The Power Of Brate
October 7th, 2018
Among the best.
The Bucs have one of the NFL’s most productive touchdown-scoring tight ends.
And his name isn’t O.J. Howard.
Howard, who is a freak for stretching the field, has been so good in the first three games that fellow tight end Cam Brate had almost been pushed aside.
With Howard out for the next game at least with a knee injury, Brate will be getting more targets in the red zone. He should.
With his touchdown against the Bears last week, it was Brate’s 16th since the start of the 2016 season. Only one NFL tight end has more touchdowns and that would be Kyle Rudolph of the Vikings who has 17. Jimmy Graham of the Packers also has 16.
How Brate has not made a Pro Bowl, Joe cannot figure out.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:03 am
I guarantee the Bucs don’t lose today.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:03 am
What an offense Jason Licht has built. He deserves major props for creating this.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:07 am
He isn’t making the pro bowl because he isn’t on a winning team kind of like the similar bias the little turds in the NFL push aside our good players in the top 100 for.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:18 am
first down.. how can you give props to Licht when he has a losing record?? His job is to make the bucs a consistent winner which he has been failing at..
October 7th, 2018 at 9:19 am
You can’t spread out touchdowns over a 3 year period and ask why a guy isn’t in the pro bowl. They have to get in the end zone to target this guy. The offense took everyone by surprise so throw out the first two games along with the Chicago game and now that teams know your philosophy dirk go out and lets see you not look like last year and I don’t think he can do it. I think dirk has the same time of losing season he did last year because of the same mentality he wants us to think is different. Bad defense and no run game how do you overcome that
October 7th, 2018 at 9:19 am
Yup Jameis is back so as a defense you know he’s gunna force it to Brate and Evans in the red zone.
October 7th, 2018 at 9:22 am
Can’t tell you how often my fiancé Judy and I are watching the Bucs in the Red Zone and I will yell out “BRATE” when the play starts. — He has caught quite a few of those, especially from Jameis!
October 7th, 2018 at 9:23 am
YoungBucs Says: “I guarantee the Bucs don’t lose today”
You called it, we are indeed undefeated vs the bye!
October 7th, 2018 at 9:48 am
omg i can’t take it…no bucs football on sunday…
thank God for depth with oj out for a bit…it’s cam brate time – especially with jameis slingin’ the football
October 7th, 2018 at 10:03 am
hey if the bucs go into atlanta and the defense gets thrashed, i think that’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back…the writing is already on the wall…so if smith get’s embarrassed by his old team, i think the glazers swoop in and intervene…they can smith, and throw dufner in as interim dc…smith can’t get lit up against his old team or the glazers will bounce off the walls and have to do an intervention of sorts
October 7th, 2018 at 10:04 am
Maybe he hasn’t made the pro bowl because he plays on a crap team.
October 7th, 2018 at 10:05 am
#TheBucsJustMightNeedAyeCoachingIntervention
October 7th, 2018 at 10:18 am
Sunshine
While yes he also deserves (discredit?) forr the awful defense, he also does deserve his due diligence for creating one if the NFL’s best offense. Now if only we had even slight competency on defense…
October 7th, 2018 at 10:49 am
I’m still upset with Brate for dropping that easy 1st down catch at the end of the eagles game to basically lose us the game… Please start catching the dang ball consistently, homie.
October 7th, 2018 at 10:50 am
“How Brate has not made a Pro Bowl, Joe cannot figure out.”
Really? I mean, Really? You can not be that dense Joe.
October 7th, 2018 at 11:13 am
The Bucs offense are far from being one of the NFL best
According to Football Outsiders
The Bucs offense are ranked 10th
But they have them as the worst offense in the NFC South
These are their rankings (DVOA) method, NFC Soputh teams
3.New Orleans
6. Carolina
7. Atlanta
10.Tampa Bay
October 7th, 2018 at 11:14 am
DVOA measures a team’s efficiency by comparing success on every single play to a league average based on situation and opponent.
DVOA is a method of evaluating teams, units, or players. It takes every single play during the NFL season and compares each one to a league-average baseline based on situation. DVOA measures not just yardage, but yardage towards a first down: Five yards on third-and-4 are worth more than five yards on first-and-10 and much more than five yards on third-and-12. Red zone plays are worth more than other plays. Performance is also adjusted for the quality of the opponent. DVOA is a percentage, so a team with a DVOA of 10.0% is 10 percent better than the average team, and a quarterback with a DVOA of -20.0% is 20 percent worse than the average quarterback. Because DVOA measures scoring, defenses are better when they are negative. For more detail, read below.
October 7th, 2018 at 11:26 am
I like tight ends that can do it all. If Brate can’t improve his blocking, he’s going th be a part-time specialist.
October 7th, 2018 at 12:41 pm
Always Love Brate’s “Cam-Do” attitude…
But its Time to start earning those big dollars Harvard. Hope your blocking skills are coming along. If not – we are going to be seeing a good bit of Cross and/or Auclair with OJ out for at least a game or 2.
OL obviously needs help with run blocking and the loss of Howard is significant in that respect.
October 8th, 2018 at 9:32 am
Anonymous Says:
October 7th, 2018 at 9:23 am
YoungBucs Says: “I guarantee the Bucs don’t lose today”
You called it, we are indeed undefeated vs the bye!
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But I’m sure the defense probably still managed to give up 30.