The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking to make the postseason for consecutive seasons after taking down the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Wild Card Round last season. However, they are going to be without one of their starters as according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, offensive guard Sua Opeta suffered a torn ACL during Tuesday’s practice.
He was fighting with Ben Bredeson for the starting left guard spot in training camp but will miss the entire 2024 NFL season with this injury. Opeta signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this offseason with a one-year, $1.375 million deal after being with the Philadelphia Eagles for the previous four seasons. He was an undrafted player out of Weber State and started six games last season (10 total).
According to Pro Football Focus, he had a 53.2 overall grade last season as he played primarily at the right guard spot. He allowed 25 total pressures, two quarterback hits and three sacks in 528 total offensive snaps. It will be interesting to see how the team does going forward.
What will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers do in the 2024 season?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the NFC South last season and were able to step up in a putrid division. The team has brought back both wide receiver Mike Evans and quarterback Baker Mayfield so they should be in a great position to compete once again in the NFC.
They have a tough schedule but they should be in a great position to win games and make the playoffs. Below is their regular season schedule for the upcoming season.
- Week 1: vs. Washington Commanders
- Week 2: at Detroit Lions
- Week 3: vs. Denver Broncos
- Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
- Week 5: at Atlanta Falcons (Thursday)
- Week 6: at New Orleans Saints
- Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens (Monday)
- Week 8: vs. Atlanta Falcons
- Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs (Monday)
- Week 10: vs. San Francisco 49ers
- Week 11: BYE WEEK
- Week 12: at New York Giants
- Week 13: at Carolina Panthers
- Week 14: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
- Week 15: at Los Angeles Chargers
- Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys
- Week 17: vs. Carolina Panthers
- Week 18: vs. New Orleans Saints
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Vincent Pensabene graduated from Saint Leo University in 2019 with a B.A. in Sport Business and has focused on the media side of sports. He writes for multiple publications and is interested in the reasoning of why things happen. Feel free to follow him on social media @TalkVinTalk and discuss all things sports.
