Rookie guard Ali Marpet spent the first four days of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' training camp running with the second-team offensive line, but he knew his turn was coming. Day Five of camp was a much appreciated break for the players; Day Six finally brought Marpet his opportunity.
Two days into the Bucs' training camp, Offensive Coordinator Dirk Koetter put the specifics to the team's battle for the starting right guard job. It was a three-way competition, Koetter said, between Marpet, Kadeem Edwards and Garrett Gilkey. Marpet, a second-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, is considered the long-term solution at the position but he won't be handed the job as the team also considers second-year man Edwards and 2014 waiver-wire pickup Gilkey.