The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed J.R. Sweezy to be their starting left guard this offseason, but he has yet to practice even a single minute with the team, let alone play in a game.
You would expect a long-term and unexpected absence of a prize free agent signing to present significant problems for a team, but actually, none of that has happened. Mostly because 2013 fifth-round pick Kevin Pamphile has played some outstanding football this season. In fact, Dirk Koetter said today that overall, he’s been the team’s best offensive lineman.
“When we did the player evaluations at the end of five games, Kevin [Pamphile] had the highest overall grade, a five game average in the offensive line,” the Bucs head coach said.