The Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense has had to give itself some new looks over the course of the 2024 season. When they lost Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, we weren’t sure what the offense would look like, but they figured it out.
Cade Otton would emerge from the shadows of this offense and now joins rare company after Week 12.
With his lone catch against the Giants, Otton became just the fifth Tampa Bay Buccaneer to catch 50 passes or more in a season for the team. He is the first tight end to do it since Rob Gronkowski did it for them in 2021 when he caught 55 passes.
Otton is on pace for 77 catches, which would tie the team record by a tight end in a season. Kellen Winslow Jr. caught 77 for the team in 2009.
Otton has seemingly set himself up to be part of the offense for the long haul. Regardless of Evans’s return, the offense and Liam Coen will find a way to work him in.