12 Personnel Is Buccaneers Base Offense
5 years agoTampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said that 12 personnel, featuring two tight ends on the field, is "our base offense" heading into the 2020 season. Arians also likes 13 personnel with a third tight end in the mix. This doesn't come as a surprise at all after Rob Gronkowski came out of retirement to join Tampa, and they've also kept both O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate around. The presence of three tight ends might make it difficult for any one of them to really stand out, but we figure that Tom Brady will lean the most on his old buddy in Gronk. Of the three, he's obviously the most attractive as a high-end TE2 with injury risk. Howard is worth a flier as a low-end TE2 with some upside, while Brate will likely be a lightly used red-zone weapon.
Source: The Athletic - Greg Auman
Source: The Athletic - Greg Auman