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Buccaneers must select offensive left tackle in first round

It’s time to stop putting it off. In the last 28 years, the Buccaneers have drafted maybe the most important position after quarterback (offensive left tackle), only twice in the first round. Those two were Charles McRae in 1991, and Kenyatta Walker in 2001.

Most football purists, and those knowledgeable in the fundamentals, and the inner workings of the game know full on well. The red-headed stepchild of the game is the offensive line.

Normally they are not pretty, they possess no flash or flare. Almost never score any points. They are rarely singled out and interviewed after a game, you don’t often see them doing commercials of any kind nationally, and probably locally just car lots, and rent all centers commercials.