So if the roster stays as is the bucs will be going into Atlanta with 5 tight ends on the roster. Those 5 are Cameron Brate, ASJ, Luke Stocker, Brandon Myers and Alan Cross.
Not many teams hold more than 3 tight ends as there are many more skilled positions that require depth. The bucs are mainly holding that many due to the lack of a true fullback as both Stocker and Cross can play fullback.
They also are holding so many because the bucs used 2 tight end sets frequently last year and it worked well for them. Most of the time they would run out of the formation due to having an extra blocker but this year they may incorporate many more passing plays in it as now both Brate and ASJ are healthy.
So really if you look at it a different way the bucs have 3 true TEs in Brate, ASJ, and Myers as well as 2 hybrid blocking TE/FBs in Stocker and Cross. Koetter has frequently used the term being "multiple" and it seems as if they will be using multiple personnel this year at the TE and FB positions.
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