Gerald McCoy: Who Does the Newest Tampa Bay Buccaneer Replace?

He has that wonderful, infectious smile.

He's a scholarly-looking lad with those nifty glasses.

He says all the right things, this wonderful guy named Gerald McCoy.

Told us he's here to take the Bucs back "to the promised land."

Well thank you Moses from Oklahoma. Now get your butt in there and sack some people!

Forget seasoning. When you take a player that high in the draft, it's time to throw him right into the line of fire, make that the defensive line of fire.

So who does the third overall pick in the 2010 draft replace? So long Chris Hovan, nice knowing you.

Your Tampa Bay Buccaneer defensive line might look like this come September: Left defensive end, Kyle Moore; left defensive tackle, Roy Miller; right defensive tackle, Gerald McCoy; left defensive end, Stylez White.

Perhaps. That's a lot of young fellas on the front four.

With Miller and Moore higher draft picks and the Raheem Morris "youth movement" you'd expect that the powers to be at One We Don't Have Much Experience Buccaneer Place, want those guys to start.

And now there's McCoy as the centerpiece. He has to play right away. Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead.

He's got to play. And he's got to play well.

Doesn't he?