Don’t Tell Cade Otton He Stepped Up
July 11th, 2025
Starting Bucs tight end Cade Otton is a laid back dude with a football-first, lunch-pail mentality.
Hype or praise rolls right off the guy; he’s not about to buy into it.
Otton appeared to change his game with highlight-quality catches when Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were out injured last season. Otton’s stats and profile rose, but he says it absolutely wasn’t about anything he did differently.
That was Otton’s message during his sitdown for the official Buccaneers production Slice.
“I don’t think the mentality changed at all,” Otton said. “You know, I happened to have some of the routes and concepts that were normally designed for Chris or Mike, but our mentality is, ‘Do the best we can in the role we’re given.’ It was cool to see that come to fruition and have some production, but the mentality was the same.”
Joe how Otton delivered his take at Buccaneers.com. The 2022 fourth-round pick sounded like an AI-generated tight end robot. All football. No hype.
Otton has been a hell of a draft pick, and Joe’s eager to see what he cooks up in his contract year. However, Joe doesn’t expect anything different.
That wouldn’t be Otton-like. But if the Bucs need him, there’s a great chance he’ll be ready.
THE BUCS SCORE RIGHT OUT OF HALFTIME 😤
Baker finds his tight end Cade Otton for six 🔥
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July 11th, 2025 at 10:20 pm
This Offense is really something to be excited about. There are no weaknesses, and Baker is still ascending but to even replicate what he did last year is asking an awful lot. It’s that putrid Pass Defense that couldn’t get off the field on 3rd downs is what’s going to tell the story this year. No way but up in that regard. Go Bucs!!
July 11th, 2025 at 10:40 pm
I think we can use a upgrade at the TE position
Just my personal opinion, no disrespect
July 11th, 2025 at 10:48 pm
I think a single word describes Otton’s improved contribution. OPPORTUNITY.
It’s no coincidence that CG and ME missing so many games provided more targets for Otton.
One of the exciting things is that this team still appears hungry. And the young guys seem mature beyond their age and combine that with a savvy corp of season vets…LFG.
July 11th, 2025 at 11:14 pm
IMO, we don’t use the TE enough.
Maybe Grizzard finally will.
July 11th, 2025 at 11:37 pm
I wonder who’s hair would win in an Oklahoma Drill with Cade Otten v Mark Royals.
July 12th, 2025 at 1:25 am
I love this dude.
July 12th, 2025 at 5:04 am
All in on Cade too. Fun to watch.
He does remind me a lot of Cameron Brate.
July 12th, 2025 at 7:51 am
Cade Otton is very under rated. He has always been there when we need him. Pay the man and in truth he wont be that expensive
July 12th, 2025 at 8:12 am
Yep. Anyone who is not all in on Cade Otten needs to kick back and watch some game film. He fits our offensive line. He fits our receivers group. He fits our QB. Count me impressed. Highly impressed.
July 12th, 2025 at 8:12 am
BA, hard to bet against Royals. The flow and that stashe? C,mon man!
July 12th, 2025 at 8:23 am
He’s had lots of great plays for this team. I’d like to see Culp in once in a while to stretch the field, but during drives Otton is a QB’s best friend.