Earned more snaps.
One of the many fun things about watching the Bucs alley-beat the Dixie Chicks last week was that the Bucs may have discovered a new secret weapon.
Backup tight end Bauer Sharp never had a target. But he did log 19 snaps on offense. And it’s a good bet that on most of those, Sharp jacked someone up on Atlanta.
Joe can’t remember the last time he saw a tight end have the game that Sharp had. No, no catches. But on just about every play Sharp blasted someone. Pancaked them. Just lit up their world.
Joe’s going to guess on a few hits, dudes got up looking for the truck that just blasted them.
Oh, Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson noticed too. How could you not? Sharp was just lighting guys up.
Robinson was so impressed in what Sharp did last Sunday, and what he has done prior to last Sunday, that Robinson all but promised Sharp is going to be more invovled in the Bucs’ offense.
“You would never know he was a former quarterback, probably the toughest former QB I’ve been around,” Robinson said. “He’s done a great job. He’s really smart, really intentional, has that level of physicality.
“He just keeps getting better, and he’s into it. He loves it. He’s done a great job. We’ll continue to expand his role because he is talented in the pass game as well. He can run and catch it really well.”
Sharp was one of those guys in training camp seemed to make a play every practice. He was active and flashed often.
With a tight end who can block like Sharp, that sure opens up the playbook on what an offensive coordinator can do.