Bucs fans who were at the CITS Saturday likely nearly dropped their $7 beers (lower prices this year!) when they saw Michael Spurlock line up at quarterback in a Wildcat formation.

Joe was surprised by this in a number of factors, specifically, why show your poker hand in the preseason?

The fact Spurlock did line up at quarterback may be a harbinger, says Bucs offensive coordinator Greg Olson, by way or Anwar Richardson of the Tampa Tribune.

What might work in Spurlock’s favor is his ability to play quarterback. Spurlock played 21 games as a quarterback and running back at Mississippi. The Bucs lined up Spurlock in a wildcat formation against Jacksonville last week, but the play was never executed because of a penalty.

If Tampa Bay elects to keep Josh Freeman and Josh Johnson on its active roster, while placing Rudy Carpenter on the practice squad, Spurlock could be the Bucs’ emergency quarterback on game day.

“Everybody is trying to maximize their roster because of the limited roster size,” Bucs offensive coordinator Greg Olson said. “The more you can do, it’s a plus. It shows he can learn multiple positions and do multiple things and gives him an opportunity to make the team. Depending on what we do at our quarterback situation, if you’re a team that only carries two quarterbacks, he’d be a guy that would have to learn how to take some snaps and finish out a game for us. I’m not saying we’re going two quarterbacks, but he’s a guy at the receiver position who might able to do some things with the wildcat. He’s a versatile player.”

What does this tell Joe? That Rudy Carpenter is practice squad bound. Maybe. And that the Bucs are trying innovative things offensively in an effort to wash away the grime and stench of last season.