Final Mock Draft Monday picks for the Bucs in the 2026 NFL Draft

Over a hundred mock draft analysis pieces, dozens of scouting reports, and more full-first-round mock drafts later, we have arrived at the week of the 2026 NFL Draft. Despite us just highlighting so many of the exercises that we just mentioned, but whats one more? We have one final Mock Draft Monday to work through.

For this one, it is a blend of what positions we think the Bucs will go after, but also which players we think they should pick for those positions. As an added twist, we throw in a trade that, while it is unlikely to happen, it highlights that anything is possible during this week. Without further delay, here is our final Bucs' Mock Draft Monday of the 2026 NFL Draft cycle.

Trade between the Bucs and the Cardinals Tampa Bay Buccaneers receive: 34th and 104th overall picks in 2026 and a 1st Round Pick in 2027 Arizona Cardinals receive: 15th overall pick in 2026 This is a trade that may not be feasible for Bucs GM Jason Licht, but it is one that Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort could be desperate enough to make. The Cardinals' general manager is in a win-now moment for himself. He has hired his second head coach of his tenure, the team is starting over, and owner Michael Bidwell needs to see something in 2026.

Starting over with a franchise quarterback achieves that longer leash for him, and if he mortgages the future for the potential replacement for him, it is not his problem. Because of the moment he finds himself, the Bucs could capitalize on that and load up on picks in 2026, but also get a potential Top-5 pick in the 2027 NFL Draft as well. Round 2, Pick 34: Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech There are not many linebackers I enjoyed watching more leading up to the NFL Draft, or during the college football season, than Jacob Rodriguez.