Offensive lineman Charlie Heck arrived as depth but was thrust into a starting role. Again a free agent, his 2025 struggles put his future with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in doubt.
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The plan was not for Charlie Heck to take more than four hundred snaps for the Bucs last season, but not everything goes according to plan, and the Bucs offensive line, which general manager Jason Licht thinks might be the best in football when healthy, was hardly healthy for twenty twenty-five.
The plan was not for Charlie Heck to take more than four hundred snaps for the Bucs last season, but not everything goes according to plan, and the Bucs offensive line, which general manager Jason Licht thinks might be the best in football when healthy, was hardly healthy for twenty twenty-five.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable.
Heck was rated by, Pro Football Focus as one of the worst tackles in football.
Heck was rated by, Pro Football Focus as one of the worst tackles in football.
Whether or not he actually was, of course, is subjective because offensive linemen don’t have, too many stats.
Whether or not he actually was, of course, is subjective because offensive linemen don’t have, too many stats.
So Heck, who was signed as a free agent from Tampa Bay before the twenty twenty-five season, now is a free agent again, as he only signed a one-year deal.
So Heck, who was signed as a free agent from Tampa Bay before the twenty twenty-five season, now is a free agent again, as he only signed a one-year deal.
He’d certainly be affordable.
He’d certainly be affordable.
He’d cost less than two million.
He’d cost less than two million.
But do the Bucs wanna run it back with him after how last year went?
But do the Bucs wanna run it back with him after how last year went?
The common thought right now is that Tampa Bay will move on, and if it needs to, try to build offensive line depth in a different way.
The common thought right now is that Tampa Bay will move on, and if it needs to, try to build offensive line depth in a different way.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable and our series on Bucs free agents signed before the twenty twenty-five season and how they turned out.
This is Joe Smeltzer for Bucs Roundtable and our series on Bucs free agents signed before the twenty twenty-five season and how they turned out.