The Bucs‘ offensive line is among the best in the entire NFL, and they didn’t get there overnight.
The team is anchored by All-Pro tackle Tristan Wirfs, who joined the team in 2020, when it needed to protect Tom Brady. He did so all the way to a Super Bowl win, and now he has become the only player in the history of the NFL to be an All-Pro at bith right and left tackle. When he moved permanently to left tackle, the team needed a long-term answer on the right side and they have seemingly struck gold again with Luke Goedeke.
Now, heading into the 2025 season, which is the last for Goedeke under contract with the Bucs, an extension between the two would make sense. ESPN’s Aaron Schatz wrote up one final offseason move for each team, and for the Bucs, it was getting an extension done with the veteran right tackle.
He writes, “Tristan Wirfs is the anchor of the Tampa Bay offensive line, but Goedeke has been playing very well recently. Last season, he ranked 27th among qualifying tackles in pass block win rate (89.5%) and was above average in run block win rate (75.3%). Goedeke has one year left on his rookie contract, so it would be good for the Bucs to lock him in long term.”
Goedeke is set to be a free agent as we mentioned, and at just 26 years of age, he could be staring down a massive payday. Whether that ends up coming from the Bucs is yet to be seen, but we would be willing to think it will, as Jason Licht has done a tremendous job in recent years of retaining the team’s top talent.
As Schatz eludes to, whether it be sooner or later, look for Goedke to be wearing pewter for the foreseeable future.
