It seems there truly is a win-now mentality at One Buc Palace.

Albert Breer, lead NFL columnist for Sports Illustrated, a guy easily worth more than $350,000 a year, in Joe’s eyes has met or perhaps surpassed Peter King as the top NFL columnist in the land. Unlike King, Breer doesn’t ignore college football and its importance to the NFL. Breer also doesn’t force baseball stories into his weekly NFL column.

So in calling around and doing research for the draft, Breer noticed Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht is calling teams higher up the draft ladder in next week’s draft, trying to find out what kind of ransom they seek to obtain their pick.

And per Breer, the Bucs want to trade up to grab an offensive tackle.

O.K., so who is looking at trading up? Three teams that seem to be investigating it pretty pointedly: Tampa, Denver and Atlanta. The Bucs and Broncos, I’ve heard, could be going up for one of the top four linemen (Becton, Jedrick Wills, Tristan Wirfs and Andrew Thomas), making Jacksonville’s slot, at No. 9, a potential hotspot, given the needs the Browns and Jets have at 10 and 11. It’s not as clear what the Falcons would be pursuing, though GM Thomas Dimitroff has always, in the past, been more proactive than most in looking at the option of moving up.

Joe is just going to guess — strictly spitballing here — the Bucs may offer a first this year, a second next year and perhaps throw in a player or two.

Breer’s intel also suggests Licht doesn’t believe the top four offensive tackles will be on the board when the Bucs are on the clock.

This is the fun news. … Now the gut punch: If the Bucs have to give up a second round pick this year in order to trade up, presumably, with no other trading, the Bucs won’t be able to draft a running back until the third round at the earliest.

Would Cam Akers still be available?