The offensive line has become one of the more appreciated aspects of team-building after being forgotten about for years, it seemed. Teams now build up their offenses through the trenches before attempting to add the right quarterback and pieces to make plays happen.
The one spot specifically of the offensive line that gets built up is the offensive tackle position. Some teams, like the Bucs, have made it a point to have bookend tackles in place to protect the interior aspects of the line. They have both Tristan Wirfs and Luke Goedeke in place, and they make the Tampa Bay line one of the best.
We say this because PFF recently ranked the top offensive tackles in the NFL, and we wanted to see where they ranked. When it came to Tristan Wirfs, he ranked 2nd overall in their piece, making him arguably the best offensive tackle in the NFL.
They wrote about the ranking, saying, “Wirfs has long been established as one of the NFL’s premier players and, when healthy, he recorded the best performance of his career in 2025. Though he played a career-low 778 snaps due to injury, Wirfs ranked second among qualified tackles with an elite 92.7 PFF grade. He allowed just two sacks while setting a new career-high with a 91.6 PFF run-blocking grade. Wirfs is in the early stages of building a Hall of Fame resume and should perform at an elite level again in 2026.”
His teammate, Luke Goedeke, ranked 25th in the rankings, meaning the Bucs are one of a few teams that can say both tackles made the top 32.
This article originally appeared on Bucs Wire: Where did PFF rank Bucs’ Tristan Wirfs among other OTs?
Reporting by Andrew Harbaugh, Buccaneers Wire / Bucs Wire
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By Andrew Harbaugh, Buccaneers Wire | USA TODAY Network
