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Ali Marpet and Donovan Smith's play has been "encouraging" so far

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are starting at least two rookies on their offensive line this year. That's always risky, but it's doubly risky when your quarterback is a rookie who is primarily a pocket passer. So far, though, left tackle Donovan Smith and right guard Ali Marpet's play has been encouraging -- not perfect, but good enough to where you can say that they can probably be quality starters in the NFL.

Stephen White joined Ronnie Lane and Tom Krasniqi on 620 WDAE to talk about the Bucs' two preseason games, and what he said about Smith and Marpet was pretty positive.