Buccaneers: Grading Dirk Koetter Halfway Through Year One

Oct 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter on the sideline against the San Francisco 49ers during the fourth quarter at Levi
Oct 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter on the sideline against the San Francisco 49ers during the fourth quarter at Levi /
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October 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter during the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi
October 23, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter during the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi /

How would you grade Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter, eight games into his first season at the helm?

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When Lovie Smith was relieved of his duties after last year, the Buccaneers targeted Dirk Koetter almost immediately. Some believed that Dirk was going to get away, so they let Lovie go in order to promote him quickly. Nobody wanted him to interview for other teams so he quickly got the job.

Well here his team sits at 3-5. Halfway through the year, the Bucs are two games behind in the division race and on the outside looking in on the wild card race.

So with that, we take a look at Dirk Koetter’s first eight games as a head coach. What grade would you give him?

That is the question we decided to undertake as our roundtable discussion for the week. As always, each Pewter Plank writer gets one slide with their opinion and grade. Click on their names to follow them on Twitter.