2017 NFL Mock Draft: Reese’s Senior Bowl Week Impact
player. 48. Jameis Winston has gone to Tampa Bay Buccaneers and done everything the team wanted him to do. The 2015 first-round pick has lifted the team out of the cellar and moved up the standings. The next step for the Buccaneers is to unseat Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC South. <p>To do that, the Buccaneers need to tighten up the back end of their defense. The Buccaneers got after the passer better and improved at the CB position in 2016 with Vernon Hargreaves and Brent Grimes. They just need to improve at the safety position and they can do that with Jabrill Peppers.</p><div class=. S. Michigan. Jabrill Peppers. 19
Forget about all that linebacker stuff we saw him do at Michigan, the kid is a do-it-all safety. He can play single high, in the box, the slot, outside, whatever you want him to do. He also gives you extra value in the return game, making Peppers a four-down player.
The Buccaneers would probably put him at free safety in the place of Chris Conte, who isn’t the greatest. Peppers would go in and improve the back end of the defense for the Buccaneers immediately. The Falcons would still be the favorites to win the NFC South but they wouldn’t be a shoe-in.
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Jabrill Peppers
S, Michigan
Jameis Winston has gone to Tampa Bay Buccaneers and done everything the team wanted him to do. The 2015 first-round pick has lifted the team out of the cellar and moved up the standings. The next step for the Buccaneers is to unseat Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC South.
To do that, the Buccaneers need to tighten up the back end of their defense. The Buccaneers got after the passer better and improved at the CB position in 2016 with Vernon Hargreaves and Brent Grimes. They just need to improve at the safety position and they can do that with Jabrill Peppers.
Forget about all that linebacker stuff we saw him do at Michigan, the kid is a do-it-all safety. He can play single high, in the box, the slot, outside, whatever you want him to do. He also gives you extra value in the return game, making Peppers a four-down player.
The Buccaneers would probably put him at free safety in the place of Chris Conte, who isn’t the greatest. Peppers would go in and improve the back end of the defense for the Buccaneers immediately. The Falcons would still be the favorites to win the NFC South but they wouldn’t be a shoe-in.