Co-Founder of Plato Studio. I build AI-powered companies, raise capital, and write what others are afraid to say about the NFL.
I'm the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Plato Studio — an AI venture studio based in St. Petersburg, Florida, building software companies for the middle market.
Before Plato, I founded The Draft Network — one of the most respected NFL draft scouting platforms in the country — and sold it in 2021. I've spent my career at the intersection of sports, technology, and capital, and I've learned that the most dangerous thing in business is the gap between what people say and what they actually do.
I write about the NFL the same way I build companies: with conviction, not consensus.
Mike Evans hits free agency today for the first time in 12 years. The Bills, 49ers, and Chargers are circling. Here is exactly what Tampa Bay stands to lose — and what it says about this regime if he walks.
If Evans leaves, it's not just a roster loss. It's a player who won a Super Bowl in this building telling the world he doesn't believe this team can do it again.
Rounds 1 through 4. Twelve prospects. At each pick: the safe call, the bold call, and the dream scenario. This is every direction the Buccaneers could go — laid out with full conviction.
There is no wrong answer. There is only the answer the Buccaneers make — and what it says about what they believe.
If Zac Robinson calls a top-5 offense in 2026, the Buccaneers face the same choice they already blew with Liam Coen. The Glazers can't let loyalty to the past cost them the future again.
You cannot ask a quarterback to commit long-term to a franchise that cannot hold onto the coaches who unlock him.
Trey Hendrickson is free, he wants to be a Buc, and the cap math is hard but solvable. After Chris Braswell, Jason Licht can't bet the edge position on a draft pick again.
Restructure Wirfs. Restructure Goedeke. Sign the best pass rusher on the market. Don't send Las Vegas a ransom for Crosby.
Post-combine. Post-board reset. Here are the three picks Tampa Bay should make — and why none of them are safe choices.
Sadiq at 15. Howell at 46. Hill at 77. Three picks made with conviction, not consensus.
Mike Evans. Baker Mayfield. Todd Bowles. The decisions the Buccaneers make this offseason will either extend a dynasty — or bury it.
If Evans leaves because he doesn't believe in where this team is going, that's not a roster move. That's a referendum on the franchise.
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