The Bucs believe they selected a player who has a chance to develop into an effective pass rusher.
On the game's first drive, Tebow evaded Patriots rusher Rob Ninkovich and made a nifty side-step for a nine-yard touchdown run.
He led the team with 13 quarterback sacks during the championship season and was the club's best pass rusher with 6.5 last year.
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When 49ers star pass rusher Aldon Smith was close to sacking him, he was able to quickly dump the ball off to Rice for no gain.
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However, with linebacker Terrell Suggs sidelined last season with a torn Achilles tendon, Kruger got a chance to play more and became the team's most efficient rusher.
The Bears will attempt to build a defense around the slightly younger core of star linebacker Lance Briggs, turnover-magnet defensive back Charles Tillman and star pass rusher Julius Peppers.
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The Miami Dolphins shocked the league by trading their first and second round picks to Oakland for the third overall pick, which they used on Oregon pass rusher Dion Jordan.
He might be more at ease because this year marks the second in which Martin, the fourth-leading rusher in league history with more than 14, 000 yards, is eligible for the honor.
But by drafting even a very good player at a more meaningful position a franchise quarterback, an elite pass-rusher the Jets in theory could get better more quickly than if they'd kept Revis.
According to the website Pro Football Focus, Moore has one sack, three hits and five hurries on 29 blitzes this season, making him the second-most productive pass rusher among all safeties.
Osi Umenyiora, their premier pass rusher before Pierre-Paul (16.5 sacks for the season) burst out, returned after a four game hiatus (due to a high ankle sprain) and looked downright fierce, sacking Romo twice.
He is somebody that when he reaches his full potential, I think he could be a tremendous pass rusher and somebody that will be able to change the game at the defensive end position.
But the decision to waive Bradshaw a productive rusher, locker-room leader and fan favorite and to a lesser extent Canty, a respected veteran and valuable contributor, is further evidence of the team's ruthless approach to the off-season.
Besides being an accomplished pass-rusher who's collecting 84.5 sacks over his career, including 14 in 2011, Suggs is especially good at one of the dark arts of linebacking: reading where the ball is going to go.
But there's a long list of NFL stars whose mediocre combine performances gave little evidence of their potential, including 2012 running back Alfred Morris, who was underwhelming in Indy, drafted 173rd, and wound up being the NFL's second-leading rusher as a rookie.
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Since it's generally accepted that quarterback, left tackle (who blocks the quarterback's blind side) and defensive end (the big pass rusher) are the premier positions in the game, managers feel pressured to draft them high in order to keep big salaries tied to those positions.
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