Don’t Tell Cade Otton He Stepped Up
July 11th, 2025
Starting Bucs tight end Cade Otton is a laid back dude with a football-first, lunch-pail mentality.
Hype or praise rolls right off the guy; he’s not about to buy into it.
Otton appeared to change his game with highlight-quality catches when Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were out injured last season. Otton’s stats and profile rose, but he says it absolutely wasn’t about anything he did differently.
That was Otton’s message during his sitdown for the official Buccaneers production Slice.
“I don’t think the mentality changed at all,” Otton said. “You know, I happened to have some of the routes and concepts that were normally designed for Chris or Mike, but our mentality is, ‘Do the best we can in the role we’re given.’ It was cool to see that come to fruition and have some production, but the mentality was the same.”
Joe how Otton delivered his take at Buccaneers.com. The 2022 fourth-round pick sounded like an AI-generated tight end robot. All football. No hype.
Otton has been a hell of a draft pick, and Joe’s eager to see what he cooks up in his contract year. However, Joe doesn’t expect anything different.
That wouldn’t be Otton-like. But if the Bucs need him, there’s a great chance he’ll be ready.
THE BUCS SCORE RIGHT OUT OF HALFTIME 😤
Baker finds his tight end Cade Otton for six 🔥
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