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(AP) — Gerald McCoy is puzzled when he hears people question the ability of fellow NFL players, particularly backup quarterbacks such as Nick Foles and Ryan Fitzpatrick.“It’s the NFL,” Tampa Bay’s six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle said. “Everybody’s good.”Foles’ success filling in for the injured Carson Wentz is one of the biggest reasons why the Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) were able to win the Super Bowl after losing their starting quarterback late last season.Fitzpatrick has McCoy’s Buccaneers (1-0) off to a promising start without suspended starter Jameis Winston after playing arguably the best game of a 14-year career that includes stints with seven teams.“I don’t get when a person, an analyst or fan or anybody says: ‘Oh, he’s not good.’ … “That’s a horrible thing to say about an NFL player because there are people who would give anything to be in the NFL,” McCoy said. “They just didn’t have what it takes to be ‘not good.'”McCoy calls Foles “MVP” because the Eagles quarterback has been the most valuable player in a Pro Bowl, as well as last season’s Super Bowl.“He always laughs when I call him that,” the ninth-year pro said, looking ahead to facing the defending NFL champions Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.“He’s a great player. He doesn’t do more than he’s asked to do,” McCoy added. “He’s a great leader, and just a great guy overall.”Those are some of the same attributes McCoy sees in Fitzpatrick, who threw for a career-best 417 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions to help the Bucs surprise New Orleans 48-40 on the road last week.The 35-year-old Fitzpatrick, who has 120 career starts and is one of just four players in NFL history to toss TD passes for seven different franchises, also rushed for a TD.“Confidence is a huge thing, whether you’re out there or not,” Fitzpatrick said, addressing what it takes to be a successful backup.After going 2-1 filling in for an injured Winston last season, Fitzpatrick is slated for a minimum three starts this year while the No. 1 overall pick from the 2015 draft serves a suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.“But also, more so than my confidence in myself … is when you’re in the huddle, whether you’re the starter or you’re the backup, you can feel from the playcaller, you can feel by the guys looking at you whether they have confidence in you,” Fitzpatrick said.“I think with all the different experiences I’ve had Jason Pierre-Paul Jersey , I just continue to become a better player,” Fitzpatrick added. “Whether people think that or see that, I’m better right now than at any point in my career. A lot of that is mentally, and whatever else.”Foles, who threw for 117 yards, no touchdowns and one interception in Philadelphia’s 18-12 season-opening victory over Atlanta, is 2-0 in career starts against the Bucs. He completed 66 percent of his passes for 677yards, five TDs and zero picks in leading the Eagles to road victories in 2012 and 2013.Eagles coach Doug Pederson started 17 games during a playing career that spanned 10 seasons with four teams.So, he has plenty of insight into what it takes to be an effective backup.“I think in the case of both Nick and Ryan, they’ve studied the game for so long, they’re veteran players, they’ve started and played in this league. … You can’t discount that,” Pederson said. “When we lost our starter for the season (last year) … the guys rallied around Nick, supported Nick and never once doubted what Nick was able to do. I think that’s the same thing in Tampa Bay (with Winston’s suspension).”Some things to know when the Eagles visit the Bucs:THE FIRST ONEFoles earned his first career win his rookie season at Tampa Bay on Dec. 9, 2012. He threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns, including the winning score to Jeremy Maclin from the 1 with no time left on the clock. Foles also had a 15-yard TD run in the game. The Eagles finished 4-12 that year, Andy Reid’s final one in Philadelphia. Foles was 1-6.“I just remember sitting at my locker after the game thinking that wasn’t easy to get that win. It was really special,” Foles said. “At that point, I didn’t know how it was going to be because I hadn’t won and it was a tough year for us.”ON THE MENDThe status of Bucs receiver DeSean Jackson (shoulder/concussion) for Sunday is uncertain after the speedy 11th-year pro had five receptions for 146 yards and two touchdowns in Tampa Bay’s win over the Saints last week. It was the best game the former Eagles star has had since joining the Bucs in 2017. Jackson didn’t practice Wednesday, but participated on a limited basis Thursday.With Brent Grimes still not practicing because of a sore groin and Vernon Hargreaves III on injured reserve after hurting his shoulder in the opener, the Bucs could be without their top two cornerbacks against the Eagles. That figures to mean bigger roles for rookies Carlton Davis III and M.J. Stewart.BRADHAM’S BACKEagles linebacker Nigel Bradham returns to the lineup after serving a one-game suspension in Week 1. Bradham was the team’s leading tackler last year and took over playcalling in the huddle after Jordan Hicks was injured.“He’s an important part of our defense,” defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said. “We were able to cover up some things in his absence. We’ve had to do that for a lot of different situations with different players. It’ll be good to get him back for sure.”Hicks returned to the lineup last week after rupturing an Achilles tendon last October. He had 1 1/2 sacks. Mock draft season is upon us, and the NFL analysts of the world are speculating about what each of the 32 franchises might do three months from now.Names like Jonah Williams, Ed Oliver Jameis Winston Jersey White , Devin White, and Alabama running back Josh Jacobs have all been tied to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in recent versions.On Tuesday, Lance Zierlein of NFL.com published a new mock draft, and selected Alabama’s Quinnen Williams with pick five of the 2019 NFL Draft.Now, this likely isn’t the first time you’ve seen this Rolling Tide Williams mentioned with the Bucs. He’s a fairly popular name around these parts.Here’s what Zierlein wrote about the pick,Interesting insight, and if you ask me, drafting Williams means McCoy is likely playing elsewhere in 2019.However, my favorite part of this particular mock draft isn’t necessarily who the Bucs drafted, but who wasn’t taken at all in the first round.While Greedy Williams, Deandre Baker and Byron Murphy all came off the board in the first 32 picks there are several interesting names that didn’t.Specifically, Notre Dame cornerback Julian Love, Penn State corner Amani Oruwariye, and safeties Nasir Adderely (Delaware) and Deionte Thompson (Alabama).Now, it’s not likely all of these guys will be left sitting when day two of the actual draft comes around, but chances are there will be two or three of them available. If Quinnen Williams were to be there at number five for the Bucs to steal, combining him with a secondary defender listed here would be a very nice start to Jason Licht’s 2019 class.With avery deep offensive line class, a trade up back into the second round or a third round offensive lineman like Dennis Daley who could be groomed to eventually replace Demar Dotson at the right tackle spot.If the Bucs wanted to throw in a one-two punch of offense and defense in the first two rounds, Wisconsin’s David Edwards was left off Zierlein’s first round and could challenge for a starting role as early as training camp assuming his shoulder is 100%.Either way, as we look at these mock drafts and start to look at how the dominoes might fall following the first day, it’s easy to get excited about the potential talents who may call Tampa home for 2019 and beyond.Oh, and Kyler Murray went fourth-overall to the Oakland Raiders. Easily the highest I’ve seen him up to this point and the highest we will see him barring trades.