Right tackle Luke Goedeke.
Back when almost everyone was stomping their feet about the Bucs’ offensive line, Joe had a hunch that Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson either wasn’t using them right or had them in a wrong scheme.
Joe couldn’t see how five guys, who previously had been a top-three offensive line, suddenly forgot how to block all at the same time.
Joe doesn’t believe in coincidences in football.
A week ago in Carolina, the Bucs’ offensive line had a breakout party. Yesterday, it was a mosh pit.
The Bucs simply owned the Dixie Chicks defense. It was maybe the most dominating performance Joe has ever seen a Bucs offensive line have. Some 56 carries and 324 yards later, Atlanta was crying for their mothers and praying for the game to end. It was beautiful.
After the game, it seemed KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles sort of confirmed Joe’s belief that the Bucs’ offensive line wasn’t being used right.
> “I think we’re figuring it out,” Bowles [said of the front line of the Bucs](https://www.joebucsfan.com/2026/11/coaches-are-figuring-out-the-players/). “You know, the coaches are figuring out the players and what they can and can’t do, what runs they like and don’t like, things like that.
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> “They’re really starting to gel.”
Joe doesn’t know why this would be a surprise to coaches. Don’t they watch tape? Or, were theyt convinced they had it all figured out when they first walked into One Buc Palace last winter?
Joe has learned long ago never to underestimate egos in the NFL.
And why did it take five games to figure it out? The season was damn near lost!
Welcome back, Bucs offensive line!