TAMPA — Mike Liedtke has the quiet confidence of a young player who has settled in with a team and a coaching staff, and his play on the field is showing it.
It's a luxury the Bucs offensive lineman has waited to earn over two years and five teams while on the fringe of the NFL, hoping for enough time to establish himself as being worthy of a roster spot on a fall Sunday.
"I'm fitting in well here. I'm showing them the type of player I can be," said Liedtke (pronounced lid-key) after practice Thursday. "I still have a long way to go, and I'm building, but I'm confident.