The Tampa Bay Buccaneers could have one of the best offensive lines in the NFL this season.A big reason for the line’s potential is its pair of bookend tackles, Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke. Wirfs is one of the most dominant players in the entire league. He is Tampa’s best player and considered the team’s top non-QB MVP candidate. In his six seasons, Wirfs has made five Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams.Quarterback Baker Mayfield knows that he has one of the best left tackles in the NFL, if not the best, protecting his blindside. Across from Wirfs, the Bucs have Goedeke holding down the right tackle spot. While he isn’t the same caliber of player as Wirfs, Goedeke is a solid and dependable player who often doesn’t get the credit he deserves.The pair gives Tampa’s offensive line a great foundation. Not many teams in the NFL boast two tackles in the top 25 of the league. PFF ranked the NFL’s top 32 tackles, and both Bucs made the cut.Where Did Wirfs And Goedeke Rank?PFF ranks Wirfs as the second-best tackle in the entire league. Only Penei Sewell of the Detroit Lions was placed above him.Last season, he was the NFL’s second-highest-graded tackle by PFF, which notes the Hall of Fame trajectory the Iowa product’s career has been taking thus far.”Wirfs has long been established as one of the NFL’s premier players and, when healthy, he recorded the best performance of his career in 2025. Though he played a career-low 778 snaps due to injury, Wirfs ranked second among qualified tackles with an elite 92.7 PFF grade. He allowed just two sacks while setting a new career-high with a 91.6 PFF run-blocking grade. Wirfs is in the early stages of building a Hall of Fame resume and should perform at an elite level again in 2026.”Amazingly, Wirfs had such a highly graded season last year. He missed five games and didn’t seem as dominant when he played. That Wirfs was still able to earn a 92.7 grade shows the kind of player he is.Goedeke also missed significant time last season with an injury, but is still PFF’s 25th-ranked tackle. Impressively, Goedeke played the most snaps of any offensive lineman who didn’t allow either a sack or a QB knockdown.”Goedeke persevered through injury issues in 2025, but recorded a third consecutive solid season as Tampa Bay’s right tackle. He did not allow a single sack or knockdown across 416 pass-protection reps last season. That stood as the most snaps by any offensive lineman in the NFL who did not give up a sack or knockdown. His 73.0 PFF run-blocking grade was also a top-30 mark in the league.”Having both Wirfs and Goedeke healthy this season should give the Bucs one of the premier offensive lines in the league. The unit regressed last season, but is now hoping to regain the dominance it had in previous years.Final ThoughtsThe debate over whether Wirfs or Sewell is the best tackle in the league should be fun and spirited over the next decade. Both are extremely gifted talents who are true franchise cornerstones a team
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