More on Legarette Blount

Wow...didn't see this comng. I mean he looked horrible in preseason and all.

TAMPA - Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie running back LeGarrette Blount has appeared in one game, yet already is drawing comparisons to one of the Bucs' greatest players of all time.

Blount, who ran the ball six times for 27 yards and a touchdown on Sunday against Pittsburgh, had a power approach that reminded Bucs coach Raheem Morris of former fullback Mike Alstott.

"That run the other day was shades of Mike Alstott,'' Morris said of Blount's 1-yard touchdown plunge, which came late in the 38-13 loss to the Steelers at Raymond James Stadium. "That was nice to see.''

There's a good chance Bucs fans will see more of those kind of runs in the future. Though he hesitated to declare Blount his new short-yardage and goal-line back, Morris clearly has big plans for him.

"He's not declared,'' said Morris, who indicated on his weekly radio show on Monday that Blount would be the Bucs' new option in goal-line and short-yardage situations. "But he's definitely going to have a role (there) if he's not the back. He still has to go out there and compete with Earnest a little bit, but I'm sure Earnest Graham will gladly run up the sideline and tap him in if he keep giving us runs like that.''

 

His first carry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZnFSv1fwF8

 

At least our special teams play on coverage was strengthened.