{"id":604289,"date":"2026-04-24T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/604289\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:33:09","slug":"operation-inside-linebacker-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/604289\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Inside Linebacker – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tOperation Inside Linebacker
\nApril 24th, 2026 <\/p>\n

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Georgia Bulldogs inside linebacker C.J. Allen.<\/p>\n

There is no debate. The Bucs entered the 2026 NFL Draft determined to draft an immediate starter at inside linebacker. <\/p>\n

And Joe is rather confident that guy is coming tonight in Round 2, which kicks off at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

A CBS Sports second-round mock draft published after last night\u2019s opening round has the Bucs picking<\/a> University of Texas linebacker Anthony Hill.<\/p>\n

There is no linebacker prospect in this draft who has produced as much as Hill over the course of his career. He has stepped up as a pass rusher and has the athleticism to play sideline to sideline.<\/p>\n

The Bucs are sitting with the No. 46 overall pick, the No. 15 selection of Round 2.<\/p>\n

Lots of Bucs fans are aching for Texas Tech inside linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, who CBS has coming off the board in a hurry to the Bills at No. 34 overall. He seems like a tremendous, do-it-all player. Georgia linebacker C.J. Allen also seems like a can\u2019t-miss prospect, not a Pro Bowler but a sound, strong and NFL-ready starter. CBS has him mocked to the New York Jets at No. 44 overall.<\/p>\n

Will Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager trade up for any one those three linebackers? That\u2019s Joe\u2019s big question of the day.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a safe bet Licht might weep in a quiet corner if he has to cough up a fourth-round pick to make it happen. Licht loves his draft picks. Fifth-round? Joe could see Licht stomaching that very easily.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Operation Inside Linebacker April 24th, 2026 Georgia Bulldogs inside linebacker C.J. Allen. There is no debate. The Bucs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[5961,5960,399,398,396,397,99,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-604289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-bucs-message-boards","9":"tag-bucs-news","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}