There are alot of "would haves" ,"should haves", and "could haves" but if you look at the draft breakdown during the Gruden area, it really explains why we are in the shape we are in.

BAD DRAFT #1

2002 draft without a first and second round pick produced one player really, Jermaine Phillips. The entire draft that year other than the first round was subpar. We had picks like Marquis Walker, Travis Stephens, John Stamper, Tim Wansley, Tracy Winstrom, Aaron Lockett, and Zack Quaccia.

BAD DRAFT #2

2003 draft without a first round pick produced picks like Chris Simms, Sean Mahan, and Tori Cox. Dewayne White was the best pick of the draft but left after becoming a free agent joining the Detroit Lions. The player I was high on that year was Drew Henson QB, who was selected in the 6th round. Mr. Yankee never panned out with the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, or the Detroit Lions even though Jerry Jones pushed the issue during his time at Dallas.

BAD DRAFT #3

2004 draft gave us first round pick Micheal "Hands of Stone but I can Block" Clayton. We know how that story is developing. The best pick out of the draft was Will Allen, our rotation safety that gets toasted nearly every week. We had Marquis Cooper, Jeb Terry, Nate Lawrie, Mark Jones, Casey Cramer, and Lenny Williams, whom all are no longer on our team and might not even be in the league. I was high on Matt Schaub who went to the Atlanta Falcons in the 3rd round. He could have been our franchise quarterback but played behind Micheal Vick until he got his opprotunity with the Houston Texans.

GOOD DRAFT #1

2005 draft gave us Cadillac Williams, our 1st round pick, which without injury would have been one of the best running backs of the decade. He is back from two- season ending knee injuries and we are glad he's back. Barrett Ruud, Alex Smith, and Dan Buenning all came from this draft and have proven to be solid assets. We still drafted Casey Comer, Donte Nicholson, Larry Brackins, Anthony Bryant, Rick Razzano, Parris Warren, and J.R. Russell, but I said it was a good draft because it's the best out of all of them.

BAD DRAFT #4

2006 draft gave us the right side of our Offensive Line with Davin Joseph and Jeremy Trueblood in the 1st and 2nd Rounds. After that Maurice Stovall and Bruce Gradkowski. The rest with the likes of Allen Zematis, Julian Jenkins, T.J. Williams, Justin Phinisee, Charles Bennett, and Tim Massaquoi. This draft filled some needs but not enough.

BAD DRAFT #5

2007 draft could have been the best draft in Buccaneer history but they passed up on the BEST PLAYER in the NFL. I don't care how many runningbacks you have or don't have, you pick Adrian Peterson. Don't give me that "we didn't know" excuse because we did know and Jon Gruden has been creaming on himself everytime his name is mentioned. Instead we pick Gaines Adams with our 1st round pick. You know what I'm thinking, so I'm not going to comment. Aaron Sears had a huge upside and would have been the best pick of the draft but fell due to mental issues. I hope he can pull through. Sabby Piscitelli, Quincy Black, and the best of the bunch Tanard Jackson have proven they are future commidities. Greg Peterson, Adam Hayward, Chris Denman, Marcus Hamilton, Kenneth Darby didn't pan out like expected. I gave this a bad draft rating because of plain stupidity.

BAD DRAFT #6

2008 draft gave us a solid player in the first round with Anquib Talib. I had no problems with that even though we were in desperate need of a wide receiver. I was hoping on moving up in the draft to get Deshawn Jackson but instead we pick Dexter Jackson because Applician St. beat Michigan. I guess. We did however pick Jeremy Zuttah and Geno Hayes, solid picks. Josh Johnson and Dre Moore we have to wait and see. It was our second best draft in the Gruden era, but the bonehead move with Dexter is unforgivable.

This brings us to NOW. Six bad drafts with one in the past seven years doesn't cut it. Instead of retooling, we rolled the dice based on poor scouting. I look back and see players like Matt Schaub and Adrian Peterson, who would have been franchise players for us, and it just makes me shake my head. We wouldn't be rebuilding now, we would still be retooling and competitve.