"General manager Mark Dominik knows the Bucs are in an arms race in the NFC South with quarterback Josh Freeman, the Saints' Drew Brees, the Falcons' Matt Ryan and the Panthers' newest long-range weapon, first overall pick Cam Newton. He believes the team that puts the most pressure on those passers will win the division. That's why on Thursday, the Bucs selected Iowa defensive end Adrian Clayborn with the 20th overall pick in the draft. Dominik said Clayborn will play right end for a defense that finished tied for 30th in the NFL in sacks with 26. The 6-foot-3, 287-pound senior will line up alongside tackle Gerald McCoy, last year's No. 3 overall pick who had three sacks before missing the final month of the season with a torn left biceps. "He's going to continue to generate the push and the pressure we want to attack and apply to quarterbacks in our division now that we have Cam Newton as well," Dominik said. Clayborn was the fifth defensive end selected, behind Missouri's Aldon Smith (No. 7 to the 49ers), Wisconsin's J.J. Watt (No. 11 to the Texans), North Carolina's Robert Quinn (No. 14 to the Rams) and Purdue's Ryan Kerrigan (No. 16 to the Redskins). Last year, the Bucs used their first two picks on McCoy and UCLA defensive tackle Brian Price, who was limited to five games by a pelvic fracture. Clayborn finished his Iowa career with 30 consecutive starts, 192 tackles, 37 tackles for loss and 19 sacks. But after recording 111/2 as a junior, his sacks fell to 31/2 last season." Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/sports/foot...adrian-clayborn-with-first-round-pick/1166704
