If this O-Line can stay healthy (and that is a huge if), they could easily be the best in the league hands down. Unfortunately, they can't seem to keep the starting unit on the field at the same time as much as they need it to be. Here's hoping for a healthy season for all our guys more specifically the O-Line guys. If this team has a prayer of being competitive this season, those guys need to stay on the field as much as possible.
If this O-Line can stay healthy (and that is a huge if), they could easily be the best in the league hands down. Unfortunately, they can't seem to keep the starting unit on the field at the same time as much as they need it to be. Here's hoping for a healthy season for all our guys more specifically the O-Line guys. If this team has a prayer of being competitive this season, those guys need to stay on the field as much as possible.
Exactly.
Over the course of the last 2 seasons, our starting tackles have missed 17 games.
Both should be considered a bit injury prone.
OLinemen as a general rule are prone to missing games. That’s the nature of the position. We have one of the best Oline coaches in the league.
Objectively I like the Bucs top five. It is beyond the starting five that where the issues begin for the Bucs. This is because normally top OLs have 6 or 7 core guys and the Bucs only have 5. Chuk I would say is borderline and Skule is hit or miss. Licht's #1 objective this off season was to find a 6 or 7 that would be an anchor depth piece. Drafting Schrauth in the 5th round and re-signing Feeney is more like bottom level depth 8/9 on the depth chart.
If we look at this logically you have your top five then Skuke and Chuk that is 7. So who is your 8 and 9? Feeney and Schrauth? This doesn't make sense.
Licht needs to find a better interior OL or hope that Haggard and Klein show something more for the final pre season game IMVHO.
I like our line. If Barton can make the leap I'll feel better.
Mauch and Goedeke need to prove they can stay on the field.
Hell, Wirfs too
Drives me crazy that Licht has put all that draft capital in the OL but has ignored the depth.
When Gruden built that OL he still spent a 3rd on Zuttah and someone in the organization aggressively found Penn off the Vikings practice squad.
Drives me crazy that Licht has put all that draft capital in the OL but has ignored the depth.
When Gruden built that OL he still spent a 3rd on Zuttah and someone in the organization aggressively found Penn off the Vikings practice squad.
It’s entirely more difficult to find 5 good starters on the OL than it is to build depth. I actually think we have done a great job with both.
Drives me crazy that Licht has put all that draft capital in the OL but has ignored the depth.
When Gruden built that OL he still spent a 3rd on Zuttah and someone in the organization aggressively found Penn off the Vikings practice squad.
Give me the long list of teams with excellent OL depth. Have fun.
It seems like this has to be said every friggin’ year.
Drives me crazy that Licht has put all that draft capital in the OL but has ignored the depth.
When Gruden built that OL he still spent a 3rd on Zuttah and someone in the organization aggressively found Penn off the Vikings practice squad.
Give me the long list of teams with excellent OL depth. Have fun.
It seems like this has to be said every friggin’ year.
Second straight season Licht has done close to nothing to upgrade the depth. We couldn’t sign a guard to upgrade from Bredeson? There are better swing tackles than Chukwuma and Skule. Wirfs and Goedeke are injury prone.
Drives me crazy that Licht has put all that draft capital in the OL but has ignored the depth.
When Gruden built that OL he still spent a 3rd on Zuttah and someone in the organization aggressively found Penn off the Vikings practice squad.
Give me the long list of teams with excellent OL depth. Have fun.
It seems like this has to be said every friggin’ year.
Second straight season Licht has done close to nothing to upgrade the depth. We couldn’t sign a guard to upgrade from Bredeson? There are better swing tackles than Chukwuma and Skule. Wirfs and Goedeke are injury prone.
It’s nice that you realize Skule is on the team now.
That list should be pretty easy to compile. What are you waiting for?
Drives me crazy that Licht has put all that draft capital in the OL but has ignored the depth.
When Gruden built that OL he still spent a 3rd on Zuttah and someone in the organization aggressively found Penn off the Vikings practice squad.
It’s entirely more difficult to find 5 good starters on the OL than it is to build depth. I actually think we have done a great job with both.
I like Skule and Chuk. I am uncertain of with Haggard's future. And Klein was kicked to center for a reason meaning the team likes him a lot despite the position switch. It just doesn't make sense to re sign Feeney to be your primary interior OL off the bench.
Drives me crazy that Licht has put all that draft capital in the OL but has ignored the depth.
When Gruden built that OL he still spent a 3rd on Zuttah and someone in the organization aggressively found Penn off the Vikings practice squad.
Give me the long list of teams with excellent OL depth. Have fun.
It seems like this has to be said every friggin’ year.
Second straight season Licht has done close to nothing to upgrade the depth. We couldn’t sign a guard to upgrade from Bredeson? There are better swing tackles than Chukwuma and Skule. Wirfs and Goedeke are injury prone.
It’s nice that you realize Skule is on the team now.
That list should be pretty easy to compile. What are you waiting for?
Heres something I compiled. Bucs have the longest stretch of not drafting an offensive tackle, by a 2 year margin at that.
Heres something I compiled. Bucs have the longest stretch of not drafting an offensive tackle, by a 2 year margin at that.
Yet the team has backup Tackles. It's almost like there is a way to have players on your team without drafting them.
Now, try compiling that list. It's good for people to learn they are ignorant. I'm guessing you've learned that, which is why you can't come up with a list of teams with great OL depth.
Bucs have Chuk, Skule back and Barton can play tackle. Lack of interior depth killed the team last season.
