Under Dirk Koetter, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ pass blocking is never a disaster as he has learned how to mitigate a lack of talent along the offensive line. His weakness is at run blocking with those same talents. In 2015, veteran Logan Mankins came into camp in shape and his leadership had the whole offensive line in sync for run blocking. Unfortunately, Mankins retired after the season.
There was a lot of promise coming into the season. Left tackle Donovan Smith’s late season play was ranked very highly by Pro Football Focus. The organization decided to move right guard Ali Marpet to center and insert a healthy JR Sweezy at right guard.