The battle at right guard is heating up Every training camp has battles

Buccaneers certainly have a few on both sides of the ball. Everyone has been talking about the competition at cornerback and wide receiver Lavonte David Jersey , but the right guard position has been flying under the radar a little bit. After the Buccaneers parted ways with J.R. Sweezy this offseason, a starting spot opened up. Tampa Bay has a couple options at right guard. The team can elect to go with Caleb Benenoch or Evan Smith. Smith did play right guard in the first game and the way the offensive line performed, it’s hard to say Smith is not in the lead for that spot. Head coach Dirk Koetter, commented on the battle brewing at right guard between Benecoch and Smith after Monday’s practice. “It’s ongoing just like battles for a lot of positions are ongoing. They’re both working hard, and we’ll see how it goes,” Koetter said.Evan Smith has been in this league a very long time and has been solid for the Buccaneers ever since they signed him back in 2014. Koetter loves Smith’s versatility and his ability to help some of the younger offensive lineman. “Evan is like an offensive line coach on the field. He helps all of the young guys. When we do our two-field work, he’s over there with the second and third group. The fact that he can play all three inside spots and play them well, we’re fortunate to have Evan,” Koetter said. “I think a lot of teams look for that guy that’s like a sixth man in basketball that can play multiple spots. Right now Authentic Chris Conte Jersey , Evan is that guy for us but if Evan was in there starting at any of the three inside, we would be fine.”It will be interesting to see how the battle plays out, but by the sound of it, Smith could very well be in the lead at this point. Doug Pederson summed up a hot, frustrating day for the Philadelphia Eagles."A lot of self-inflicted wounds," the coach said Sunday after the reigning Super Bowl champions stumbled to a slow start in the blistering Florida sun and never fully recovered in a 27-21 loss to the surprising Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Game-time temperature was 91 degrees, with a heat index of 105.A usually reliable defense gave up a 75-yard TD reception to ex-Eagle DeSean Jackson on the first play of the game and another 75-yarder to O.J. Howard before halftime. But Philadelphia's sputtering offense was partly to blame for the loss, too.In addition to losing a pair fumbles and being stopped on downs twice, the Eagles hurt themselves with ill-timed penalties. That kept an injury-depleted offense missing some its top playmakers from getting into a rhythm early."Anytime you are down a couple of guys Youth Adam Humphries Jersey , it affects you offensively. ... The thing was, we kept going backward in the whole first half. Either from penalties or lost yardage on first down, we were playing from behind a lot," Pederson said. "The injuries hurt, but again, it's self-inflicted."The Eagles (1-1) won their season opener over Atlanta with Nick Foles throwing for just 117 yards. The Super Bowl MVP was 35 of 48 for 334 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions against the Bucs.But by the time the Eagles started to move the ball with some consistency, Philadelphia trailed 27-7."I think the big thing is we can't shoot ourselves in the foot with penalties," Foles said."Looking back http://www.buccaneersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-ali-marpet-jersey , we'll look at the film and grow, but I think the thing I will take from this game is how hard our team fought," Foles added. "Tampa Bay played a tremendous game. ... We never once turned on one another, we never put our heads down, we kept our heads up, we kept fighting."Two of Philadelphia's best playmakers Alshon Jeffery and Darren Sproles were inactive. Running back Jay Ajayi, receiver Mike Wallace and left tackle Jason Peters were lost for portions of the game after being injured in the first half Sunday.Ajayi returned to score a third quarter TD, and tight end Zach Ertz had 11 receptions for 94 yards."Guys step up all the time, and that's what we did Vernon Hargreaves III Jersey ," Foles said. "We gave ourselves an opportunity to win this game. Obviously, we want everyone healthy, but that's not really the case sometimes."Nelson Agholor finished with eight catches for 88 yards, including a 2-yard TD that cut Philadelphia's deficit to six points with 2:45 remaining. But it wasn't enough to escape the large hole that the defense helped create by giving up the long TDs to Jackson and Howard."You take those plays out, it's a totally different game," Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said. "And, that's completely on us."