Donovan Smith has been chastised more often than not throughout his eight-season tenure with the Buccaneers, so 2022 isn’t exactly anything new.
His first five years or so saw him largely established as an average-at-best left tackle who too often got penalized or whipped by elite edge rushers. Then Bruce Arians and Co. arrived, and he began a notable ascension that saw him record a borderline elite 2021 campaign.
After so many high-profile departures along the trenches this past offseason, the team needed Smith and Tristan Wirfs to remain top-tier, stalwart bookends. Well, the exact opposite of that has transpired for the former.