Bucs RB White Gives Reaction To Player Comparisons

Even earlier than Rachaad White was drafted within the third spherical by the Bucs, he obtained beneficiant comparisons to prime NFL working backs. These comparisons have included all-time greats like Eric Dickerson and Marcus Allen, together with newer stars like David Johnson.

White, who can have a fantastic alternative to reach the Bucs’ offense, has already taken notes of Johnson. A lot of the Bucs teaching workers, together with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, had been teaching Johnson throughout his breakout years and now can have the flexibility of White at their behest.

“I paid consideration to seeing how they used David Johnson and issues like that in Arizona they usually used him in some nice methods,” White mentioned on Tuesday’s Pewter Report Podcast. “I really feel like I’m in an excellent scenario – a fantastic scenario for me – I really feel like God had a plan and this was superior. That is proper the place I belong. It’s simply enjoyable.”

White’s Offensive Match With Bucs

Primarily based on the outlook of the Bucs offense, White may be most helpful within the passing sport. Does that imply we’ll see him cut up out broad on passing performs and even line up within the slot? It feels like he’ll be moved round in all places to indicate off his ability set.

“The offense – it’s wonderful,” White mentioned.  “I like the offense. It’s for positive completely different. They use the working again in lots of alternative ways and yeah, being cut up out all the way in which exterior broad and within the slot. They have you ever out the backfield rather a lot, even in the event you’re in bunch formations with one broad receiver and y’all [are] each on one facet. It’s been fairly cool although, there’s been lots of issues that I like. I’ve been making an attempt to realize guys’ belief and make lots of performs.

“Even within the offseason, proper now, simply throwing with Blaine [Gabbert] and Kyle [Trask] and simply being there. Simply gaining lots of dudes’ belief by way of the time of that [and show] the coaches as effectively that I can do this. I could be constant at that or working this route the way in which it’s speculated to be ran. I like that kind of stuff as a result of it makes you completely different, I like to be a man that’s completely different.”

Extra Than A Operating Again

As a result of White can achieve this many issues on the sphere, the comparisons prolong to non-running backs. Lately, there’s been dialogue of his talents compared to these of broad receiver Deebo Samuel, who will get utilized in quite a lot of methods with the 49ers. White mentioned Tuesday that he isn’t as involved in regards to the title of his place as he’s about receiving one other title – playmaker.

“I don’t know, I simply think about myself a man that’s like Deebo,” White mentioned. “I respect that. I’m not an enormous comparability man however for guys like Deebo, you’ll be able to actually boil it down to at least one phrase. He’s a playmaker. That’s what I used to be calling myself by way of this complete course of. Such as you mentioned, he’s an athlete, a weapon. These phrases proper there, he’s a playmaker. That’s what I think about myself as, as a playmaker, an athlete. I attempt to haven’t any holes in my sport and there’s nothing I can’t do on the sphere. I’d think about myself that, but it surely’s superior to have the ability to do lots of issues and be put in lots of conditions in an effort to succeed and assist the workforce win.”

You may watch the total episode of the Pewter Report Podcast the place Scott Reynolds and J.C. Allen interview White proper right here.