While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are clearly the fourth best team in a competitive NFC South and face uncertainity at quarterback over the long-term, Ali Marpet is a player they'd like long-term as he enters his walk year.

Full List of Essential 50

50. Drew Brees

49. Larry Fitzgerald

48. DeForest Buckner

47. Adam Thielen

46. Eric Berry

45. Corey Davis

44. Ali Marpet

43. Sam Darnold

42. Golden Tate

41. Geno Atkins

40. Mitchell Trubisky

39. C.J. Mosley

38. Jameis Winston

37. Landon Collins

36. Vic Beasley Jr.

35. Ryan Tannehill

34. Amari Cooper 

33. Malcolm Jenkins

32. Christian McCaffrey

31. LeSean McCoy

30. Patrick Mahomes

29. Bradley Roby

28. Dalvin Cook

27. DeMarcus Lawrence

26. Russell Wilson

25. Cam Newton

24. Joey Bosa

23. Alex Smith

22. Alvin Kamara

21. Jadeveon Clowney

20. Jarvis Landry

19. David Johnson

18. Ezekiel Elliott 

17. Khalil Mack

16. Myles Garrett

15. Deshaun Watson

14. Carson Wentz

13. Todd Gurley

12. Rob Gronkowski

11. Jalen Ramsey

10. Aaron Rodgers

9. Earl Thomas

8. Aaron Donald

7. Odell Beckham Jr.

6. Ryan Shazier

5. Tom Brady

4. Julio Jones

3. Andrew Luck

2. Jimmy Garoppolo

1. Le'Veon Bell

Beyond strictly looking at wins and losses, DVOA by Football Outsiders gives a clear picture of team performance.

The following Infographic shows the past 10 years of DVOA rankings (2008-2017) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Buccaneers haven't reached the playoffs since 2007 and they've had a few false starts in turning it around and appear settled in the decent but not quite good enough range.

Ten-Year DVOA Rankings: Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted Terrance West for a visit on Saturday, according to a source.

The Buccaneers lost Charles Sims III to a knee injury in their second game of the preseason.

West signed with the New Orleans Saints in June but was cut on Tuesday.

Nike has declined to renew the shoe contract of Jameis Winston.

Winston's contract expired before the NFL announced he would be suspended for the first three games of the regular season for violating the league's personal conduct policy.

Winston was accused of groping a female Uber driver.

Nike signed Johnny Manziel in 2014, but ended the relationship the following year because of his off-field troubles.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed general manager Jason Licht to an extension through 2019.

Licht, 47, replaced Mark Dominik as GM in 2014, a few weeks after Lovie Smith was named head coach.

“I think one of the positive signs in any situation is re-signing your own players,” Joel Glazer said in March. “And when you start getting on a trend that you’re re-signing your own players, that means you are drafting well. If you’re drafting well, generally that means you’re going to start having success.

“So you saw Cameron Brate and Mike Evans [re-signed]. We got a couple of young guys with contracts that are coming up that we know we’re going to want to keep. So that to me is the most positive sign of, you know, what’s happening with the general manager.”