1 reason every NFL team can win the Super Bowl

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are what you would categorize a long shot, but maybe not quite as farfetched as we think.

This is a team with a lot of talent on both sides of the ball but it will be the improvement on the offensive line which will give them a shot at the Super Bowl.

Defensively, this team was a lot better than they played in the 2014 NFL season. Gerald McCoy, Akeem Spence, and Lavonte David help create what should be a good front seven while Alterraun Verner gives the defense a solid lock-down corner. The safeties are not great, but should be better this year than in 2014 and over all, defense is head coach Lovie Smith’s strength.

I don’t expect a Smith-coached team to be bad defensively two seasons in a row.

Even more devastating to the 2014 season was the offensive line though. As poorly as the quarterbacks played, their efforts weren’t aided by injuries and bad play along the line.

The Bucs drafted two players in the second round—tackle Donovan Smith and center/guard Ali Marpet—who could compete right away. The team has Smith slated for left tackle behind Demar Dotson, who was actually one of the few competent players on the line last year. So we don’t expect Smith to replace him there unless Dotson is kicked to the right side, where Kevin Pamphile struggled last season. Marpet is set as a backup at guard behind Patrick Omameh, who also played poorly last season.

With a rookie quarterback in Jameis Winston, this team needs the offensive line to perform well. If they win a Super Bowl, it will be because the offensive line has improved its play astronomically.

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