20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama

By Nick Houllis of BucStop
 
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers badly need help on the defensive line in the form of a defensive end, the likes of which the Bucs havn’t seen since Simeon Rice left in 2006. Rice was supposed to have a successor in the name of Gaines Adams, but the Bucs have been burned before at this position, and with only Iowa’s Adrian Clayborn the only game changer available, the Bucs are going to shock the draft world and pass on their biggest need.

Instead of DE, the Bucs are going to put the icing on the cake and beef up the offense even more with the addition of a fast running back to spell last years rookie DB Leaper LeGarrett Blount. That back will be Alabama’s Mark Ingram - whom the  Bucs have coming in to town so they can check out his knees, legs, etc.

The Bucs plan will be to join the elite class of power running teams that employ two similar style running backs. Cadillac Williams will be retained on the cheap for the 3rd down back option although the Raymond James occupants will probably feel Ingram’s hands are as well developed as Cadillac’s: the question mark will be the former Tide’s pass protecting skills.