The Bucs went with more heavier sets this week relying on two-tight end sets and sometimes even three-tight ends.
They tried this in Week 3 and it didn’t work as much, but it really paid off on Thursday night. Cade Otton was in often at 92%, while Payne Durham’s 38% was the second highest he had all season. Bauer Sharp was at his usual 6%.
You might think that Robinson would have wanted to build on his more varied personnel usage in Week 3, especially given his desire to run the football more in Week 4. But the Bucs offensive coordinator reverted back to chasing the record for 11 personnel snaps in one game, with the Bucs deploying an over 90 percent 3 wide receiver offense against the Packers. In that grouping, the Bucs were 22nd of 30 teams in EPA/play during Week 4 as of Monday night, posting a -0.19. It's ugly in so many ways, but it's even more confounding when they go to 11 personnel and so many play designs are set up with tight end Cade Otton as the primary option! Otton has 23 targets on the season, one less than Emeka Egbuka and five more than Chris Godwin. Because Robinson runs the ball out of 11 personnel more than anyone except the Eagles, he needs his wide receivers to play major roles as blockers. That's a problem, as Tez Johnson is too small to be effective, Egbuka has not shown the talent or tenacity for it and Godwin toggles between being solid and being 'too old for this ____'. Ted Hurst has actually been the team's most impactful blocker this season, but his results are all over the place, and he plays out wide more than the other receivers.
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