Every NFL Team’s Best Draft Pick of All-Time

DT. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Warren Sapp. 30. player. 48. <p>Warren Sapp was the anchor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cover 2 defense under Tony Dungy and changed how teams evaluate the defensive tackle position. Sapp was the three-technique and was asked to get upfield as opposed to occupying blockers to free up the linebackers to make plays. He was able to make plays by his lonesome.</p> <p>The No. 12 pick in 1995, Sapp had to wait to hear his name longer than anticipated after he finished sixth in the Heisman in his final year at Miami when the All-American won the Lombardi, Bednarik and Nagurski Awards. Reports of a failed drug test the day before the draft cost Sapp millions because he could have been a top-three pick, but it was the gain of the Buccaneers who added the player who would help lead them to a Super Bowl.</p> <p>Sapp wasn’t the only Hall of Famer taken by the Buccaneers in the first round that year as they took Florida State outside linebacker Derrick Brooks with the No. 28 pick. Just as Sapp helped revolutionize his position, Brooks did the same at the weak-side linebacker position where his speed and pass coverage ability ushered in a new era of linebackers.</p> <p>Both Sapp and Brooks were perennial Pro Bowlers who have a Defensive Player of the Year Award on their resume as well as a Super Bowl, but I picked Sapp because he was the player who made that defense go.</p> <p> </p>