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Buccaneers’ roster weaknesses heading into the 2018 season With the first 53-Man roster announced Womens Warren Sapp Jersey , let’s take a look at the 2018 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and forecast where they’re the weakest.Nobody likes to come at something through a negative lense - well, almost nobody - and I’m definitely someone who prefers to write happy stories about victories and the like.But there are always holes to fill in the NFL and the Bucs are no different. In recent years as its turned out, they’ve had more than others in fact. So, here are the weaknesses on this team as I see them. 1. Offensive TacklesThere are three offensive tackles on the roster. Donovan Smith, Demar Dotson and Leonard Wester.Smith was looking like an improved left tackle before his injury this pre-season. When he returns, the team will surely welcome him back.Dotson is ready to go for the regular season and will provide a solid anchor on the right side as he’s paired with a new running partner on the right for the second-straight campaign.Beyond them, Wester is the lone remaining tackle. Calling him a serviceable back-up is about as excited as I’m willing to get. If the Buccaneers lose Wester, there’s a long line of guards who are athletic enough to kick out if needed. Some have played well in the few opportunities they’ve had, but the lack of true tackles is a lack of depth which could seriously hinder the team should they need to dip into the pool in 2018.Guards playing tackle is fun in the pre-season and great when they do well. Relying on one for the duration of a season or for any significant stretch is another thing completely.Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images2. SafetiesThis isn’t a paragraph bashing Chris Conte, so if you came for that, you can skip this area.As weaknesses go, this isn’t the worst one to have. Essentially, the Bucs have a lot of young and inexperienced talent.Justin Evans and Chris Conte are the starters. Conte, the much maligned veteran will carry the same chip on his shoulder he’s had since arriving to Tampa Bay, which is a good thing.Evans has flashed some excellent talent, but is still young and will be relied on to show growth if the team is going to push for a playoff spot.Beyond those two, we have Isaiah Johnson and Jordan Whitehead.The first, a 25-year old with four games to his NFL credit and four tackles to go with them.He’s certainly going to be relied on as a special teams contributor, but given the shallow pool of defensive backs, he could certainly find his way onto the field sooner rather than later.Whitehead is the rookie from Pittsburgh who happens to be related to Darrelle Revis.He was showing a lot of positive ability before getting injured in the pre-season, and the team wisely drew back on his participation.I’m actually really happy about thisgroup and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do on the field.However, from an objective point of view, it’s hard to say it’s a good thing rolling into the season with no more than a year’s experience residing within 75% of your safety group.Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports3. GunnersNo decision is an easy one, but cutting Josh Robinson had to be one of the hardest ones. For one, punt coverage has been one of the few consistent bright spots on the team for the last couple of years.I know, it’s kind of sad to look upon punt coverage so lovingly, but we have what we have.Bryan Anger is still with the team, as is Ryan Smith. Both have been equally critical to the performance of the unit. The problem with both Smith and Robinson has been what they do outside of punt coverage. Without getting too rude about it, they have done nothing.Why cut Robinson over Smith? Likely, it’s as youth and altheticism thing. Smith is much younger and has the better set of raw athletic ability. Doesn’t make it easier, but it makes it understandable.I expect Isaiah Johnson to get first crack at replacing Robinson on speacial teams with Jordan Whitehead, M.J. Stewart and De’Vante Harris also being obvious potential replacements.Still, if the punt coverage team falters and talents like Ted Ginn Jr., Darren Sproles, Ryan Switzer, and Tarik Cohen - just to name the first four return men the punt team could face - a lot of attention will be paid to this move if one of those guys gets loose. They're not comparable to Power Five players, or even guys from the MAC, AAC or Mountain West. At least not on the football field.In the classroom? That's no contest.Work in such subjects as nuclear physics, applied and computational mathematics, or geological engineering help Ivy Leaguers stand out in the real world. For NFL personnel people, such a resume is impressive — yet means a lot less than how fast a player ran the 40 Ryan Jensen Jersey , how many squats he can do, or his injury history.That doesn't mean the eight Ivy League schools who play in FCS — and don't go to bowl games — get ignored by the pros. Indeed, there were 16 Ivies in the NFL last season, six starters. Two more were selected last weekend: Penn receiver Justin Watson in the fifth round by the Buccaneers, and Yale safety/linebacker Foye Oluokun in the sixth by the Falcons. A few others have been signed as undrafted free agents.Among the dozen 2017 pros were Tampa Bay tight end Cameron Brate of Harvard and New England fullback James Develin of Brown. Brate had 48 receptions for a 12.3-yard average and six touchdowns as one of Jameis Winston's favorite targets with the Bucs. Develin merely has won two Super Bowls and made the Pro Bowl last season, as did 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk , who attended Harvard."It takes an incredibly driven and dedicated individual to excel at the highest levels of academia and athletic competition," says Robin Harris, executive director of the Ivy League. "The Ivy League's unique approach allows our student-athletes to focus on reaching their fullest potential in both realms and prepares them for lifelong success, whether in their field of study or professional athletic opportunities."Oluokun hopes to seize his opportunity as a linebacker in Atlanta, though he's versatile enough to handle safety duties. At 6-1, 234, he's got the size, and can handle pass coverage.Then again, when you can juggle a course load filled with the likes of macroeconomics, econometrics and European economic history, you probably can breeze through a playbook."I believe 100 percent it prepares you," Oluokun says of the schoolwork at Yale and the challenges of making the NFL. "You have got to put in that work and there are really no shortcuts here, and if you get behind you need to catch up, and that's not easy. So if you make that mistake, you learn from it."At first thought I thought it might be stressful," he adds of being a student-athlete in the Ivy League, "but it really is manageable if you approach it the right way. You have teachers who will help you out and you have tutors if you need them, or other students are kind of helping you out because they are in the same situation."Except that the great majority of football players from Yale, Penn, Columbia, Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell are not heading to the NFL. Still, the true standouts get drafted, going back to 1949, when Penn's two-way lineman Chuck Bednarik went first overall to Philadelphia. All Bednarik eventually did was make the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Ivies in the league last season were Brate; Develin; Juszczyk; Giants tight end Ryan O'Malley (Penn); Colts center Anthony Fabiano (Harvard); Giants long snapper Zak DeOssie (Brown); Browns center J.C. Tretter (Cornell); Seahawks long snapper Tyler Ott (Harvard); Browns tight end Seth DeValve (Princeton); Colts defensive tackle Caraun Reid (Princeton); Panthers center Greg Van Roten (Penn); Jets linebacker Josh Martin (Columbia); Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (Harvard); Bills center Adam Redmond (Harvard); Bears tight end Ben Braunecker (Harvard); and Vikings guard Nick Easton (Harvard).Two current head coaches, Dallas' Jason Garrett (Princeton) and Houston's Bill O'Brien (Brown) also are Ivy guys."The NFL is incredibly challenging for all players, especially rookies that have to make a big adjustment playing against professionals," says Princeton coach Bob Surace. "I have been impressed by the talent level of the athletes in the Ivy League. More high school football players have turned down Power Five schools recently as they realize they can reach their athletic dreams and long-term career goals better in the Ivy League than any other conference."As important, we are having more players make NFL teams better because our players love to compete, they have outstanding work habits and a burning desire to achieve at the highest level in everything they do."Including, given the chance, in the NFL.