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Blount may be Bucs’ new B-Train

Posted Sep 29, 2010 by Roy Cummings

Updated Oct 4, 2010 at 03:23 PM

By ROY CUMMINGS
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TAMPA – Bucs rookie running back LeGarrette Blount has only appeared in one game so far yet already he is drawing comparisons to one of the Bucs greatest players of all time.

Speaking on Wednesday of Blount, who ran the ball six times for 27 yards and a touchdown against the Steelers last Sunday, Bucs coach Raheem Morris said Blount’s power approach reminded him of former Bucs 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 Bucs 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 him his new short-yardage and goal-line back, Morris clearly has big plans for blount.

“He’s not declared,’’ said Morris, who said 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. I mean, 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 lie that.’’