Tampa Bay Buccaneers Preseason Depth Chart: For Your Inspection

To help you ready yourselves for Friday night's preseason opener in Kansas City, we're taking a look today at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers current camp depth chart, offense, defense and special teams.

Without further delay, for your inspection and discussion, here it is and we'll start with the defense:

Defense

LDE: Michael Bennett, Da'Quan Bowers, Kyle Moore, Alex Magee

DT:   Gerald McCoy, Frank Okam, E.J. Wilson

DT:  Roy Miller, Brian Price, Al Woods

RDE: Adrian Clayborn, Tim Crowder, George Johnson, Brandon Gilbeaux

SLB:  Quincy Black, Dekoda Watson, Brandon Heath

MLB: Mason Foster, Tyrone McKenzie, Derrell Smith

WLB: Geno Hayes, Adam Hayward, Simoni Lawrence, Victor Aiyewa

LCB: Aqib Talib, Myron Lewis, D.J. Johnson, Vince Anderson

RCB: Ronde Barber, E.J. Biggers, Anthony Gaitor, Elbert Mack

SS:   Sean Jones, Corey Lynch, Dominique Harris, Devin Holland

FS:  Cody Grimm, Larry Asante, Ahmad Black

Comments: Coach Raheem Morris will make Da'Quan Bowers beat out Michael Bennett at right end, should be a battle. "Michael Bennett was our starting left defensive end at the end of last year and he deserves the right to be there right now until it's taken," Morris said.

The Mike linebacker still up for grabs between Mason Foster and Tyrone McKenzie. It will be decided by their play in the preseason games.

Everything else is as expected.

Offense

WR: Mike Williams, Sammie Strougher, Micheal Spurlock, Ed Gant, Ray Webber

LT: Donald Penn, Demar Dotson, Cory Brandon

LG: Ted Larsen, Brandon Carter, Marc Dile

C:   Jeff Faine, Jeremy Zuttah, Matt Allen

RG: Davin Joseph, Derek Hardman, Thomas Claiborne

RT: Jeremy Trueblood, James Lee, Will Barker

TE: Kellen Winslow, Luke Stocker, Dan Hardy, Ryan Purvis, Nathan Overbay, Jose Cruz

WR: Arrelious Benn, Dez Briscoe, Preston Parker, Jock Sanders, Detron Lewis

QB: Josh Freeman, Josh Johnson, Rudy Carpenter, Mike Coughline, Jonathan Crompton

RB: LeGarrette Blount, Kregg Lumpkin, Allen Bradford, Mossis Madu, Armando Allen

FB: Earnest Graham, Erik Lorig, Rendrick Taylor, Nick Reveiz

Comments: About what you expected. Ted Larsen back as starter at left guard. Battle will be for right tackle between Trueblood and Lee. Plenty of competition for roster spots at wide receiver and tight end. Running back is crowded right now. Earnest Graham has looked "explosive" in camp.

Look for Coughlin to be cut soon. His passes are not NFL-calibre. That's why they brought in Crompton, who could end up on the practice squad and have a chance to make the team next year if Josh Johnson heads somewhere else in search of a starting job.

Special Teams

Punter: Michael Koenen, Robert Malone

Placekicker: Connor Barth, Jacob Rogers

Kickoffs: Koenen, Barth

Long Snap: Christian Yount

Punt Return: Micheal Spurlock, Preston Parker, Sammie Stroughter

Kickoff Return: Spurlock, Parker, Stroughter

Comments: Koenen is the punter and kickoff man, letting Barth concentrate on field goals. Return men same as last year. Question mark is long snapper. With Andrew Economos on the mend from an Achilles problem, will the team turn this important task over to an unproven rookie? Keep an eye on those long snaps in the preseason games.

There you have it folks. Take it, print it out and cross through the players as they're sent packing.