Tampa Bay Buccaneers right tackle Demar Dotson will start Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys because he "gives us the best chance to win this week," head coach Greg Schiano told The Tampa Bay Times.

Dotson, a Southern Mississippi grad who went unselected in the 2009 NFL Draft before being picked up by Tampa Bay as a rookie free agent, started last week while Jeremy Trueblood was sidelined with an ankle injury.

Whether or not Dotson remains the starter remains to be seen, as Schiano also said of the decision: "It doesn't have anything to do with down the road."

He has an athleticism to protect in the pass game. He needs to improve in many ways, but we all do, but I just think he gives us the best chance to win this week. It doesn't have anything to do with down the road or anything like that. It's just this week. This is what gives us the best chance.

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