Bucs Sign Veteran Offensive Lineman With Starting Experience

The Bucs are signing veteran offensive lineman Matt Feiler, per NFL Community’s Peter Schrager. Feiler is heading into his seventh NFL season after starting the primary 4 years of his profession with the Texans, Steelers and Chargers.

At 6’6′” and weighing 330 kilos, Feiler has proven versatility as an offensive lineman enjoying each guard and sort out. He performed his school soccer at Bloomsburg and began in each recreation from 2010 to 2014. Feiler went undrafted that yr and signed with the Texans after attending their rookie mini-camp on a tryout. He performed on their apply squad that season.

Feiler was was waived by the Texans the in September of the next yr and claimed by the Steelers simply three days later. He ended up enjoying there for six extra seasons, then signing a three-year $15 million cope with the Chargers in free company. Nevertheless, Feiler was launched by Los Angeles in March of this yr.

The beginning expertise and flexibility of Feiler ought to be intriguing to the Bucs. With that stated, he almost certainly initiatives as a guard, the place he’s performed in most up-to-date seasons. Feiler has performed in 78 profession video games and began in 73 of them. That’s numerous worth for Tampa Bay as they give the impression of being to search out one other beginning sort out. Feiler performed principally proper sort out with the Steelers from 2017-2019 the place he began in 27 of 32 video games. In 2020 the Steelers moved him over to left guard and he began all 13 video games that he performed. After signing with the Chargers he continued to performed left guard for the following two seasons, beginning in all 33 video games.

Feiler has fairly good sturdiness, enjoying in 62 out of 65 over the past 4 years. Contemplating latest accidents to the offensive line for the Bucs final season, that’s one other vital issue of bringing him in.

Bucs Offensive Line Outlook

The Bucs must resolve whether or not Feiler is healthier suited at offensive guard or sort out. At guard, they’ve Nick Leverrett and Robert Hainsey, who began at left guard and middle respectively final season. They’ll even have Aaron Stinnie returning, who missed all of final season with a knee damage however did begin for the Bucs in all through the playoffs on their Tremendous Bowl run.

The final piece of that puzzle is Luke Goedeke, since he moved round as a rookie final yr. Goedeke started the season beginning at guard however he struggled closely and was changed when he acquired injured. Goedeke did begin at proper sort out within the common season finale and performed rather well. Tampa Bay has to decide on the place to play him as effectively.

At sort out, the Bucs clearly have arguably the very best sort out in soccer with Tristan Wirfs on the suitable facet, however he might transfer over to left relying on how the draft pans out. Outdoors of that there’s a few apply squad gamers and Brandon Walton, who began a recreation for the Bucs after a sequence of accidents. Tampa Bay will greater than probably draft a sort out so as to add depth.

Signing Feiler helps add to a room that has made numerous modifications this offseason. The Bucs like versatile gamers and Feiler is the kind of participant that ought to match into what they’re on the lookout for.