an offensive lineman. “We’re held to a higher standard,” Wirfs said of himself and his college linemates.
Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian shared on SiriusXM NFL Radio that Wirfs won’t be coached better in the NFL than he was at Iowa.
This is a safe pick for the Bucs. Wirfs is considered a plug-and-play guy, though many think he’d be a better guard in the NFL.
Regardless, the Bucs now have one supremely talented offensive line.
Let’s go score 30-plus points per game!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:52 pm
GO BUCS!!!11!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:52 pm
What did we give up in the trade?
Love the pick!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:53 pm
What did we give up to move up one spot
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Great pick!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Sweet!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
They must’ve known someone was trying to trade up for him. I can’t believe he was available at 14. He is a beast!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
What did we give up?
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Our 117 pick
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
Traded up for the worst tackle among 1st rounders haha love it
I’ll be following the bucs, watching them suck this year as they have a horrible season if they even have a season lol.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Amazing! This guy is a beast and what a steal!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
EXCELLENT PICK TAMPA… go get lsu RB now
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Helaire or Akers at RB in rd 2 now!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Gave up a 4th
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Freaking love it. I smelled Miami trying to move up. This is a major win for us and giving up a 4th takes one more pick away from Licht grabbing another damned kicker.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Excellent pick. Fills a glaring need.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Pick 117, so 4th round pick
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Usa today had rated top tackle
Said best tackle prospect theyve seen maybe ever?
I mean thats pretty high praise
Other sites saying most physical of group
Mauler in run game and good in pass protection
Hopefully we didnt give up to much though
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:55 pm
Good pick. I didn’t expect Wirfs to be available. Weird that we traded up one spot and gave away that pick… But I’m not going to complain.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:56 pm
DONE GREAT PICK WE GOT OUR MAN
GOOD JOB JASON YOU DID GOOD TODAY.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:56 pm
They got their man. Hate to see a 4th given up but it is what it is. Time for Licht to work his magic and get some more draft picks by trading back in the second 😉
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:56 pm
Helaire, Akers, Swift, Taylor, one of them should be there for us in the 2nd. And we kept our 3rd rounder which means Fromm please. Get Brady Jr. here.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:56 pm
The other 4th.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:56 pm
Stupid to give away a 4th round pick to the 49er’s who probably were going to pick Lamb or Kinlaw.
If SF traded the pick to some one else it would be to a team desperate for a WR.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:57 pm
John lynch did us a solid! Go bucs!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:57 pm
Go Bucs !!!!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:57 pm
Gave up their 4th. 117 overall.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:57 pm
Love it
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:57 pm
A solid pick. Well fit right it.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:57 pm
We traded our 4th rounfer this year. Not sure if anything more. We still have our 2nd and 3rd.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:57 pm
What a sexy pick. Good job Licht and Arians!
Now package OJ and our second to trade back up for Jonathan Taylor
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:58 pm
Wow, can’t believe he was still there!
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:58 pm
now guys you know other teams wanted that pick correct.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:58 pm
I bet Lynch was angling for OJ
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:58 pm
Now trade Howard for Trent Williams
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:58 pm
good, wanted to see us get Ruggs as he could end up being a tyreek hill type player but whatever we need a good tackle as we have plenty of firepower.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:58 pm
Now we need to go pass catching running back! I smell Swift from Bama! Anyone agree?
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:58 pm
Hate what they had to give up, but I like the pick.
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:59 pm
Ghost, someone elwe would have traded up
April 23rd, 2020 at 9:59 pm
YESSSSS! GO BUCS!!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:00 pm
And we got a 7th round pick! Glad we have a lottery ticket back.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:01 pm
Beast
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:01 pm
Good pick…Stupid trade move.
Why throw away capitol, when everyone knew SF was going Kinlaw over Wirfs / Juedy – after trading Buckner to IND.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:01 pm
I’ll take an OL! Good job Bucs
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:01 pm
Great run blocker, feet need alot of work in pass pro.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:01 pm
He’s LAZY at times, not a Great Pick! Stop lying to yourselves! GO BUCS!!!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:02 pm
@ JameisWillRiseAgain
Considering the name you chose, anything you say should be taken with a grain of salt.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:02 pm
HUUUUGE! Wirfs is a bad mofo and a big need.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:02 pm
JameisWillRiseAgain Says:
“April 23rd, 2020 at 9:54 pm
“Traded up for the worst tackle among 1st rounders haha love it
“I’ll be following the bucs, watching them suck this year as they have a horrible season if they even have a season lol.”
Are you bitter much? Jameis lost us a lot of games.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:03 pm
Trade oj keep brate. Go bucs. Get a lineman from. Pat’s, he wants to leave too!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:04 pm
What a pick! Biggest freak athlete in the draft!!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:04 pm
Breathed a sigh of relief when we didn’t get a WR
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:04 pm
Happy with Wirfals. Never thought hed be the one to drop.
I’m sure there was Intel someone else was willing to move up and take him so Licht had to make the trade.
Go Bucs
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:05 pm
They were taking Kinlaw anyway. Which is what we should have done. Paiing up a great player for an average nfl tackle. More mortgaging the future for the present needs. And a fourth! SMH
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:05 pm
Kobe Flake PLEASE don’t comment or make stupid jokes because Chicago and Denver were needing a tackle and that’s why they traded one spot up !! We just got got our Tackle that should have never been there for the next decade, but boys we are all in and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bucs make another move to possibly get back in the first round !! Love it
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:06 pm
Trade oj Howard make one more home run trade
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:07 pm
Taylor time!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:07 pm
Great pick. Welcome to Tampa!!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:08 pm
A+
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:08 pm
Jamiss will rise again is NDOG aka holds his jock strap, but yes you will be watching the Bucs dominate and possibly be the first team to play at home in the SB !!! Now trade back in and get McKinley it Swift
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:10 pm
San Fran could’ve traded back with another team behind us that would have snatched up Wirfs. We gave them a 4 and got back a 7. Still got a lotto ticket. Well done. Protect Brady and we will be in the playoffs.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:10 pm
Again a lot of sites had Wirfs rated 1st
He is nasty
He will start right and go to left next year
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:11 pm
Great pick! He’s a wholesome young man check out gm his Instagram. He’s a fss a family man.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:11 pm
Still have OJ to get back pick if needed
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:11 pm
Wirfs was slated to go as the 4th overall pick. The Bucs are doing whatever it takes to win NOW! Even with giving up a 4th, this is a huge win to get probably the 2nd best OT in the draft at 13. RB next then Safety.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:13 pm
We have two 7th’s now….the other came from NE in the Gronk trade.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:14 pm
For you clowns who keep saying why did we give up a 4th, do you really think we would have traded a pick just for the hell of it. Obviously other teams were trying to move up and John did us a solid by letting us know and giving us a chance to counter.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:15 pm
Yep, now we need Clyde 2nd, and Ashtyn Davis in the 3rd.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:17 pm
Package our two 7th’s for a trade back into the 4th for maybe a DT, I like Lynch out of Baylor.
5th Javon Leake KR/PR/RB
6th Bryce Perkins QB.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:18 pm
Ppl complaining about the trade/pick?…. we had a hole at rt. We just filled it. Still so much draft left. Let things come to you before thinking the sky is falling!
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:20 pm
Buc_The_World, either Lynch “did us a solid” as you say, or he completely fleeced us. I think it’s the latter. Don’t get me wrong, I like the pick, but we could probably have had it at 14 and still had a 4th. That was a really high price to move from 14 to 13.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:25 pm
Welcome to Tampa! Wirfs will be a BEAST for this team for many years. Worth the 4th. Good to see the Bucs being so aggressive.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:28 pm
Better than I expected. I never thought he’d be available at 14.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:28 pm
I’m not a Licht fan, but the talk about him getting fleeced solely on Lynch’s word is BS. That’s not how it works in the real world. The Bucs had information from more than one source that someone, likely the Dolphins, was trying to move up to select Wirfs.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:29 pm
And Boom! The Dolphins select the OT from USC. Excellent move by Licht.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:32 pm
Excellent pick. Naysayers need to chill.
April 23rd, 2020 at 10:37 pm
DaBux, spot on about Miami trying to jump in front of us as shown by their pick of Austin Jackson at 18.
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:03 pm
This is a great pick, he was the number one tackle in the draft until this week. He was supposed to be the first tackle taken. I read Miami was trying to make ahead to get him. Since Miami took O-Line, makes sense. All you fools who said our O-Line was 5th per PFF, crap. We may take another in this draft too. Our O-Line sucked last year
April 23rd, 2020 at 11:25 pm
A
Woulda been an A+, except we lost the 4th round pick.
Fantastic Tackle- will fit in right away as right tackle.
Now we need a Running back and a Safety.
We probably need a QB.
Is Ryan Griffen gonna retire, without ever starting a game??
April 24th, 2020 at 1:33 am
John probably told Jason that Atl called.
April 24th, 2020 at 2:35 am
Nice now we need a running back