Last year Joe was truly geeked about the Bucs’ offensive line. Joe really thought the O-line was on the cusp of being great.

But during the process of trying to implement zone blocking, the line seemed to fall apart. It didn’t help that there was no Arron Sears at left guard.

Jason Cole, of Yahoo! Sports, believes the Bucs line is slightly below average. In ranking each team’s offensive line, Cole has the Bucs at No. 20.

20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs were awful when it came to running the ball (No. 31 overall in run efficiency), but really did a pretty good job of keeping the quarterback clean (No. 11 in pass blocking). They did that despite the carousel of quarterbacks that started with Byron Leftwich and ended with rookie Josh Freeman. There’s still a long way to go, but the group is steady and anchored by center Jeff Faine and guard Davin Joseph.

That ranking, by the way, is the lowest for any NFC South team.

Now Joe is assuming Cole is including Donald Penn as the starting left tackle. Joe really doesn’t want to think about how the left side of the line could crumble if Penn holds out.

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